There are bad nights, then there are REALLY bad nights, and then there are nights like the one Mitt Romney had last night. Three states held caucuses and primaries Tuesday night to pick a Republican nominee for President - including Colorado, Missouri, and Minnesota - and it was a clean sweep for Rick Santorum.
In Missouri - Santorum got 55% of the vote with Romney coming in second at 25% - oddly though there were no delegates at stake. In Minnesota - Santorum cleaned up with 45% of the vote - while Romney came in third behind Ron Paul with 17%. And later in the night - in Colorado - a state Romney expected to win and DID win in 2008 - Santorum came out on top - beating Romney 40 to 35%.
So what does this mean? It means Conservatives can still play around with the idea of nominating someone who isn't named Mitt Romney for at least a few more weeks. But the millionaires and billionaires have decided Mitt Romney is their guy - and thanks to Citizens United - they can speak louder than anyone else in the country so it would be shocking if Mitt weren't the guy on stage accepting the nomination later in the year down in Tampa.
-Thom
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