United States Presidential Race - Endorsements for Republicans 2012

Endorsements could decide the outcome of the Presidential Election 2012, especially in the Republican primary. Here are the likely big endorsements in December 2011 through March 2012:

Value (max. 10)	Endorser	Conservapedia Prediction	Predicted Timing	Actual Endorsement	Analysis
10	John McCain	Newt Gingrich	Between Iowa and NH primaries	Mitt Romney	Conservapedia predicted the timing correctly, and presumably Gingrich's poor showing in the Iowa Caucuses caused McCain, in a surprise, to back Romney. The press conference itself was a disaster, however; McCain does not excite or charm the faithful anymore. He would likely become Romney's Secretary of Defense and dictate his foreign policy. Mitt Romney did worse than polling indicated in New Hampshire after McCain endorsed him.
9	Sarah Palin	Newt Gingrich	Between NH and SC primaries		The endorsement of Newt by Todd Palin just before the NH primary creates anticipation that Sarah will endorse Newt soon after the NH primary, thereby negating Mitt's victory.
8	Mike Huckabee	Newt Gingrich	Before Iowa primary		Perhaps for tactical reasons this has been delayed, probably until after the New Hampshire primary
7	Rick Perry	Newt Gingrich	After SC primary
7 John Bolton	Mitt Romney		Strong conservative voice on foreign policy comes out for Romney
6	Rick Santorum	Mitt Romney	Between Iowa and NH primaries		As long as Santorum draws more voters away from Romney's more conservative competitors than from Romney himself, Santorum will stay in the race and delay his endorsement.
5	Chris Christie	Mitt Romney	prediction already made and confirmed	Mitt Romney
4	National Right to Life Committee	Newt Gingrich	in December	Trent Franks, a leading pro-life congressman, endorsed Newt on Jan. 13	The delay in pro-life endorsements is probably to await Santorum dropping out of the race.
3	Donald Trump	Newt Gingrich	between Iowa and NH primaries		Trump subsequently left the Republican Party, presumably to consider running as an Independent, which makes it unlikely he'll be endorsing any Republican for president in the near future.
2	Herman Cain	Newt Gingrich	before Iowa Caucuses		Cain was reportedly ready to endorse Gingrich in December, as Conservapedia predicted, but bad press about Cain probably caused Gingrich to place that on hold for lack of a positive effect.
1	Lindsey Graham	Newt Gingrich	before South Carolina primaries

Useless Value (max. 10)	Endorser	Endorsement	Why it is useless
10	Iowa Des Moines Register	Mitt Romney	The newspaper supported same-sex marriage
9	Jon Huntsman	Mitt Romney	Many wondered why this ambassador for the Obama Administration was running for the Republican nomination.

Not likely to endorse until winner is clear

Non-Endorser	Reason explained by Conservapedia	Result
Jeb Bush	Jeb hopes to be selected at the convention if no candidate wins a majority,[Citation Needed] and thus wants to remain on good terms with all candidates.
Jim DeMint	DeMint would rather build support across the conservative movement without picking sides.

See also

• Presidential Election 2012
• Swing States 2012