Detroit (CNN) -- A relieved Mitt Romney hailed his big night Tuesday after winning crucial primaries in Arizona and his childhood home of Michigan to revitalize his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

Romney needed to win both states, but especially Michigan -- where he grew up when his father was governor -- to assert his ability to overcome the conservative challenge from former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

In a speech to supporters after CNN projected his Michigan victory, Romney acknowledged the outcome was closer than he would have liked.

"A week ago, it was just a week ago, the pundits and the pollsters, they were ready to count us out," he said of surveys that showed Santorum leading in Michigan. " ... We didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough and that's all that counts.
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/28/electi...html?hpt=hp_t1

Well, another one bites the dust.

Think Ron Paul will rise up as the next "anti-Romney", or is Mittens the pre-ordained chosen one after all??

(Newt finished dead last behind even Ron Paul with only 7% of the vote, so I don't see him coming back again at this point.)