Santorum's Finishes Shocking Tuesday with Clean Sweep

In our journalism elections seminar class on Tuesday, our professor asked if Mitt Romney was now the "presumptive candidate," i.e. that for all intents and purposes, he was the GOP candidate. When he asked that question, my first thought was that yes, he was the presumptive candidate. But then the Tuesday primaries and caucuses happended.

Rick Santorum had a clean sweep in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado, home of the Denver Post. Coverage of the Colorado caucuses was front and center on the Denver Post wesbite for the entire day, providing up to the minute results, including a live blog by Post staff.

Besides the traditional articles stating that Santorum had won, the Post also included several photo slideshows, one of the GOP caucus and the other of the GOP candidates through the years. The Denver Post has continued to impress me with its photojournalism, as many of the top headlines are accompanied not just by written articles but also by photo slideshows.

These results definitely make the race for GOP presidential candidate more interesting. Money will start to roll in for Rick Santorum, and his prediction that he is now the main challenger to Mitt Romney is beginning to come true.