Mar 14 2012
Santorum Wins in Southern States Throw A Wrench Into GOP Nomination Race
The results of four more primaries for the GOP nomination for President are in, with former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum winning races in Alabama and Mississippi. The results showed a three-way split in the two Southern States, between Santorum and his rivals, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, who came in a close second and a close third respectively. Overall, the front runner still remains Romney who won Hawaii and American Samoa, and leads the delegate count with 485 delegates according to the Associated Press. Santorum, who has solidly taken his place as the ultra-conservative and evangelical representative of the GOP, has about half as many. One thousand, one hundred and forty four delegates are needed to win the Presidential nomination. A New York Times editorial opined today that Romney’s path to the nomination “will in no small part depend on what Newt Gingrich does from here.” If Gingrich stays in the race, which he has vowed to do, he will continue to split the anti-Romney vote with Santorum, making it easier for Romney to blaze to victory.
Yesterday’s races follow from the weekend races – Santorum claimed a strong victory in the Kansas primary caucus on Saturday, walking away with the majority of the 40 delegates at stake, while Romney prevailed in Wyoming, capturing at least half of that state’s six delegates. The next primary race takes place in Missouri on March 17th.
GUEST: Adele Stan, is the Washington bureau chief for AlterNet and an Uprising Election 2012 analyst
One Response to “Santorum Wins in Southern States Throw A Wrench Into GOP Nomination Race”
I don’t think Romney and Santorum is doing as well as they say. I think it’s vote fraud. Look up on youtube “Programmer under oath in open court admits computers rig elections”