Mitt Romney's Team: Santorum and Gingrich are Helping Obama

After winning six out of 10 contests on Super Tuesday, Mitt Romneys team made the argument that only their candidate has a legitimate shot at winning the Republican presidential nomination -- and that his GOP opponents are only helping Democrat incumbent President Barack Obama.

Super Tuesday voting significantly increased Governor Romneys delegate lead and makes it increasingly difficult for any of his opponents to catch him. To date, Governor Romney has won more than 50 percent of all delegates awarded and now holds nearly 40 percent of the 1,144 delegates needed to win the nomination, argued Rich Beeson, a strategistfor Romney, in a memo released Wednesday. Yesterdays six wins come on top of five consecutive wins leading up to Super Tuesday. Governor Romney now has more than twice as many delegates as Senator Santorum and four times more than Speaker Gingrich. He has won twice as many states as Senator Santorum and seven times more than Speaker Gingrich. Governor Romney won 60 percent of Super Tuesday states. By contrast, in 2008 John McCain won only 41 percent (nine of 21) of the Super Tuesday states.

Beeson looked ahead at the primary calendar and argued that Santorum and Gingrich face "dwindling opportunities to close the gap" against Romney and that they are only helping Obama. Super Tuesday dramatically reduced the likelihood that any of Governor Romneys opponents can obtain the Republican nomination. As Governor Romneys opponents attempt to ignore the basic principles of math, the only persons odds of winning they are increasing are President Obamas.