Runner-up Gets the Nod

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Romney was not the runner-up in 2008.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Romney was not the runner-up in 2008.

He obviously was.

McCain- 9,840,746   
Romney- 4,525,036
Huckabee- 4,179,514   

Then again, you are an ignorant hack, so it's to be expected.

Oh yes, stupid me, it's the popular votes that count! Just ask Al Gore.

No, you're the ignorant hack. You don't realize that, like in the general election, it's not the popular votes that count, and in the case of the primaries, it's the delegates. Romney finished last in those 3, both in pledged and in estimated total delegates. Out of those 3, Romney was the first to drop out, too.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Romney was not the runner-up in 2008.

He obviously was.

McCain- 9,840,746   
Romney- 4,525,036
Huckabee- 4,179,514   

Then again, you are an ignorant hack, so it's to be expected.

Oh yes, stupid me, it's the popular votes that count! Just ask Al Gore.

No, you're the ignorant hack. You don't realize that, like in the general election, it's not the popular votes that count, and in the case of the primaries, it's the delegates. Romney finished last in those 3, both in pledged and in estimated total delegates. Out of those 3, Romney was the first to drop out, too.

No, it's nothing like a general election because it isn't held all at one time. So that argument doesn't work at all. And like you said, Romney dropped out way earlier. He STILL got more votes. How sad. More Republicans wanted Romney than Huckabee. I don't know how much simpler it can get.

So? I wasn't saying that a primary and a general are the same thing. But it is like a general election in that the popular votes aren't the deciding factor, which is what I did say.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Romney was not the runner-up in 2008.

He obviously was.

McCain- 9,840,746   
Romney- 4,525,036
Huckabee- 4,179,514   

Then again, you are an ignorant hack, so it's to be expected.

Oh yes, stupid me, it's the popular votes that count! Just ask Al Gore.

No, you're the ignorant hack. You don't realize that, like in the general election, it's not the popular votes that count, and in the case of the primaries, it's the delegates. Romney finished last in those 3, both in pledged and in estimated total delegates. Out of those 3, Romney was the first to drop out, too.

No, it's nothing like a general election because it isn't held all at one time. So that argument doesn't work at all. And like you said, Romney dropped out way earlier. He STILL got more votes. How sad. More Republicans wanted Romney than Huckabee. I don't know how much simpler it can get.

So? I wasn't saying that a primary and a general are the same thing. But it is like a general election in that the popular votes aren't the deciding factor, which is what I did say.

And if Romney stayed in as long as Huckabee, everyone knows he'd have had more delegates.  The delegates are disputable anyways.

That's not what this thread is about. We're not talking what "would have" happened, this thread is about the #2 primary candidates according to the actual primary results. And what makes you so certain Romney would have more delegates anyway?

And no, the delegates are not disputable. You can go to pretty much any page with the final results (including this one, on the Atlas itself) and see for yourself who finished in second place.