So, looking ahead to the rest of March...
March 10th:
Kansas caucuses- Romney has so far demonstrated a patent inability to win in the mid-West. Santorum should take this one.
March 13th:
Alabama- Romney has also had trouble winning in the deep South. Not sure where the polling is at on this one... Santorum or Newt? Of note, this is an open primary, so the nine democrats in the state will probably all vote for NotRomney.
Mississippi- See above. ANOTHER open primary in the deep South.
Hawaii- Romney probably wins this one. Smallest amount of delegates up for grabs on this date, however.
March 18th:
Puerto Rico- Holy shit, there's actually more delegates at stake here than in Hawaii. I wonder how many people will bother showing up to a Republican primary in Puerto Rico... what's that you say? OPEN PRIMARY??? Don't mind if I do!
March 20th:
Illinois- Romney probably wins here. Open primary tho, and obviously a lot of delegates at stake.
March 24th:
Louisiana- Closed primary. Can Romney win here? Doubtful.
So that's like 2 out of 7 more contests this month I'd call Romney a lock for, with Puerto Rico and Lousiana being potential wildcards. If Newt would just GET THE FUCK OUT I think Santorum could become the NotRomney of choice and take this thing to the convention potentially. Either way though, I foresee a long, drawn out Bataan death march to the necessary number of delegates for Romney, potentially not even until the California primary which is winner-take-all on June 5th. And as we've seen so far, the longer this goes on the worse Romney looks... his unfavorables are so upside down now I really think it would take a messy war with Iran and the $10 gas that would go along with it to sink Obama. Which I don't put past certain scumfuckers to try and manufacture, either. But I'm cautiously optimistic at this point that Obama should win.