Island territories play key role in election  On March 14, the
Romney campaign's political director, Rich Beeson, sent out a
message touting Mitt Romney's recent delegate pickups. Yes, Rick
Santorum had won Alabama, Mississippi and Kansas, Beeson said,
but "Governor Romney's wins over the same period in Wyoming, the
Northern Marianas, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Hawaii and
American Samoa have helped expand his delegate lead, pushing him
closer to the nomination."  Indeed, in early March it was
Romney's wins in the island territories -- Marianas, Guam,
Samoa, Virgin Islands -- that gave Romney the edge in delegates.
And then, on March 18, Romney won the primary in Puerto Rico.
It's possible that if Romney finally reaches the 1,144 delegates
needed to clinch the Republican nomination, his delegate margin
of victory will have come from the islands.  Which leads to the
question: Why are places that are not states, whose residents
cannot vote for president, and that have no electoral votes
allowed to play a pot