third. i was not terribly he was going to take mississippi and alabama by storm. he has louisiana ahead. he will probably argue we need to do more debates. of course that is where he shines and gets a lot of his boost from but at this point santorum looking ahead, the inevitability argument is not a strong one i agree. but romney is piling up more delegates. and he did last night even though he didn't get the sort of spiritual top line headline win that he needs he got a technical win in that he got more delegates. as you move down the line, santorum doesn't have a whole lot of winner take all chances to build that especially if gingrich stays in the race. gingrich has a developed following among some folks but conservatives are looking at santorum as the guy who peaked and never fell off dramatically and they trust him that way. jon: peter, what about alliance yesterday, gingrich, santorum ticket, does that cause democrats to quake.