Bill Kristol: “It ain’t over”

Out here, in the dark quiet of the winter suburban night, it’s startling to hear the harsh sounds piercing through the cold air from the direction of Washington, D.C. It takes a while to recognize the sound as the gnashing of thousands of D.C. GOP power brokers’ teeth. It was supposed to be over tonight!!! What the hell are the voters doing?!?
Rick Santorum

What they’re doing is, on the one hand, casting more votes for Mitt Romney than for anyone else. But what they’re also doing, on the other hand, is denying Romney enough votes to win decisively and end the race.

So it’s not over.

And here’s why D.C. GOP teeth are gnashing so fiercely and loudly: It won’t be over for a while.

Mitt Romney of course remains the clear favorite. But the schedule over the next few weeks does him few favors. There are 14 primaries and caucuses in the next month, including Kansas on March 10, Alabama, Hawaii, and Mississippi on March 13, Missouri on March 17, Illinois on March 20, Louisiana on March 24, and Maryland and Wisconsin on April 3. Rick Santorum will probably hold his own—maybe more than hold his own—against Romney in these contests. (Furthermore, if Santorum can win Alabama and Mississippi next week, Gingrich may either get out or become fairly irrelevant, which would presumably help Santorum.)

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