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...failed to produce a first- or second-place finish in the bulk of the states he visited. In Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia and Oklahoma, Romney trailed Mike Huckabee, the man he tried to write out of the race. Romney also lost California, which he visited Monday, to McCain, and West Virginia, which he visited Tuesday morning, to Huckabee...
...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...
...Democrats: All the big states that rushed into the void to hold early primaries may turn out to have spoken too soon. Instead of making themselves kingmakers, their divided result has abdicated the power to the states that waited their turn. The next major contests include Maryland and Virginia, and then Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania, followed by what could be a slow and grueling crawl to the convention...
...WEST VIRGINIA...
...though determined to bury him there once and for all. McCain remained the Man to Beat, but his opponents were giving it their best shot. Seeing Romney closing in on him in California, McCain's forces joined hands with Huckabee's to deny Romney a victory in the West Virginia caucus; on the second ballot, with McCain's help, Huckabee won with 52% of the vote. Romney managed victories in his home states of Massachusetts and Utah, as well as North Dakota. But across the south, with victories in Alabama, Georgia and Arkansas, Huckabee demonstrated again that his faithful congregation...