Mitt Romney's narrow win in Ohio and his five other wins last night now gives him a pretty healthy lead in delegates, but at this point both Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have every reason to stay in the race and keep bleeding Romney, forcing him to fight them and not President Obama (Ron Paul was going to stay in anyway).
Everyone thought it would be over by now. That's just not the case, Romney still can't get more than 40% or so in a competitive primary, meaning that the majority of Republicans are against him still. If Gingrich or Santorum were gone at this point, the other would have a commanding lead, and Romney knows it. Neither one will drop out with Kansas coming up this weekend and Alabama, Hawaii and Mississippi next Tuesday, states that Romney are not assured of winning by any means.
Meanwhile in Ohio, the primaries claimed two sitting members of Congress: Mean Jean Schmidt is out on her ass after getting rolled by former Army doctor Brad Wenstrup, and I'm not sorry to see her go, considering she's a Birther and likes to give first-graders speeches about stopping abortion. Wenstrup however is a Tea Party meathead, so we'll see how fast he goes Birther himself.
And up in Cleveland, Marcy Kaptur easily defeated Dennis Kucinich and I'm not really sorry to see him go either, considering he voted against the Democrats time and time again.
We'll see what the next couple of weeks bring. The biggest prize remaining in March is Illinois in two weeks, a place where Romney can probably pick up a number of delegates. He's going to need them.
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