1. He ended up running neck and neck with Ron Paul,
You lie about everything.
Virginia results:
Mitt Romney won 60% of the vote and 43 delegates.
Ron Paul won 40% of the vote and 0 delegates.
This is not "neck and neck".
Romney didn't really have any competition.
I'd like to point out that all sorts of folks are pointing to the fact a guy in jail got 40% of the vote in a Democrat primary running against Obama (who's got a billion dollar war chest and walks on water while raising the dead) and noting this portends electoral disaster!
It's disaster all around.