BOSTON – So much for Mitt Romney wrapping up the nomination by Super Tuesday.
Rather than whittling down the roster of GOP hopefuls, as some had predicted months ago, Super Tuesday’s 10-state contest gave each of the top three candidates important victories to crow about and failed to provide a clearer path to victory for establishment favorite Romney.
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Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, was ahead of Rick Santorum by about one-half of 1 percent of the vote in the critical swing state of Ohio, which many considered Super Tuesday’s most important contest. He had claimed victory in just three other states — Vermont, his home state of Massachusetts and Virginia, where Rep. Ron Paul was his sole opponent. Romney assured a crowd gathered at a downtown hotel that he would pick up more Super Tuesday wins.
