Romney Gets Critical Win In Michigan

Romney Wins In Michigan...okay now what? Will Huckabee drop out because he came in third? Is this the end of the McCain comeback? The MSM has been saying Romney had to win tonight, but didn't McCain have to win? Is there a little duplicity in the media camp?

Or maybe the MSM will continue to coddle McCain and Huckabee while disparaging the Romney campaign.

Ya think?

From Hugh Hewitt's blog:

Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at 9:01 PM

John McCain lost a sizable lead in Michigan lead and with it the MSM momentum.

Mike Huckabee threw everything trying to recreate the Iowa upset and fell far short, and has now wounded himself with the argument about amending the Constitution to reflect "God's law." (See Andy McCarthy's short but devastating commentary.)

And Mitt Romney has now re-established himself as the candidate to beat over the very long campaign.

The key? As Rush said this morning: A McCain or Huckabee nomination would be a disaster for the GOP because they are not Reagan conservatives. Republicans are now voting in large numbers, and they are voting for the Reagan conservative. There is no reason to believe that John McCain will be able to recapture his New Hampshire moment or Huck his Iowa surprise.

Romney certainly isn't a Reagan conservative, but he's comes much closer to that moniker than McCain and/or Huckabee could ever hope to, regardless of their wannabe rhetoric.

Tonight, Michigan was good for the conservative movement. It weakened the Double Talk Express, and that's a good thing. It marginalized Huckabee...and that's a good thing. It also marginalized the MSM and that's always a good thing.

If we get down to a Romney/Thompson showdown, that too will be a good thing. We need nominees who will "out conservative" one another!