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Newt Gingrich didn’t bother to seek a place on the ballot, and neither Mitt Romney nor Ron Paul is campaigning in Mizzou. Moreover, local Republicans are savagely attacking the event as a waste of taxpayer money.

Turns out the whole thing is a big mistake. In compliance with this year’s RNC rules, Missouri Republicans decided to move the primary to March. But the bill the legislature passed to do so succumbed to a veto because it contained non-germane elements offensive to the governor, and Republican solons couldn’t get it together to enact a clean bill. To avoid RNC sanctions, the state GOP decided to hold a caucus in March to select delegates, leaving the now-meaningless primary in place…

The only Republican who seems pleased with the scenario is Rick Santorum, who chose to campaign in Missouri to score a symbolic victory. Perhaps that will work out for him; he’s leading in the polls. If he manages to lose, though, Missouri Republicans won’t be the only ones who look stupid.