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Romney blasts GOP race wide open
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Edited | Chronicler Jan 16, 2008 06:41am |
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| News Date | Wednesday, January 16, 2008 12:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Mitt Romney's victory Tuesday in the Michigan Republican presidential primary has put the economy on the nation's political map and Romney back into a turbulent fight for the GOP nomination.
Romney becomes the third different winner in three major early-state contests, and his victory brings dramatic confusion to a GOP race that gives new meaning to the word "unsettled."
"Republican voters just have not locked in," said Craig Ruff of Public Sector Consultants, a Lansing-based government think tank. "I don't think it's purposeful, that people in Michigan decided tonight to defy New Hampshire. But that's the consequence."
Romney, the Oakland County-reared son of a popular Michigan governor, led McCain by a margin of 39 percent to 30 with nearly all the state's 5,385 precincts recorded. Mike Huckabee had 16 percent. Romney's unexpectedly large margin suggested that critics would find it difficult to dismiss his win as mere home-state loyalty. |
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