A rough ride for Romney

Posted By Blake Hounshell Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - 6:37 PM Share

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Mike Huckabee was the surprise winner today in West Virginia, where Republicans held a statewide convention to decide where to allocate the state's 18 delegates. But the big prize tonight is California, where Mitt Romney has pledged to make his stand. The former Massachusetts governor flew across the country to California and then again from California to West Virgina—only to see McCain voters throw the race to Huckabee. No wonder Mittens was so cranky when the West Virginia results were announced. Having taken the red-eye from San Francisco myself last night, I feel Mitt's pain.

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