Mississippi holds its Republican presidential primary on Tuesday and Mitt Romney got a big boost there when he received the endorsement of Gov. Phil Bryant.

It is an honor to have the support of Governor Bryant -- he has been a great public servant for the state of Mississippi, said Romney in a statement. His support will be needed to help defeat President Obama in November, repeal Obamacare, and restore fiscal sanity in Washington. I look forward to discussing my pro-growth plan to fix our economy as I campaign in Mississippi.

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich took aim at Rick Santorum in a new Web video slamming his GOP rivals record on a host of issues.

While most talk about quarterbacks these days is where Peyton Manning will end up (and please note that, according to CBS Sportsline, the three teams in Florida are in the chase -- and as a Jaguars fan, I would take Peyton over Blaine Gabbert), another star NFL QB made news on Thursday for a different reason.

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, who is looking for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in November, tore into that Democrat incumbent on Thursday, trying to link him to President Barack Obama. Mack also urged Nelson to back the Keystone XL Pipeline project.

Former GOP presidential candidate and U.S. Senate leader Bob Dole endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination back in December. Dole resurfaced for the Romney campaign on Thursday as Romney heads into the Kansas caucus, which has 40 delegates at stake, on Saturday.

After winning primaries in Arizona and Missouri last month, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney tried to focus his fire on President Barack Obama. But with Rick Santorum winning three contests on Super Tuesday and almost winning the key state of Ohio, Romneys team is now firing away at that GOP rival as the race shifts to Kansas, Alabama and Mississippi.

Romneys team came out swinging at Santorum on Thurday, attacking him for his record in Congress.

After winning six out of 10 contests on Super Tuesday, Mitt Romneys team made the argument that only their candidate has a legitimate shot at winning the Republican presidential nomination -- and that his GOP opponents are only helping Democrat incumbent President Barack Obama.

Mitt Romney did not exactly have the most impressive of nights on Super Tuesday-- but Europes largest oddsmaker thinks he did enough to further solidify his claim to be the favorite for the Republican presidential nomination. Irish bookmaker Paddy Power moved Romney from a 1-8 favorite to win the nomination to 1-10. The odds that Rick Santorum will end up with the nomination dropped from 6-1 to 10-1. Ron Paul remains a 25-1 underdog and Newt Gingrich is a 33-1 longshot.

With 10 states up for grabs, Mitt Romney emerged a battered winner on Super Tuesday -- but he did not knock out his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination.

Romney won five of the 10 states that held contests on Tuesday -- though results have not come in from the Alaska caucus. While he won Ohio, his chief battleground on Tuesday, Romney's wins also included two New England states which Republicans have little chance of winning in November and Virginia where his chief GOP rivals did not make the ballot.

Rick Santorum scoredhis third win of the night on Super Tuesday by winning the North Dakota caucus. With 52 percent of the votes counted, Santorum led with 40 percent followed by Ron Paul in second with 27 percent. Mitt Romney was running third with 25 percent while Newt Gingrich lagged behind with 8 percent. There are 28 delegates at stake in North Dakota.