It appears that Santorum won the Talibaptist vote, but that’s not enough in Illinois, where Romney crushed him.

I expect this to continue for a while because:

• The press hates Romney now almost as much as they hated Gore in 2000.
• The states with high numbers of insane religious zealots, otherwise known as the Republican base, will continue to vote for the “Not the Mormon.”

But Romney got almost half the (admittedly anemic) votes cast, and Santorum did not manage to field a full slate of delegates, and it’s Illinois, which like Ohio, needs to be in play for any Republican to win, so I think that it’s game over, though I the clown show to continue.