Rick Santorum has won Colorado in addition to Missouri and Minnesota. Ron Paul finished second in Minnesota, ahead of both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. Gingrich is only a point ahead of Paul for third place in Colorado.
In terms of the delegate count, this means virtually nothing. No delegates are directly awarded tonight and Missouri’s primary is purely a beauty contest. But this is a huge embarrassment for Romney. It also raises the question of how long Gingrich can keep going as the chief anti-Romney. People who were avoiding a vote for Santorum because he wasn’t as viable as the former House speaker may rethink things going forward. No candidate will drop out after tonight.
A brokered convention? I still doubt it. But we still have four active candidates for the Republican nomination who don’t seem to be going anywhere.
