Westward, Ho: Romney, GOP rivals now spreading out

WASHINGTON — The Repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial cam­paign rolled west­ward Wednes­day, Mitt Rom­ney rid­ing herd after his Florida pri­mary vic­tory, Newt Gin­grich look­ing for a new stake and a top party leader insist­ing the long trail won’t nec­es­sar­ily hurt the GOP in the race against Pres­i­dent Barack Obama.