MITT: MOST POPULAR AMONG GOP CONSERVATIVES

RUSH (VIA DOUG):

[... Romney] will precisely not get out until [after] Super Tuesday because the real conservative voices in terms of the American people have not been heard!

It's independents and Democrats who have given victories to Huckabee and McCain so far.

It was Romney who won a majority of Republican votes in New Hampshire.

But they were outnumbered by all the other people that could cross over and vote from whatever party or no party. So Romney's not going to get out.

His strategy is to wait 'til Republican conservatives actually start voting here, in these primaries, and they haven't yet, in terms of a majority, and it's not going to be the case in Michigan, either...

DOUG: Here's hoping Romney remains in it for the long haul.

I AGREE: MITT SHOULD COMMIT TO STAY IN UNTIL THE CONVENTION.

PROOF OF MITT'S CONSERVATIVE CRED'S: NYTIMES EXIT POLL:

Political philosophy

		McCain	Romney	Huckabee	Giuliani	Paul
2%	Very liberal	--	--	--	--	--
9%	Somewhat liberal	47	15	10	9	15
34%	Moderate	44	27	11	9	7
34%	Somewhat conservative	38	35	8	9	6
21%	Very conservative	18	43	19	5	7

HERE'S MORE PROOF:

On taxes, higher priority should be

		McCain	Romney	Huckabee	Giuliani	Paul
44%	Cutting taxes	27	37	13	12	8
54%	Reducing the budget deficit	46	26	12	5	5

Most illegal immigrants working in the U.S. should be

		McCain	Romney	Huckabee	Giuliani	Paul
28%	Offered a chance to apply for citizenship	54	15	12	9	7
22%	Allowed to stay as temporary workers	42	32	10	8	6
50%	Deported to the country they came from	24	40	14	9	8