Super Tuesday should see the end of the Presidential nomination race, as it often has in recent Presidential cycles.
However, it was not so for the Democrats in 2008, and it is unlikely that it will be the end of the Republican race today.
There is a good chance that Rick Santorum will win Ohio, Tennessee and Oklahoma tonight, and that Newt Gingrich will win the biggest state in delegate totals, Georgia.
If that happens, or most of it, then Mitt Romney cannot “close the deal” and start to look to the Fall Presidential campaign, and if that is what happens, then the Republicans face further turmoil and division.
The Republican Party establishment can only hope that the race is over, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, and Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn both endorsed Romney last weekend, hoping that the blood letting among the candidates would be over.
It is still reality that Mitt Romney remains unpopular among many Republicans, and many still wish there was some alternative to those in the race.
It will be a gargantuan task for Mitt Romney to keep discontented people in the party, as well as convince Independents and women in large numbers, to vote for him. The likelihood of success is very low!