After Tuesday’s primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, we said that the only thing that will get our attention back on the presidential race is if John McCain announces that Mitt Romney will be his running mate.

But the Globe pulls us right back in with a story about the tenacity of Ron Paul supporters who may make the Republican National Convention more contentious than the never-ending race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

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We thought we learned the true meaning of heartbreak when Mitt Romney dropped out of the presidential race last month. But as we started to see past our heartache, we noticed something else was missing.

Our boy, Ron Paul.

Though he said he was still in the race, we noticed he wasn’t making much news. When we wrote about him, his rabid supporters were silenced like Old Yeller behind the woodshed. Something seemed off.

And indeed it was. Ron Paul is giving up the ghost and admitting he can’t win the nomination.

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Back in the year 2000, America was amused by the kooky third-party antics of consumer advocate Ralph Nader. Known best as the man who put seatbelts in your car, Nader became the target of Democratic ire after his presence in the 2000 election may have cost Al Gore the presidency. On Sunday’s Meet the Press, Nader announced he’s running for president.

No, Ralph.

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We here at Boston Daily deal with grief by withdrawing. (We washed the stink of loss and wings off our Patriots gear, then tucked it away until training camp.) In that vein, we haven’t really been paying attention to the presidential race since our handsome stud former governor Mitt Romney dropped out.

But at least we can rely on one man to stay with us. No, we’re not talking about Mike Huckabee. Ron Paul assures his supporters that he has no plans to give up.

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For the second time this week, Massachusetts residents prepared for a major event, only to be left confused and alone after it ended. The national news outlets are packing up their live trucks and are headed to the March 4 primary states, while we’re left with the memories of our brief time in the sun.

After the jump, we try to make sense of what the electorate was thinking.

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It’s easy to wallow in self-pity and misery after last night’s loss in the Super Bowl. But at least we have something to look forward to, right? No, not the Celtics. Definitely not the Bruins. We’re talking about Super Tuesday.

While Mitt Romney won’t be in town until Tuesday evening, we’ve got a spate of candidates in town to get your vote. Dry your eyes, sports fans, and take in the non-contact sport of eleventh-hour campaigning.

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The presidential primaries of 2008 will be remembered for two things—the incredibly close races in both parties and the importance of action star endorsements. The Mike Huckabee-Chuck Norris parallel has been well-documented. Ron Paul has pro wrestler Kane in his corner. Earlier today news came out that Rambo Sylvester Stallone has endorsed John McCain.

We don’t want the other candidates to feel left out, so we’ve got some action stars and comic book heroes in mind for candidates in both parties.

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It was a pretty good weekend for Mitt Romney. After getting into a fight with AP reporter Glen Johnson on Thursday, he confessed that campaign reporters have a crappy job and pulled out a victory in Nevada on Saturday. Now the Fightin’ Mormon turns his attention to the delegate-rich state of Florida.

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The internet is a fickle mistress. It gives us so many wonderful things—eBay, blogs, porn—but it can just as easily turn ugly. The Granny Warriors, a group of elderly Ron Paul supporters who we last saw trying to sell the Ron Paul Freedom Wagon, is upset that the anti-Paul conspiracy has spread from the media to the campaign’s beloved internet.

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We love the Campaign Notebook column in the Globe. It’s a quick way to catch up on the day’s political news, but today’s column had a blurb from the Los Angeles Times that completely reams out Ron Paul supporters.

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