Expect Mitt Romney to Dominate on Super Tuesday

Of all the candidates, Mitt Romney provided the most consistent performance in the last Republican debate before Super Tuesday. That, along with a muddled and uneven performance from Rick Santorum, puts Romney in the driver seat as the primary season speeds to a conclusion. Things went so poorly for the former Pennsylvania Senator that on more than one occasion the Mesa, Arizona crowd took to booing him. Santorum is likely to become the latest example in this Republican primary season of a candidate whose campaign swelled with momentum to challenge Romney, and then diminished significantly soon after.

This latest turn of events is of course, spectacular news for Mitt Romney

But most importantly, this time around there is no surprise candidate to suddenly gain the momentum to challenge him. All of his competition has come and gone. Rick Perry joined the race as the frontrunner, then faded because of poor debate performances and later dropped out. Herman Cain came next, charging to the lead in many polls, before allegations of sexual misconduct forced him to suspend his campaign as well. Soon after that, Newt Gingrich surged to win South Carolina. Then he became his usual arrogant self, and as a result, fell in the polls to his current position of relative obscurity.

Ron Paul on the other hand, who is not considered a serious contender by the Republican mainstream, may be working behind the scenes to actually ensure Romney wins the nomination. Paul has spent millions of dollars on ads attacking whoever the current contender is in the spotlight opposite Romney. Paul’s campaign assailed Rick Perry before the Texas governor faded and dropped out of the race. Then Gingrich was the next up to challenge Romney, and Paul responded. And now with Santorum’s rise, Paul has found his new punching bag.

Strangely enough, during the entire duration of the campaign season, Paul has left Romney untouched.

The simple question to ask is, why? To start, maybe Paul considers Romney the lesser of many evils. Or perhaps Romney has promised the Texas congressman significant speaking time at the Republican Convention, or even a cabinet spot for himself or his son, Rand. Because Paul has virtually no chance to win his party’s nomination, this type of consolation would seem to be very appealing to his libertarian cause.

Whatever Paul’s motivations for helping Romney may be, it’s clear this race is reaching its climax. While the other three candidates have claimed they will stay in the race till the Convention, expect a dominant performance by Romney on Super Tuesday to bring this contest to a virtual conclusion.


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