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...Each Romney iteration has been backed by significant spending, but none has achieved mass appeal in a Republican Party that has long been dissatisfied with its candidate options. On Thursday, Romney is scheduled to try again, with a speech before the Conservative Political Action conference in Washington, the premier annual meeting of activists who largely distrust McCain. (McCain is also scheduled to speak...
...Romney's greatest campaign assets is his relentless optimism. His vow to fight on to the convention was less delusional than constitutional; he genuinely believes the tide is always about to turn in his favor. But Romney is also a former management consultant, a numbers-cruncher unlikely to remain a candidate if he concludes that winning is no longer a serious possibility. At the very least, Super Tuesday reminded him of the difference between three...
...California. He even won in Oklahoma, the most conservative state with no large Mormon population. (Bush carried every county in Oklahoma in 2004.) Elsewhere, though, McCain still clearly has a lot of work to do among die-hard conservatives, who remain distrustful of him and divided between Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee...
...Mitt Romney [AK, CO, MA, MN, MT, ND, UT] failed to impress almost anyone, with wins in Massachusetts, Utah and a few other places he could not have conceivably lost. He vowed to stay in the race, but with Huckabee continuing to pull conservatives out of his column, the businessman may soon have to reevaluate his investment...
...Mike Huckabee [AL, AR, GA, TN, WV] did far better than expected, which is mostly because he was not expected to do much of anything. West Virginia landed in his corner after McCain supporters, coming in third in the caucus, decided to gang up against Romney. But victories in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia, as well as a strong showing in Missouri, proved that his southern appeal is enough to keep him in the race - for the moment. The challenge, and it is significant, will be for Huckabee to turn himself into something more than a regional favorite...