Rick Santorum made a clean sweep of the Alabama and Mississippi Primaries on Tuesday. Both races were close with Santorum taking 35% in Alabama and 33% in Mississippi. Newt Gingrich did not do as well as he needed to coming in second in Alabama with 29% and 30% in Mississippi. Massachusetts Yankee Mitt Romney came in third in both contests taking 29% in Alabama and 30% in Mississippi. Ron Paul finished a distant fourth in both states.
Mitt Romney, still the front runner by delegate count will move on to the next races starting on Saturday with the Missouri Caucus worth 52 delegates, and the Illinois Primary on March 20 where 54 delegates are up for grabs. Unlike the Missouri Primary, dubbed a "beauty contest" the caucus and it's delegates does indeed count.
But what is next? Santorum's wins in the South were primarily bad news for Newt Gingrich. Having only won South Carolina and his home state of Georgia, it may be time for some re-evaluation for the Gingrich Campaign. Newt is insistent that he is in until Convention time in Tampa.
But is hanging on until the bitter end going to be damaging ultimately to whom ever is the nominee? Rick Santorum's wins make him all that much more a force to be reckoned with, and it is believed this will come down to a two-man race hopefully sooner than later.
Republicans absolutely do NOT want a brokered convention. If that happens we might as well ask the Obamas if they want the walls of the White House living quarters the same colors for the next four years. A definite nominee no later than June gives the Republicans time and resources to mount a vigorous, aggressive campaign against Barack Obama. They cannot afford to be duking it out on the floor of the Convention if they want to be dancing in the streets in November.
But what is next? Santorum's wins in the South were primarily bad news for Newt Gingrich. Having only won South Carolina and his home state of Georgia, it may be time for some re-evaluation for the Gingrich Campaign. Newt is insistent that he is in until Convention time in Tampa.
But is hanging on until the bitter end going to be damaging ultimately to whom ever is the nominee? Rick Santorum's wins make him all that much more a force to be reckoned with, and it is believed this will come down to a two-man race hopefully sooner than later.
Republicans absolutely do NOT want a brokered convention. If that happens we might as well ask the Obamas if they want the walls of the White House living quarters the same colors for the next four years. A definite nominee no later than June gives the Republicans time and resources to mount a vigorous, aggressive campaign against Barack Obama. They cannot afford to be duking it out on the floor of the Convention if they want to be dancing in the streets in November.
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