Romney wins big in Florida, routing Gingrich

TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Rom­ney routed Newt Gin­grich in the Florida pri­mary Tues­day night, rebound­ing smartly from an ear­lier defeat and tak­ing a major step toward the Repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial nom­i­na­tion. Despite the one-sided set­back, the for­mer House speaker vowed to press on.