As expected, Rick Santorum coasted to victory in today’s Kansas caucuses, giving him some positive news going into Tuesday’s more crucial Alabama and Mississippi primaries.
The Associated Press reports:
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Santorum picked up at least 32 of the state’s 40 delegates at stake, cutting slightly into Romney’s overwhelming’s advantage.
Kansas’s Republican electorate is very socially conservative — Mike Huckabee won with nearly 60 percent of the vote there four years ago. Santorum has been doing very well in the Midwest and the caucuses weren’t really contested by Romney or Gingrich.
The bigger test will come on Tuesday. If Santorum can win in Alabama and Mississippi, it will strengthen the case for Gingrich to get out of the race, which would give him what he’s long wanted — a clear shot at Romney in hopes that he’ll be able to consolidate the conservative vote. If Gingrich wins, he’s likely to stick around for awhile longer. And if Romney finally grabs a state in the south, both Santorum and Gingrich will start to hear calls to drop out and get behind Romney.
