CNN is projecting Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will win the Alabama Republican presidential primary, and as I write this Santorum is also leading in the Mississippi primary, where with 79% of the vote counted, he had 35% of the vote, followed by Newt Gingrich at 30%. Republican “frontrunner” Mitt Romney trailed with 28% of the vote, while Rep. Ron Paul had just 5%.
If these results hold true and Rick Santorum does win both the Alabama and Mississippi primaries, I can’t see a logical way forward for Newt Gingrich, while Mitt Romney will continue to suffer as the “frontrunner” who simply couldn’t close the deal with evangelical christian conservatives.
I simply can’t fathom a Catholic winning in Mississippi or Alabama. Though it was actually a three-way tie, plus or minus 5%.