According to folks who have emailed us this morning, Vice President Dick Cheney and former Presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney stole the show last night at the Washington Radio and TV Correspondents’ Dinner.   Comedy Central’s Mo Rocca apparently bombed. Link: sevenload.com

The latest buzz is that Team Mitt is going to bow out today during his CPAC speech…more to come. UPDATE: from the Fix. UPDATE: from the Page UPDATE: Text from drop out speech, h/t Ambinder UPDATE: Romney staff don’t know? Really? UPDATE: He just gave his speech – he suspended …

h/t Fishbowl

Romney, who led in early rounds of voting, just lost to Huckabee in West Virginia. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the Republican presidential nominating race in West Virginia on Tuesday, defeating John McCain and Mitt Romney in the first of the day’s 24 state contests to …

Former Hill staffer now making the calls for Romney [national political director]

Romney campaigns throughout the night [red bull]

Cillizza: McCain Win Cements GOP Frontrunner Status Lieberman Rules Out Running with McCain JoMa: Rudy ‘very likely’ to get behind McCain

JoMa: Mitt rocks the guayabera shirt!

NY Times: Romney Leads in Ill Will Among G.O.P. Candidates “John McCain and his friends used to beat up Mitt Romney at recess,” Dan Schnur said. Kevin Madden, said, “I think it’s largely driven by the fact that everybody’s taught to tackle the guy on the field with the ball.”

JoMa: Romney says Fred Thompson departure helps him Cillizza: With Thompson Out, Who Benefits Most?

JoMa: Mitt is down “It’s all — as Mitt might say — off the hizzle.” Walshe: Who Let the Dogs Out? [Romney] jumped off the Mitt Mobile to greet a waiting crowd, took a picture with some kids and young adults and awkwardly quipped, ”Who let the dogs out? Who …

Romney wins Michigan GOP primary Cillizza: Romney Wins Michigan JoMa: McCain takes stage, offers concession Huckabee calls Romney to congratulate Hotline: Ron Paul is leading Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson in Michigan… Rudy’s in Florida

RedState’s Erick Erickson has predicted Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will win in Michigan tonight, in turn sparking his campaign. Erickson also predicts a purge of his consultants – as he unleashes “the real Mitt Romney.”

Gail Collins: The Battle of the Mitts Unfortunately, there’s something about Romney’s perfect grooming, his malleability and his gee-whiz aura that seems to really irritate both the other candidates and the voters. What bothers voters about Romney, as it turns out, is not his Mormonism but his inherent Mitt-ness.

Fox News calls the New Hampshire GOP primary for John McCain.