You Do The Math

The Liter knows first hand (we count on both hands actually) that math is hard, and the scientific community is united in that fact, apparently things don't add up for Rick Santorum either.

Santorum: I'll beat Romney if Gingrich drops out

The candidate indicated that Newt Gingrich should drop out of the presidential race, arguing that splitting the "anti-Romney" vote helped Mitt Romney win the Michigan primary and Washington caucuses and contributes to his overall success so far.

"It's always harder when you've got two conservatives running in the race as we have seen in Washington and we've seen in other states".

According to these Washington results, the Santorum/Gingrich vote falls 1,801 short of Romney...

Mitt Romney -- 19,111 (38%)

Ron Paul -- 12,594 (25%)

Rick Santorum -- 12,089 (24%)

Newt Gingrich -- 5,221 (10%)

Also, one should never ASSume that the conservative vote will coalesce.