course, lost to rick santorum, a candidate who isn't even from the south. just last week, gingrich's spokesman rc hammond had the following exchange with the wall street journal. question, does he have to win alabama and mississippi to remain a credible candidate. answer, yes. >> he has to win? >> yes. >> it's not at this point like losing is a waerd anomaly for gingrich. santorum is trailing romney. gingrich is way behind. newt gingrich wasn't chasing last night, he wasn't depressed or dejected, newt gingrich was defiant. >> because this is proportional representation we'll leave alabama and mississippi with substantial number of delegates, increasing our total going toward tampa. i faemphasized going to tampa because one of the things proved