While Romney won in Florida on Tuesday, the gaining of 50 delegates was pretty much the only victory he can claim coming out of that state.  While he got 46 percent of the vote, almost the same amount of people at 45 percent said the reason was not because of any particular policy or stance, but because he had the best chance to beat Obama.  He came in last among voters who claimed to be “very conservative,” which is where Speaker Gingrich had the largest amount of support.

Even Ron Paul, a candidate who really isn’t a Republican, got a better number of the true conservative vote.  He also lost to Gingrich among the voters who supported the Tea Party movement by almost double.

If Romney is going to win this race, he needs to appeal to the base of conservatism.  While he is doing well with moderates and independents, those are typically not the ones who volunteer and donate to the cause.

According to the Republican National Committee, only one out of every 20 volunteers for a candidacy label themselves as a moderate or independent, and one out of every 30 donors is a moderate or independent.  And when 41 percent of your base says that Romney needs to be more conservative, that shows that he is not the right candidate for this most important of elections.

With these kinds of numbers coming out, Newt just needs to stay in the game and keep pushing himself as the Reagan era conservative that he is.  He also needs to the keep the conservative endorsements going.  From Sarah Palin to Mike Reagan, son of Ronald Reagan, the more support he can get from time-tested conservatives the better.  Rick Santorum has a possibility of getting the nomination only if the GOP base opinion keeps turning against Mitt and Newt implodes.  He just needs to keep getting people to donate so he can keep going.

And for the last time, Ron Paul needs to drop out and stop sucking away votes from the guys who are really in it.  He has some good ideas and some radically loyal followers, but sometimes you just need to know when to stop.