NECK IN NECK BETWEEN ROMNEY AND SANTORUM IN OHIO............

Avery close race is shaping up as the result in the Ohio Primary for the Republican Presidential Nomination tonight.  Mitt Romney is clinging to a 38% - 37%  lead over Rick Santorum with more than 85% of the votes counted in Ohio; after a two to three percentage point lead by Santorum the past two hours.  Romney is winning the metropolitan areas of Cincinatti, Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, and in suburban areas; while Santorum has extensively won the the rural towns......With 91% of the votes tallied in Ohio, Romney's 5,862 vote lead is not likely to be reversed by Santorum, but may be a close enough outcome teamed with his victories tonight in Tennessee, Oklahoma, and North Dakota, to let SAantorum claim a moral victory in Ohio.  Romney has won today's contests Virginia, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Idaho, and Gingrich in Georgia, leaving only Alaska outstanding and due to close in fifteen minutes.  Going into next week and the immediate primaries and caucuses ahead, Santorum will likely forge forward with appreciable contending momentum for the time being............Fr.  Troy