Romney: "This Campaign's Going On"
BOSTON -- If there was any doubt, Mitt Romney cleared it up. The former Massachusetts governor is not giving up his fight for the Republican nomination tonight.
"Ann came to me, and she said, 'You know, the one thing that's clear tonight is that nothing's clear,'" Romney said to hundreds of cheering supporters in Boston. "But I think she's wrong. One thing that's clear is this campaign's going on!"
Romney trails John McCain and Mike Huckabee in two states he hoped to win: Georgia and Missouri. But the former Massachusetts governor is showing greater success in western primaries and caucuses, including wins in Utah, Colorado, Montana, Minnesota, North Dakota and his home state of Massachusetts.
"I think there's some people who thought it was all going to be done tonight, but it's not all done tonight," Romney said. "We're gonna keep on battling. We're gonna go all the way to the convention. We're gonna win this thing, and we're gonna get in the White House."
Romney returned to his home in Belmont, Massachusetts, tonight to await results from California, where polls showed him in a tight contest with Sen. McCain. A win for Romney in the Golden State would go a long way toward backing up his argument that his candidacy is still viable.