Losses Aside, Romney Puts Convention on Calendar
February 7, 2008







Mitt Romney is committed to staying in the Republican presidential race despite his losses on Tuesday, and has an eye on the long-shot possibility of a brokered convention fight, his advisers said Wednesday.


Candidate Topic PagesMore Politics NewsA brokered convention, in which no candidate secures the 1,191 delegates required to win the nomination on the first ballot, may be Mr. Romney’s only remaining path to the nomination.

Calculations by his own advisers made clear even before the final tallies from Tuesday’s contests that Mr. Romney faces a steep climb to win enough delegates in the primary process.

But Mr. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, delivered an upbeat pep talk to his staff on Wednesday at his Boston headquarters. His advisers are considering television commercials for some of the next states to vote. “They’re making phone calls tonight,â€