Romney! Romney! Romney!

Mitt Romney picked up all the Easter candy on Tuesday with wins in Wisconsin, Maryland, and Washington, DC. Were the three wins decisive? You be the judge:

Candidate	Wisconsin	Maryland	DC
Mitt Romney	43%	49%	70%
Rick Santorum	38%	29%	-
Ron Paul	12%	10%	12%
Newt Gingrich	6%	11%	11%
Jon Hunstman	1%	1%	7%
Michele Bachmann	1%	-	-

Here's the delegate scoreboard:

# of delegates secured so far	NYT	WSJ	CNN	CBS	MSNBC	RCP
Mitt Romney	655	655	654	642	573	652
Rick Santorum	278	278	270	252	212	269
Newt Gingrich	135	135	137	128	137	140
Ron Paul	51	51	71	45	34	67
Jon Huntsman	1	1	0	2	0	0
Total	1120	1120	1132	1069	956	1128
% of delegates secured so far
Mitt Romney	58%	58%	58%	60%	60%	58%
Rick Santorum	25%	25%	24%	24%	22%	24%
Newt Gingrich	12%	12%	12%	12%	14%	12%
Ron Paul	5%	5%	6%	4%	4%	6%
% of remaining needed to clinch:
Mitt Romney	42%	42%	42%	41%	43%	42%
Rick Santorum	74%	74%	76%	73%	70%	76%
Newt Gingrich	87%	87%	87%	83%	76%	87%
Ron Paul	94%	94%	93%	90%	83%	93%

Mitt Romney is now on the downhill slope with more than half the delegates he needs to clinch the nomination. Ron Paul is close to mathematical elimination with Newt Gingrich not far behind. Romney will just roll on over them if they go winless when the next set of five states vote on April 24.

It's going to be a long three weeks for Rick Santorum. He needs a win on April 24 in his home state of Pennsylvania to have any credibility. He now needs 73% of the remaining delegates to actually win the nomination. That's a big mountain to climb.