Santorum's out, Romney won, and the general election has started. But don't tell that to the two Romney rivals still in the race.

Reuters

Though the headlines and the delegate counts might say otherwise, the GOP primary battle isn't quite over yet. Sure, neither Newt Gingrich nor Ron Paul has any shot at the nomination -- or for that matter the vice-presidential nod -- but they're still in the race. Well, sort of.

NEWT GINGRICH

On Sunday, Gingrich admitted (yet again) that Mitt Romney will be the nominee. Not that his admission meant he was going to save his dignity and his donors' money: Monday night, he told Fox News' Sean Hannity, "I'm thinking of getting it tattooed up here, 'All the way to Tampa,' " while pointing to his forehead, an allusion to the Republican National Convention site. But with Santorum's departure yesterday, he's at least making a half-hearted attempt to position himself as anti-Romney once more, posting this image on his site:

It's ironic that after weeks of Santorum's campaign practically begging Gingrich to leave the race and allow anti-Romney forces to unite, it's the former Speaker who's still in the hunt. The Onion spoofed Gingrich Tuesday with an article headlined, "Gingrich Urges Romney To Drop Out So He Can Focus On General Election." Good work, but the candidate actually did them one better: On the same day he trumpeted his cred as a conservative, Gingrich undermined it severely by bouncing his $500 check for entering the Utah primary. Andrew Kaczynski (who else?) dug up this old ad showing that Gingrich is just up to old trick: