In the biggest political night of the season, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum both won multiple contests on Super Tuesday, but Romney was the big winner, edging out Santorum in the crucial battleground state of Ohio, as well as being declared the winner in Alaska early Wednesday morning. In all, Romney took six states, Santorum three, and Newt Gingrich killed in his native Georgia.
Though the race is far from over, the results indicate again that, though they may not love him, Mitt Romney will be the party's candidate in November. Unfortunately for Republicans, the race isn't over yet, because the longer it persists, the less attractive the former Massachusetts governor is looking in the fall.
One of the most interesting tidbits for political reporters the day before the nationwide primary was a Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll that showed Mitt Romney's favorable to unfavorable ratings to be upside down, with 28 percent feeling good about the former Massachusetts governor and 38 percent expressing unfavorable attitudes.
Various articles have been written since then to combat the dark scenario for Mitt, with Salon's Steve Kornacki reporting that there is one candidate who had worse ratings at this point of the race and came back to win — Bill Clinton.
This article appears in Mar 1-7, 2012.