Prediction: Romney wins HI and MS, Santorum wins AL.

[RandySF]

It will be a humiliating night for Newt.

[Mr.Turnip]

1. That seems to be what most are predicting.

though we won't know HI till it's really really late.

Polls there close at 2 AM EST for some crazy reason.

AL has more delegates and is slightly less proportional than MS so it's the better state to win for anyone.

[RandySF]

2. HI is six hours behind the Eastern Time Zone.

[Mr.Turnip]

3. Ah forgive my ignorance I assumed it was more like 4 or 5.

[KeepItReal]

4. Mitt ain't winning Miss. IMHO

I see more Santorum signs in this area of TN near the Mississippi border.

[Mr.Turnip]

5. CNN's first exist poll has him winning Evangelicals in MS due to Newt/Santo split.

but then again CNN's first exit poll had Romney doing 6 or so points better in OH then he actually did.


Regardless the exits are pointing toward a bad night for Newt Gingrich, which in turn means it's good Rick Santorum.

Santorum seem's set to win the most delegates tonight if the numbers hold.

[book_worm]

6. Well that is what the exit polls in MS & AL are saying and hard to see anyone but Mitt winning in HI

So pretty safe prediction. I, have decided to throw caution to the wind, and say that Ricky will win both MS and AL

[Mr.Turnip]

8. Don't think he'll win MS

however as Ricky usually outperforms his exits I predict he pushes Gingrich down to third.

[book_worm]

13. So far Ricky is up in MS and Mittens is in third! so we'll see. Romney underperforming in MS

[WI_DEM]

15. Looks like your prediction was right!!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. He'll win Hawaii without even wearing a grass skirt, dancing the hula, or eating a pineapple?

What an achievement.

[11 Bravo]

10. You bet! There's an "o" in Romney, and an "i' in Mitt, and he has 5 boys, and boys starts with ...

a "b", and if you turn a "b" upside down and flip it, it becomes a "p", and "poi" is a Hawaiian staple; so Mitt's a fucking native!

[Mr.Turnip]

9. Exit's in MS tightening.

Santorum is now in second only 2 behind Romney.

looking like a terrible night for Gingrich.

[cash__whatiwant]

11. really? where do you see that? nt

[Mr.Turnip]

12. The Daily Kos liveblog.

[KeepItReal]

14. I rest my case...Santorum wins Miss. just like he won Tenn.

Romney gets *NO LOVE* in the South

[PassingFair]

16. They'll vote for Mitt in the election.

Their bigotry will outstrip their religiosity.

[Aerows]

17. MS?

I said for months he couldn't win here, and he didn't. He's not going to win in Louisiana, either, for the same reason - he's Mormon. He's going to have serious problems in Texas, too.

You have to understand that evangelical Christians and Baptists make up a HUGE number of GOP voters in these states. They simply won't go for a cult member (that's how Mormons are viewed in the Deep South).

His phoniness isn't helping him, either.