Ohio emerging as microcosm of GOP race

WILLOUGHBY — This state’s Super Tues­day pri­mary is prov­ing to be the per­fect micro­cosm of the nation’s unruly race for the Repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial nom­i­na­tion: Mitt Rom­ney is spend­ing lots of money, Rick San­to­rum is aggres­sively court­ing con­ser­v­a­tives and Newt Gin­grich is count­ing on big ideas to swing votes his way.