Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri

It was a clean sweep for Rick Santorum which sort of makes you wonder what the people in those states are thinking.

Of course none of the votes are binding which sort of makes you wonder why they bothered.

The Romney camp is playing down the losses but, if nothing else, it extends the primary battle. Even if you include the non-binding votes from Colorado and Minnesota Romney, with 87, still has more delegates than the others combined. Santorum has 35, Gingrich 32 and Paul 13.

Of the four remaining candidates only Romney strikes me as even mildly rational. Strangely enough I find Santorum, even though I think he’s a moron, more acceptable than either Gingrich or Paul.

I still feel confident that Romney will get the nomination. It just appears that it’s going to take longer than previously expected.