As of last night, John McCain had at least 707 delegates, Mitt Romney had 294 and Mike Huckabee had 195. A candidate needs 1191 delegates to win. McCain’s total will go up as the California delegates are parceled out. By my math, there are 1147 delegates yet to be awarded (again, some of these are actually already in McCain’s column from California). This means:
McCain needs
487484 of 1147Romney needs 897 of 1147
Huckabee needs 996 of 1147
Whatever Romney is up to, it cannot realistically be about winning. It only prevents some from getting over the “sit in the wilderness” fixation.
