Romney wins Hawaii...

... but the real headlines will be about Mitt Romney coming in third in Alabama and Mississippi.  Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich drawled their best while the cheesy grits fan knew if the money was even, he'd get blown out of the water.  Ironically, Romney may wind up getting more delegates than Santorum from last night.

Now I caught part of Newt Gingrich's "concession" speech, where he spun it as victory and bashed Romney.  It's clear that Gingrich hates Romney, and he can't hide it.  He flaunts his spite.  He also revealed why he will not drop out.  Sure, if he did drop out, maybe the ultraconservative base flocks around Santorum, but say only 70% of them go to Santorum and the rest go to Romney.  At the pace the states are going, Romney could still get to that magical 1144 number.

But if Newt stays in, he vacuums up delegates.  Not as much as Romney or Santorum, but it's enough to possibly keep Mitt from getting 1144.  He's going all in on getting to a brokered convention.  Naturally he's delusional to think if it got to such a point, that the Republican delegates would pick him.  And I do think part of him believes that, but there's nothing more important to Newt than to make sure Mitt Romney is not the GOP nominee.

If Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum somehow wind up with the nomination, I wouldn't vote for them.