A pair of huge wins for John McCain seem to have cemented his status as the likely Republican nominee. In Missouri, McCain narrowly beat Mike Huckabee to win all 58 delegates from that state.
In California, the delegates will be split between McCain, Romney, and possibly Huckabee. But the media is calling the race for McCain statewide. That was a state that Romney had to win in order to make a rational case for keeping his campaign going.
Both Romney and Huckabee have vowed tonight to keep fighting this battle, but it’s hard to imagine how either could possibly overtake the large lead that Senator McCain has built.
With California and several other Western states yet to be counted, McCain has hit 512 delegates… that’s almost half of what he needs to win the nomination. Romney and Huckabee are trailing back around 200-300 each.
We’ll have more solid numbers in the morning, but all signs are that this race is essentially over with.
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