Santorum campaign claims Romney tried to “rig outcome” of Michigan primary

Mitt Romney got more good delegate news Thursday as the Republican presidential campaign headed toward next week’s Super Tuesday showdown, with one candidate acknowledging he needs a victory to keep his campaign alive.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, campaigning in Atlanta ahead of the Georgia primary on March 6, made it clear he has to win the state he represented in Congress.

“I have to win Georgia, I think, to be credible in the race,” said Gingrich, who has won only one primary so far, in neighboring South Carolina.

Gingrich is vying with former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum to be the conservative alternative to the more moderate Romney in the race for the Republican nomination to face President Barack Obama in November.

Romney bolstered his delegate lead by winning in Wyoming, where Republicans held caucuses and cast votes in straw polls in recent weeks.

[Read more at CNN.com HERE including Santorum spokesman’s claim that “we never thought the Romney campaign would try to rig the outcome of an election by changing the rules after the vote.”]