Theodore Roosevelt did not become the Republican presidential nominee in 1912 because...?

A. Taft had superior fund-raising ability and, by outspending Roosevelt, was able to prevail in the state primaries B. Taft proved to be more popular with grroots Republican voters in most of the state primaries C. Taft controlled the party machinery, which, in most stares, chose convention delegates; so, even though Roosevelt swept states that held primaries, he was ped over D. pro-Taft party officials bribed enough convention delegates to deny Roosevelt the nomination