Like many others who support Mitt Romney, I spent the past day reflecting on the results of the Super Tuesday primary results. I have to admit, the overall results are sobering.

Looking deeper at exit polls is a little encouraging but it doesn't change the fact that John McCain now has a commanding lead in the delegate count. For a Romney guy, I've gone through all the same thoughts as the other Romney people: What about McCain's dirty trick in West Virginia? What about the possibility of an anti-Mormon voting bloc in the South? What about the illogical way in which California assigned its delegates? In fact, the list can go on and on, but in the end, all us Romney folks need to put the past behind us and look ahead.

There are twenty more states to vote, and if Romney and Huckabee have anything to say about it, this will come down to the convention.

That's why Romney people need to be realistic. Mitt will fight on, but if he doesn't win the convention, what do we do? The party is effectively split three ways, even though the majority of the votes have gone to McCain. He still can't win conservative votes. The conservatives are split between Romney and Huckabee. If McCain joined with either of them, that would be enough to win the majority support of Republicans. If Romney and Huckabee joined forces, they could be a strong force against McCain.

But at this point, when looking at the convention, we need to realize that we are going to have to join forces with someone, and we'd better start thinking about it now. In fact, we need to start looking at which alliances would provide the greatest potential strength to the Party for the general election. The best alliance would be a ticket with McCain and Romney, regardless of who is No. 1 and who's No. 2.

This is why: Huckabee has won strong Republican states that would vote for the Republican nominee anyway. In fact, McCain and Huckabee were close in most of those states; Huckabee doesn't really give McCain anything that he doesn't have already. In fact, a McCain/Huckabee ticket would benefit Huckabee only. Romney, however can give McCain a lot, and McCain can bring to Romney something that only a long-time Washington Insider can give - influence.

Romney can raise money. On the first day of his campaign, he raised $6 million. The day after his LOSS in New Hampshire, he brought in $5 million. McCain in all of last month (his best month) brought in $7 million. Obama raised over $30 million. As Hugh Hewitt mentioned yesterday, McCain needs Romney's money, the same money that he criticized.

Romney could deliver Minnesota, Colorado, and other critical purple states as well as Michigan and Massachusetts in the general election. On the economy, Romney would be a vital asset. Any way you look at it, McCain and Romney would be a powerful and formidable ticket. Conservatives would be more likely to unite under such a ticket than a McCain/Huckabee ticket, which would isolate Romney supporters.

Romney people, I think, would be more likely to put aside rivalry for the sake of the nation. McCain might be a tougher sell. Reagan and Bush didn't get along in their primary race, but combined on the ticket, they brought in the political era that conservatives revere as the Pax Reagana. With the prospects of Obama being the Democrat nominee, conservatives need a powerful and competent ticket to compete. Sure, Romney and Huckabee should continue to campaign to the convention. The stronger the candidates, the better. But we also need to begin to piece ourselves back together and forge alliances that are not only strong enough to win the general election, but to unite the Party and advance the principles of conservatives for the next four years and beyond.