Mitt Romney survived to fight another day, winning Michigan over John McCain. With 89 percent reporting the percentages were:

Mitt Romney 39%

John McCain 30%

Mike Huckabee 16%

Ron Paul 6%

Fred Thompson 4%

Rudy Guiliani 3%

Romney benefited from his favorite son status, as well as by a more limited participation in this primary by independents. It is on to South Carolina for Romney, and the Republican race remains wide open. I realize he didn’t expend any resources there, but isn’t Michigan the type of State that Rudy was supposed to be able to be competitive in?

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