Richard Tafoya
Jan 15th, 2008, 07:26 PM
Good going, Dems and independents.
LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-michigan16jan16,0,5378697.story?coll=la-home-center
The Associated Press and several television networks projected Mitt Romney as the winner of his native state's presidential primary today, earning his first major victory in the Republican race where candidates seemingly win then lose the leadership spot each week.
Romney, the son of a former governor and auto executive here, defeated a Republican field headed by Arizona Sen. John McCain, who won the New Hampshire primary last week and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who won the Jan. 3 caucus in Iowa.
In addition to winning bragging rights, Romney's victory propelled the onetime national front-runner into the winner's circle where he has been absent except for a brief stop after earning delegates in the barely contested Wyoming battle.
A loss here, in Romney's birth state where his father was a popular governor, would have been devastating as the campaign moves to South Carolina for Saturday's GOP primary.
In stops across the state, Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and an executive who stressed his business acumen, often played the legacy card, reminding potential voters of his roots.
"Michigan is going to vote for a Romney again," he predicted earlier today in Grand Rapids.
With about 12% of the Michigan's 5,385 precincts reporting, Romney was leading McCain, 37% to 31%. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was in third with 17%.
LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-michigan16jan16,0,5378697.story?coll=la-home-center
The Associated Press and several television networks projected Mitt Romney as the winner of his native state's presidential primary today, earning his first major victory in the Republican race where candidates seemingly win then lose the leadership spot each week.
Romney, the son of a former governor and auto executive here, defeated a Republican field headed by Arizona Sen. John McCain, who won the New Hampshire primary last week and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who won the Jan. 3 caucus in Iowa.
In addition to winning bragging rights, Romney's victory propelled the onetime national front-runner into the winner's circle where he has been absent except for a brief stop after earning delegates in the barely contested Wyoming battle.
A loss here, in Romney's birth state where his father was a popular governor, would have been devastating as the campaign moves to South Carolina for Saturday's GOP primary.
In stops across the state, Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and an executive who stressed his business acumen, often played the legacy card, reminding potential voters of his roots.
"Michigan is going to vote for a Romney again," he predicted earlier today in Grand Rapids.
With about 12% of the Michigan's 5,385 precincts reporting, Romney was leading McCain, 37% to 31%. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was in third with 17%.