And the winner is... old news.

HEADLINE: "Santorum jolts GOP presidential race with 3-state sweep"

Yawn.

Please excuse my lack of enthusiasm, but I hardly see a "jolted" GOP. After seeing this and countless other headlines Wednesday morning, I sat and thought about the primaries and just what these three in particular meant.

Continued after the jump.

Does waiting to project the winner really matter? (UPDATED)

As I sit, listening to the "best election coverage on television," I'm irritated by Wolf Blitzer's announcement. I paraphrase:

To protect the integrity of the process, we will be waiting until all polls close at 8 to project the winner. Stay tuned!

This is said, of course, as the live numbers from the polls are being displayed at the bottom of the screen (as of 7:48, 48% Romney, 31% Gingrich, 13% Santorum, 7% Paul, with 50% reporting.) Nobody needs a team of professionals to figure out what's going to happen.

Rant continues after the jump.