Romney sweeps NH to cement top status; Paul second

CONCORD, N.H. — Mitt Rom­ney cruised to a solid vic­tory in the New Hamp­shire pri­mary Tues­day night, pick­ing up steam from his first-place fin­ish in the lead-off Iowa cau­cuses and firmly estab­lish­ing him­self as the man to beat for the Repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial nomination.