Santorum wins both

Rick Santorum won Republican presidential primaries in Alabama and Mississippi tonight, propelling his candidacy and wrecking Mitt Romney's hopes for a game-changing Southern breakthrough.

While the returns were incomplete, Newt Gingrich was running second ahead of Romney in both states.

Santorum, speaking in Louisiana, took a rhetorical swipe at Romney, the frontrunner who has depicted himself as the inevitable GOP nominee. The former Pennsylvania senator predicted he would win the nomination.  (Continues)