Santorum paving the way for Gingrich?

[California8429]

If Santorum wins Minnesota, as many of us expect, and continues to win midwestern states like the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Illinois, maybe even Nebraska, Montana, and Wyoming, he'll have taken those from Romney's column, not Gingrich. Gingrich can meanwhile sweep the south on Super Tuesday and with Santorum and Gingrich both in the race, they'll be competing for different areas with Santorum taking from Romney 08 wins and once thought to be locked areas. Then you have Paul also who could win in Maine, Montana, Alaska, North Dakota which are Romney 08 states.

With everyone staying in the race, this actually could be even worse for Romney than having a single anti-Romney candidate.

Hopefully the maps will be colorful and the convention fun!

[Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P!]

The absolute best result I can see is Romney managing to lose enough for it to go to a brokered convention, and that requires that all of the three non-Romneys get enough delegates to force it.

[RI]

Purely from an aesthetics/map standpoint, I'd love to see something like this:

[LastVoter]

Purely from an aesthetics/map standpoint, I'd love to see something like this:

Santorum would never win WA, it's between Romney and Paul here.

[RI]

Purely from an aesthetics/map standpoint, I'd love to see something like this:

Santorum would never win WA, it's between Romney and Paul here.

Huckabee probably won here last time. There are a lot more evangelicals in the WSRP than you'd think.

[Lincoln Republican]

Your projections for Santorum are absolutely laughable.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

Purely from an aesthetics/map standpoint, I'd love to see something like this:

Santorum would never win WA, it's between Romney and Paul here.

Somebody has never ventured into eastern/central Washington. It's filled with evangelicals.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Purely from an aesthetics/map standpoint, I'd love to see something like this:

Santorum would never win WA, it's between Romney and Paul here.

Huckabee probably won here last time. There are a lot more evangelicals in the WSRP than you'd think.

Gingrich will probably win Oklahoma.  Although, it'd be close between him and Santorum.  Ron Paul will also get a chunk of the Sooner State votes.

[RI]

Your projections for Santorum are absolutely laughable.

Yeah, because I totally said that map was going to happen or even remotely likely...

[Marokai Backbeat]

Your projections for Santorum are absolutely laughable.

Yeah, because I totally said that map was going to happen or even remotely likely...

SO YOU ADMIT IT.

[TJ in Oregon]

In my case Santorum is certainly paving the way for Gingrich because Santorum is the only one left standing between me becoming a Romney supporter.

[Torie]

Your projections for Santorum are absolutely laughable.

Yeah, because I totally said that map was going to happen or even remotely likely...

SO YOU ADMIT IT.

He wanted his map to be "aesthetic," and so that meant he gave Rick the Midwest and so forth to achieve what he wanted to print, frame, and put on his wall. He has the bit right that Newt will be leashed to where the slave masters once thrived however - if he gets even that since Newt is having something of a nervous breakdown at the moment.

Granted, I am not sure how Indiana fits into his aesthetic model ... and Newt ain't going to carry it, particularly if he is losing everything else outside the former cotton is king slave belt.  

[Linus Van Pelt]

The apparent failure of the southern anti-Romneys and the northern anti-Romneys to get on the same page, even though they need to do so fast, is one of the more interesting things of this cycle. In some ways it is almost more interesting than Romney vs. Not Romney. There may be some complex issues around regionalism and religion under the surface here that haven't received explicit attention in the campaign.

[RI]

Granted, I am not sure how Indiana fits into his aesthetic model ... and Newt ain't going to carry it, particularly if he is losing everything else outside the former cotton is king slave belt.  

Santorum's not on the ballot there.

[Mr. Morden]

Nah, if he wins MN and the MO pretend primary, then he's paving the way to replace Gingrich as anti-Romney.  The only thing that's being paved for Gingrich is his chance to be elected Moon President:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PsSJYrbuaI

[Keystone Phil]

Granted, I am not sure how Indiana fits into his aesthetic model ... and Newt ain't going to carry it, particularly if he is losing everything else outside the former cotton is king slave belt.  

Santorum's not on the ballot there.

Thanks to a recent development, he likely will be.