Santorum only down 46 votes with two precincts left to report.
What difference does it make? He isn't getting 10% and thus no delegates. I'd kinda prefer he beat out Gingrich if only to quiet the moronic talking heads who think he has any relevance left, but I seriously doubt "SANTORUM BEATS GINGRICH FOR FOURTH PLACE" is worth much of anything to him.
It makes Newt look slightly more capable of being the "conservative" alternative. The place where Gingrich could pull an upset is SC. It would have been better for Romney had Gingrich come in fifth; until 1/21/12, anything that hurts Gingrich helps Romney.
Newt has done an absolutely
brilliant job self immolating, and Newt wears poorly as well. Folks get tired of that arrogant old fat man lecturing them as if he were some all-knowing seer. He's
irrelevant.
