Mitt Romney got a 3-state sweep of Republican primaries yesterday. There is no realistic chance for any other candidate to catch him or even deadlock the convention.
(NBC News) — With the general election matchup against President Obama beginning to take shape, Mitt Romney swept a trio of Republican primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
NBC News projected Romney would win the three primaries, the most competitive of which was in Wisconsin, a state seen as necessary for Rick Santorum, the chief conservative rival to Romney, to keep afloat his hopes of winning the nomination.
Santorum vowed to press forward with his campaign, characterizing the primary as only having reached “halftime.”
The former Massachusetts governor had looked to move closer to putting the drawn-out Republican primary behind him, and beginning a new chapter – the general election campaign versus Obama.
Nonetheless, Romney had battled fiercely in Wisconsin against Santorum, who needed a win there to keep his hopes alive heading into the next group of contests on April 23, which includes his native Pennsylvania.
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