Romney Ends White House Bid

Huck and Mitt hope delicate party dynamics will topple McCain

(NEWSER) - John McCain's strong Super Tuesday showing has left him looking like a sure thing to win the Republican nomination, but Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are staying in the race and hoping for a change, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Once you're out of the race, you're out. But if you stay in, you have a chance to put something together," a Republican noted. More»

Scribes talk McCain's conservative problem, the Romney slight, and Huckabee as VP

(NEWSER) - With the big day behind us, four writers look to where Super Tuesday results leave the GOP:

• John McCain “had an impressive night,” says Jim Hood in National Review, but still lost in many states among Republicans—and had terrible conservatives stats. He’s no good for November unless he can “motivate disgruntled and distrustful Republican activists.”

With mere scattered victories, he vows to battle to bitter end

(NEWSER) - Victorious only in his home state of Massachusetts, Utah, and five caucus states, Mitt Romney vowed last night to stay in the campaign—and is digging in for a long, hard battle, AP reports. Speaking in Boston, Romney pledged to fight all the way to the convention, casting his campaign as a struggle to save the nation's future. "It's not all done tonight. We're going to keep on battling," he said. More»

Huckabee's strong Southern showing complicates GOP race

(NEWSER) - Mike Huckabee was expected to win his home state of Arkansas on Super Tuesday, but his wins in West Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia on top of that have put the supposed "third wheel" back in the race for the GOP nomination, the Washington Post reports. "Sometimes one small, smooth stone is more effective than a suit of armor," Huckabee told cheering supporters in Arkansas. More»

GOP rivals battle over right-wing credentials

(NEWSER) - GOP contenders John McCain and Mitt Romney have both staked out claims on the conservative heart of the Republican party, hoping to convince voters heading to the polls today that they're the genuine article. Romney insists conservatives up and down the country have told him: "We don't want Senator McCain. We want a conservative in the White House." McCain, meanwhile, slammed Romney's Massachusetts record and said his own hard-line positions on Islamic extremism and for limiting federal spending are truly conservative. More»