Huckabee Only Needs 59% Of Remaining Delegates To Bring Nomination To Ballot At Republican Convention
In the video below, there is a great explanation by HucksArmy.com regarding the actual math for Mike Huckabee to have an opportunity to win the GOP nomination.
Karl Rove recently stated that Huckabee would need 83% of the remaining delegates - that is true for Huckabee to get the required 1191 to seal the nomination before the convention. However, Huckabee only needs to win 59% of the remaining delegates to block John McCain from clinching before the convention. In this scenario, after the first round of voting, most of the delegates would be released and could vote for any candidate after that.
The last time the Republicans had a brokered convention was in 1976 when Ronald Reagan stayed in the race against Gerald Ford. Ford ended up with the nomination and lost the general election. Reagan came back in 1980 and the rest is history.
The political pundits are pretty much assuming that the Democrats will go to a brokered convention because of the virtual tie between Clinton and Obama. A similar scenario could definitely play out for the Republicans as well, especially since McCain is having great difficulty appealing to the Republican conservative base.
by Dan Davidson, StuckonHuck.com
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Mayby you should up load this websight a little more often. =] Now our dearly beloved is departed from the presidental race. I may sound a little bit like a nay-saying Left Wing pinhead, but trust me I'm on your side. Just presenting the facts. I am completely in love with Mike Huckabee. If I could, I would be the one-vote-counts person to bring him back into the long lost race, even though that is not posible. I am 11 years old, and I think that if John McCain does'nt pick Huck than our country is doomed forever. May God have mercy on our souls.