On Tuesday night, as he celebrates expected victories in Pennsylvania, New York, and other states, Mitt Romney plans to accept the title of presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Certainly the overwhelming majority of party insiders, along with the rest of the political world, already views Romney as the GOP choice; Tuesday will be just more confirmation. So given those circumstances, why are some prominent Republicans in Delaware, which also votes Tuesday, throwing their support, at this late date, to Newt Gingrich?

In recent days Gingrich has announced the endorsements of Terry Spence, a former Speaker of the Delaware House; Jerry Wood, chairman of the Sussex County Republican Party; and Hans Riegle, chairman of the Kent County Republican Party.  Delaware has only three counties; Sussex and Kent are the smaller ones, population-wise, and New Castle is the big one.  The New Castle GOP is divided into three regions, and on Sunday Gingrich won the support of Bill Sahm, who chairs the Brandywine region in the northern party of the county.  The bottom line is that Gingrich has the endorsement of the leaders of all three Republican county organizations in Delaware.