What now?

Super Tuesday has come and gone and there is still not a winner. That being said, it would be a lie to say that McCain doesn't have it about wrapped up. Romney vows to continue on, and I believe he should. There are a couple of reasons.
1. He can continue to show that McCain is no conservative and open the eyes of more conservative voters so that something is done about it.
2. If McCain doesn't have the necessary amount of delegates by the convention it will result in a brokered convention, and there will have to be some dealing done. If Romney has the delegates that McCain needs then they might be able to work something out. I don't know what Romney wants, but it could result in him being on the ticket as VP, or a spot in the cabinet. Personally, I don't know if that would be good for Romney, because I believe that in 2012 Romney will be the front runner for GOP nominee if McCain doesn't win in November, but that depends on Romney.
3. If McCain faces enough opposition from conservative voices and leaders, it may force him to make some public commitments and promises. For example right now there are 6 supreme court judges over 68, meaning the next president will be appointing at least 6 new judges. If McCain promises to appoint all conservative judges he can gain some support from the more conservative voters. Because as it stands, he doesn't have the support of the base of the Republican party, and he will not win in November with out it.
There was a recent poll done by KSL in Utah that said that both Obama and Hillary would beat McCain in UTAH! I don't know when the last time a Republican lost Utah in a general election. Today in my Political Science class our teacher asked who would vote for McCain and there was a deafening silence in the room, until a bunch of people yelled "NO!" and when they asked about Obama vs McCain a large portion of the class raised their hands in support of Obama (there are about 400 students in my class) This is bad news for McCain if he can't unite the party. I say Romney should keep going. If there is any chance that McCain can be stopped or slowed down at least, I say go for it. And I will continue supporting Romney until the end. McCain has a lot of convincing and promising to do before he can get my support.

One last thing I heard today is about a movement called "Mavericks against McCain." As we know McCain is known as the maverick for his non-conservative, have-it-my-way attitude. So now some of his critics are calling for all conservatives to be "mavericks" and vote against McCain, supposedly to give him a taste of his own medicine. Personally, I am not ready to put a democrat in the White House, which would threaten our national security and wallets, but the way its looking, McCain will have a very uphill battle if he indeed becomes the GOP nominee.

PS - If no deals are made at the convention, (doubtful considering Huckabee and McCain's mutual love) or if there are deals and McCain still doesn't have enough, it could come down to a vote at the convention, in which case the conservatives can have some say for once. By the way, McCain won his home state of Arizona, but he lost the Conservative vote there by almost double. Interesting ...