But victory came at the cost. The problem, led by Rick Santorum, who interrupted the debate three weeks ago, sweeping the competition in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri, at the head of the Republican Party in his own version of the class struggle and to identify weaknesses of Romney as a candidate. A series of images fed Romney missteps as a plutocrat out of touch. Mr. Santorum spice to the rhetoric of culture wars to attract voters and blue-collar social conservative, said the strain of Republicanism that repels women and independent voters.
With 99 percent of reporting counties of Michigan, Romney won 41.1 per cent, 37.9 per cent Santorum won, Ron Paul won 11.6 percent, and Newt Gingrich won 6.5 percent. Arizona, with 100 percent reporting, Romney won 47.3 percent, 26.6 Santorum won, Gingrich won 16.2, and Paul won 8.4 percent.
In the main season is immune to the impulse, 10 Super Tuesday contest March 6 wide open, with the potential to win at least three of the four GOP candidates still in contention.
However, Romney has won the lion's share of the delegates awarded on Tuesday evening - 29 awarded to Arizona, and at least 11 out of Michigan. Santorum has also won at least 11. Overall, Romney now has 163 delegates, 83 Santorum, Newt Gingrich, 32, and Ron Paul is 19 years old, according to the Associated Press. All told, the 1144 delegates needed to capture the GOP nomination.
Super Tuesday states allocate 437 delegates, mainly proportional to the results. This indicates that the use of bounce may last until spring.
But now that Romney can enjoy the results on February 28 and a sigh of relief over what could be. Two weeks ago, polls showed Romney in Michigan back Santorum by 10 points. Losses would have been humiliating and threw her campaign into crisis. He was born and raised in Michigan, and his father ran a business in the automotive and served as governor. In his victory speech, he called himself «Comeback Kid», but he said that he was in the right direction.
"A week ago, experts and social scientists were willing to rely on," Romney said his primary night rally in Novi, Mich. "But in Michigan and Arizona, I'm meeting my mother and dad and grandparents of students, all are concerned about what happens to this great country. I was convinced that we are gathered here today, and take a giant step towards a better future. Today, their efforts have helped lead our great victory. "
Romney then spent much of his speech focused on Obama and not his GOP opponents - a return to its strategy of pitching itself as the inevitable candidate.
Santorum began his speech on the night of the primary exclamation of how he came as a candidate - he worked in relative anonymity, as the other candidates jumped and ran around him.
"Wow," Santorum said on Tuesday evening in the city of Grand Rapids in Grand Rapids, Michigan, "a month ago, they did not know who we are, but they do now."
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Santorum has devoted part of his speech in honor of his wife and mother of their professional achievements and education, visible efforts to restore its image among women and among voters in higher education.
Indeed, the exit poll showed Romney of Michigan beat Santorum in women 43 percent to 38 percent. When voters were classified by level of education, the only category Santorum was out of those who never went to college. Santorum raised eyebrows for the first time he called Obama "a snob" for the development of the college.
