Romney Wins Arizona, Michigan; Paul 4th, 3rd

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Mitt Romney took both Republican primaries held yesterday, winning easily in Arizona with 47 percent and less so in his boyhood home state of Michigan, where he garnered 41 percent of ballots.

Your presumptive GOP nominee, ladies and gents:

"We didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough. And that's all that counts," Romney told supporters Tuesday night in the Detroit suburb of Novi.

And there's this:

"It's very easy to excite the base with incendiary comments," Romney told reporters. "We've seen throughout the campaign that if you're willing to say really outrageous things that are accusatory and attacking President Obama, that you're going to jump up in the polls. You know, I'm not willing to light my hair on fire to try and get support."

Ron Paul placed fourth in Arizona totals and third in Michigan. [Note: corrected placement.]

Now it's on to Super Tuesday next week.

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