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Rick Santorum Whistling Dixie With Projected Wins in Alabama and Mississippi Primaries

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A big night for the former senator, with projected wins in Alabama and Mississippi, and a big setback for Newt. Howard Kurtz on how the outcome shakes up the GOP race.

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Rick Santorum extended his David-vs.-Goliath run in the Republican primaries on Tuesday night, rolling to projected victories in tight-as-a-tick contests in Alabama and Mississippi.

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While Mitt Romney performed respectably on turf that was culturally foreign to him, the apparent failure to win is a huge setback for southerner Newt Gingrich, who...

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