McCain wins the Sunshine State and all 57 awarded delegates. He is in the GOP driver seat heading into Tsunami Tuesday. Giuliani avoided a fourth place finish, but his vote combined with Huckabee’s didn’t match Romney’s second place total.
The final figures (taken from CNN.com — 99% reporting):
- McCain 36% 693,323
- Romney 31% 598,083
- Giuliani 15% 281,744
- Huckabee 14% 259,651
Ron Paul managed a very distant fifth with three percent of the vote. It looks like a two man race for the Republican nomination from here on out considering the margin between second and third place coupled with Rudy and Huckabee’s money problems.
Update: It looks like the right leaning blogosphere is already giving the nomination to McCain. Mostly grudgingly.
Update pt. 2: Make that very grudgingly, particularly at the Corner, Ace of Spades, Power Line and Hugh Hewitt’s Town Hall. Captain’s Quarters is a bit more circumspect. And rumors of Rudy leaving the race look like they will come true as soon as tomorrow followed by a McCain endorsement from the ex-NYC mayor.
David Kirkpatrick 
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