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Leading up to Super Tuesday, GOP candidates Mike Huckabee, John McCain, and Mitt Romney have been fighting in what seems to be a triple threat match for the GOP nomination. Each of the three front runners have won primaries or caucuses in the past and anticipated victory on Super Tuesday. After the most important primary thus far, John McCain dominated the Republican Party on Super Tuesday.
With wins in Connecticut , Illinois , Missouri , New Jersey , New York , Oklahoma , Delaware , California and home state Arizona , McCain won nine of the 21 delegate-take-all primaries or caucuses. After these wins McCain was confident enough to say, “Tonight I think we must get used to the idea that we are the Republican Party front-runner.”
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney couldn't disagree more.
“One thing that's clear -- this campaign's going on," Romney said. "I think there's some people who thought that it was all going to be done tonight, but it's not all done tonight. We're going to keep on battling."
This makes sense because according to the Associated Press, Romney has 269 delegates. This puts him in second under McCain's 613 and over Huckabee's 190 delegates.
Although Huckabee is currently in third, the former Arkansas governor has no problem staying in the race. Romney's staff has seen him as a fly that can't be swatted and has went as far as saying ‘a vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain.' After Super Tuesday, Mike Huckabee put the rumor that he is out of the race to rest.
“A lot of people have been trying to say this is a two man race,” Huckabee said “Well you know what, it is, and were in it”. Huckabee's wins on Tuesday include Georgia , Tennessee , Alabama and Arkansas .
At the end of Super Tuesday, the GOP Nomination is still up for grabs. All three front runners seem to be in it for the long haul. One thing is certain though, only one Republican can get the nomination and this triple threat match is not soon to be over.
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