CNN - Super Tuesday 2000 - 1 of 7 - 7:17 p.m. (E)
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[0:02] delegates,
[0:05] but that's the bare minimum. Most
[0:07] advisers believe it would take much more
[0:08] to make it worth soldiering on, in part
[0:11] because the primary calendar takes a
[0:12] dramatic turn in Governor Bush's favor.
[0:15] Next Tuesday's choices for McCain range
[0:17] from bad to worse. The governor is
[0:19] heavily favored in Florida, Mississippi,
[0:21] Louisiana, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and his
[0:24] home state of Texas. If McCain survives
[0:26] Super Tuesday, he'll try to pick up
[0:27] delegates next week in Florida and
[0:29] perhaps Tennessee, but he'd focus most
[0:31] of his attention on the March 21st
[0:33] primary in Illinois. Money is beginning
[0:35] to matter as much as momentum. McCain
[0:37] aids tell CNN they have only $4 million
[0:40] more to spend before hitting the $40
[0:42] million primary spending cap imposed on
[0:44] candidates who accept federal matching
[0:46] funds. McCain's relationship with Bush
[0:48] has been severely strained in recent
[0:50] weeks, but top eight say that won't be a
[0:52] factor in the senator's decision-making.
[0:55] The biggest factor they say will be
[0:56] simple delegate math. Senator McCain
[0:58] will sit down with top adviserss late
[1:00] tonight and again in the morning to see
[1:01] if there's any realistic scenario under
[1:03] which he can win enough delegates down
[1:05] the road to deny Governor Bush the
[1:07] nomination and to win it for himself.
[1:09] Back to you at the anchor desk.
[1:11] >> John Candi, after the nomination is
[1:13] decided, there has to be an endgame. And
[1:16] I'm wondering, has there been any kind
[1:18] of cross-pollination between the Bush
[1:20] and McCain campaigns talking about what
[1:23] happens if Governor Bush gets th