it really comes down to ohio. win ohio, it's not even a question if it's over. i think, though, he'll get more delegates 'cause santorum is missing three districts there. this race, believe me when these things start to move ahead like this, we're about to move into the winner take all phase, april 1. at that stage of the game, there is 126 super delegates for the republicans. they'll start to fall. the momentum picks up and the money drives up for the other -- dries up for the other people. >> bret: i think it's nine districts that santorum does not qualify for. what does that mean? >> it means romney -- it's got to be a close race. but it means romney will more than likely win the delegate count and he'll get a big chunk of the delegates out of virginia. there is 400 and some odd delegates available there. he will have a lead in delegates that will be almost insurmountable. ed rollins, you go into proportional representations. winner take all made more sense. >> bret: ed, this has been a complicated process, has it not? >> it has been by a combination of thing

have to come back to ohio. you can't pivot too sharply. this tuesday mitt romney has to win. if he is going to retain the last shred of inevitability he has lests. for romney, ohio is the superest of all super tuesday states. and ohio is pretty much up for grabs with only four points separating romney and rick santorum in the quinnipiac poll released on friday. so if you were a candidate like romney, what do you do with a problem like ohio? do you talk about the economy and try to argue that the recovery isn't really much of a recovery, that, yeah, things are better but not as good as they should be? or maybe you try to revive a culture war, one that just might have worked eight years ago. remember in 2004 had when ballot initiatives to boon same-sex marriage in states including ohio were supposed to drive up conservative turnout. the former manager of george w. bush's former election campaign is now reflecting on the wedge issue. and this is what he told salon.com on friday. quote, at a personal level, i wish

why is ohio so close, antfy? >> well, scott, no republican has ever won the white house without winning the state of ohio in the general election. so so who is the most electable republican candidate? well, overwhelmingly ohio voters told us they think it's mitt romney by a 51% to 24% margin. but ask the same voters who they think best understands the problems of average americans and rick santorum comes out on top by a 33% to 22% margin. that division between electability and relatability, if you will, is one reason why the race in ohio remains so close. scott? >> pelley: anthony, thanks very much. bob schieffer, the anchor of "face the nation" the joining us, along with john dickerson, our political director in ohio. bob, what do you see in this super tuesday so far? >> i think if we were at the horse races we'd be feeling pretty good right now because we'd have a good chance to win the big six. everything is coming out the way the polls suggested they were going to come out. newt gingrich won georgia, he knew

what did we see in ohio? i am hugely impressed that over a half a million people in ohio went out and said, i'm going to cast a vote for president obama, even though i know he doesn't need any votes at all. >> right. >> there's some real energy out there. >> it's a continuation of what we've been seeing in other primaries so far, not just with the turnout for obama, but the high turnout for obama but low turnout for the republican race. >> this is the low turnout, in the year of the tea party rage against the president. >> right. >> this tea party needs to change america, bring back america, all those slogans, they're not sure -- >> literally what the republicans are left with out of this process, there's going to be no energy for that nominee. they really are banking on all the energy being opposition to obama. >> these guys are flirting with, roughly a third, a little more than a third of the electorate in the states, that's what they call a win. and when you're campaigning in ohio in a primary like this, y

in the east and the race in ohio is over. mitt romney an apparent winner after a close race that has taken all night. that is the race that we will be tracking throughout the night. romney winning a slim victory over rick santorum in ohio. in tennessee, rick santorum is the projected winner of the tennessee republican primary, and rick santorum also the projected winner oklahoma, and also the projected winner the north dakota caucuses. in the idaho caucuses, mitt romney won a decisive victory. in massachusetts, mitt romney is the winner. nbc news has allocated all of that state's delegates to romney, the former governor. newt gingrich is the projected winner in his home state of georgia and the two man race by the way, romney is the projected winner over ron paul, and newt gingrich and rick santorum did not make it on to the ballot. and timely in the green mountain state, mitt romney is the projected winner. and howard fineman, i love to get this from you, because you are a bottom line guy, and reporting all night. in additio

have to do in ohio. clearly, that person is rick santorum. governor romney -- just not having the appeal. there's just no appeal. >> respond to that a little bit, congressman, because it's clear the romney campaign has outspent santorum anywhere from 3-1, to 4-1, depending how you measure it over the past two weeks. romney can't win the popular vote. can't win the popular vote. doesn't that underscore the main problem some republicans argue he has on the electability front? >> it's interesting, because, you know, just last friday i introduced governor romney at an event in cleveland. i took some blue collar union people there who really had never met him before, and it's amazing when you get to meet the gentleman how much they said, wow. what a likable guy. so it's part of the process, and for me it's really about washington being broken. i'm really supporting a guy who is not part of the washington establishment. when i ran for congress, i said, we need people down here who are not part of washington. w

rick santorum led in ohio. even if he wins the state's popular vote, he didn't make the ballot in a number of congressional districts. that is going to hurt him in the hunt of delegates. les we spend too much time talking ohio let's take a look at the overall map. 10 states today with contests from one end of the country to the other. the east coast west to alaska. newt gingrich says he has to win in alaska a state he represented in congress. he may do that. ron paul on the other hand may not win any of the states outright but he is expected to pile up delegates in a number of contests. everything seems to come back to ohio and not just for the primary. >>> there has been no republican president not one who has won the white house without winning ohio. this is an absolutely critical stage for mitt romney or rick santorum or whoever takes away this nomination. >> in order to be that candidate who wins ohio wins. >> virginia is another state that more and more plays a pivotal role. rick santorum and newt gingrich

. >> one of the night's biggest prizes, ohio, remained too close to call, with santorum and romney in a virtual tie. romney spent this election night in massachusetts and addressed his support in other words boston, here is some of what he said. >> this, it is wonderful to be able to go home tonight for the first time in two months. [ cheers and applause ] >> and what cash ann said it right. what a great night. we are so excited to be in the bay state tonight, celebrating with family, with friends who have worked just tirelessly on this campaign. and of course it is such an on or to have the citizens that i served as governor as part of our cause. your support really means affirming to ann and me and i am not going to let you down. i am going to get this nomination. >> tonight, we are doing some counting, we are counting up the delegates for the convention and it looks good and counting down the days until november and that looks even better. [ cheers and applause ] >> we are going to take your vote, a huge vote tonight in massachusetts and take that victory all the way to the white h

let's start with ohio. we know that is the biggest contested battle ground state tonight, critical in the republican nomination battle. it will be critical come november. let's look at what's happening in the state of ohio. voting by ideology, we asked people as they showed up to vote how do you describe yourself 64% described themselves as conservative. the polls aren't closed yet. among those who say they're conservatives a close race in ohio. 39% for santorum, 39% for governor romney, 12% for speaker gingrich and 9% for ron paul. tie among conservatives. that tells you you've got a contested race in the state of ohio tonight. closer look more about the ohio electorate. will you vote for the gop nominee in november, asking people no matter who wins will you vote for the gop nominee? 62% say yes i'm a loyal republican i'd vote for the nom knee. look at this. 23% say probably, 10% say only in my candidate wins. you've got some sense of reservation. that happens sometimes that hotly contested nominating proc

mitt romney took 6 out of the 10 contests especially in ohio. mitt romney is taking 38 percent santorum coming in second with 37 percent. >> and then another call coming in. this one from alaska. romney winning alaska. this was the last one to come in at 33 percent. santorum 29 percent. coming in second. earlier in the night romney claims victory with paul coming in second. 40 percent verses -- if we could bring that back up, vermont. and we will move on to virginia for you. ron paul came in second in virginia where rick santorum and gingrich fail to do qualify for the ballot in virginia. ron at 60 percent paul at 40 percent. >> vermont romney got 40, paul got 35 percent. in igingrich finishing hath there. >> massachusetts up next mitt romney taking that with 72 percent santorum with 12 percent. >> rick santorum took three states for the night. >> oklahoma leaving romney and gingrich to battle for second place. as you can see in tennessee santorum beating out gingrich and -- santorum takes it. leighing romney and paul battling for second place.

maybe he gets ohio. but it's going to be 3-3 with him and santorum in the race tonight. >> not on the delegate. he wins big on the delegate count. and derek you know the bottom line here is ohio. a w is a w is a w is a w. we've seen that in american politics. whoever wins ohio, the white house is watching the race tonight. interesting results from ohio tonight. santorum underperformed. that is good for mitt clearly. but santorum separates himself from gingrich. the interesting thing, though, gingrich wins georgia, he stays around. santorum needs to get rid of gingrich. >> nobody is out of the race. but the interesting thing in ohio voters told cbs news romney may be more electable but santorum understands us better. he's one of us. that is the problem your man has. >> that is his challenge post primary. that is his challenge against the president. no doubt about it. >> how does he solve that problem, i guess is the question? >> 1-on-1. debates really count. two really smart guys, by the way. i think mitt

i think he has to have ohio. has to win ohio. >> reporter: romney is expected to perform best in ohio's urban and suburban areas. santorum in smaller, rural communities. each has focused speeches around restoring luster to the rust belt for good reason. ohio produces $73.5 billion worth of goods every year ranking third in the nation and is the second largest maker of automobiles behind michigan, which is why opposition to the auto industry bailout by romney and santorum could impact the vote, not just in the primary today but in november. at a cafe outside akron, michelle hall and her mother barbara were divided. >> i'm liking who's out there now. i feel comfortable with who's out there. >> instead of telling what they would really do for us, they talk about each other. and that's not a good thing. >> reporter: the santorum campaign is essentially looking for a split decision here in ohio tonight. he is still in contention to win the popular vote, but because of a filing issue regarding delegates it's unlikely h

in the east and the race in ohio is over. mitt romney an apparent winner after a close race that has taken all night. that is the race that we will be tracking throughout the night. romney winning a slim victory over rick santorum in ohio. more results now. in tennessee, rick santorum is the projected winner of the tennessee republican primary, and rick santorum also the newt gingrich is the projected winner in his home state of georgia and the two man race by the way, romney is the projected winner over ron paul, and newt gingrich and rick santorum did not make it on to the ballot. and timely in the green mountain state, mitt romney is the projected winner. and howard fineman, i love to get this from you, because you are a bottom line guy, and reporting all night. in addition to the bottom line where it looks like santorum had a good night winning three of this coming in where it looked like impressive wins and close loss up there in ohio, what else happened tonight? >> well, what happened tonight, chris, is that the notion

it really comes down to ohio. win ohio, it's not even a question if it's over. i think, though, he'll get more delegates 'cause santorum is missing three districts there. this race, believe me when these things start to move ahead like this, we're about to move into the winner take all phase, april 1. at that stage of the game, there is 126 super delegates for the republicans. they'll start to fall. the momentum picks up and the money drives up for the other -- dries up for the other people. >> bret: i think it's nine districts that santorum does not qualify for. what does that mean? >> it means romney -- it's got to be a close race. but it means romney will more than likely win the delegate count and he'll get a big chunk of the delegates out of virginia. there is 400 and some odd delegates available there. he will have a lead in delegates that will be almost insurmountable. ed rollins, you go into proportional representations. winner take all made more sense. >> bret: ed, this has been a complicated process, has it not? >> it has been by a combination of thing

that's why virginia and ohio are so important. in virginia tonight, romney is likely to win of the 46 delegates who are up for grabs 41 of them and in ohio even if he has a narrow loss, in all likelihood because of santorum's failure to get on the ballot, get delegate slates on the ballot and three congressional districts in full slates in a number of others, romney is likely to win a majority of delegates. >> chris: enough good news for all three of these guys? i know paul is -- all three of them to stay in the race. >> gingrich is going to win his home state and santorum is going to probably win one or two of the southern states. >> chris: he has already won oklahoma. >> and perform well in ohio and everybody is going to find something to go on. but the key is how many delegates at the end of the night and does romney win a majority and, if so, that begins to bear down on the future contests. >> chris: what we are looking at, bret, is a long night as precursor to a continued and long delegate fight, back to you. >> bret: juan go

he did win ohio last night. had he lost ohio -- or i should say had he lost ohio just a couple of hours ago, we would now be talking about how mitt romney would be in trouble for this republican nomination. however, we're talking about how mitt romney is going to try to go on and try to collect delegates and close out this very, very divisive fight for the republican nomination. >> divisive fight, but if you look at the delegate count, romney is a shade below 400. 396 delegate. rick santorum is a long way behind with 158, and then you've got newt and you've got ron paul. to the average guy who doesn't know the arcane and fine points of how the election works, that sort of looks like he's got all the momentum and he's on the move, and it's a fait accompli, but it isn't, is it? >> no. because you need 1,400 delegates to secure the nomination. while super tuesday is important, we're looking ahead to kansas, who is already holding caucuses, and on to next tuesday where mississippi and alabama will be holding primari

and some are missing in ohio. newt gingrich has given up in ohio, instead he stopped at the rocket center in alabama, a sign the pro-moon base newt gingrich isn't ready to -- >> i have opponents who are in a normal period are adequate, but they don't have anything like the scale of change i just described. >> reporter: where romney really lucked out is santorum is only now pointing out the former massachusetts governor has in the past voiced support for a mandate to buy health insurance. romney indicated as much in this interview in 2009. >> reporter: do you think this masterson plan could be a model? >> i think there's a number of features in the somes misplans that could information washington. the fact we have portable insurance and we were able to get people insured without a government option is on model i think they can learn from. >> reporter: she said he did not want a one size fits all plan for the country. that is a claim that santorum and gingrich could challenge if he do well tonight. if romney wins bi

let's talk about ohio. it was the big story this super tuesday, mitt romney winning narrowly, and i mean 1% or less, over rick santorum. >> jamie: all night long, martha was keeping an eye-- the exit polls. you can learn so much, particularly in the buckeye state. they can be really telling and they were in terms what have makes the winnener each state tonight and what's likely to happen in other states, too. take a look. >> no republican has won the presidency without winning this ohio primary first. and it is tight out there right now. totally different picture than we have seen in the other states. it's an open primary. sometimes it's the independents who can make all the difference in this one. tone, santorum is leading that group. then comes romney. take a look at the numbers right now. romney 31%, ron paul is doing very well with independents throughout the primary season, in third with them in ohio. let's take a look at tea party vote. tea partyers are torn. they are neck and neck, 39-37% between the

look at his lead a week ago in ohio. and ity evaporated when he started talking about the issues. >> 18 points. >> the american people are worried about their economic survival, their family's survival. when gas goes to $4 and $5 and unemployment is high and bankruptcy is high, states are going bankrupt. these are the bread and butter issues they want to hear regardless if it is the primary or general election. >> romney over the last couple days got two big endorsements. both are in fact regarded as true conservatives at a time perhaps when some of the party are worried that romney is too much of a moderate. does this solidify the base? >> and certainly after today romney has to get some conservatives out there who have yet -- who endorse to endorse. once you see these endorsements both in power and out of power and in the states where it matters, governors, legislators and mayors, it will be a big difference in the next couple weeks as we move into the winner take all. >> thank you very much. >>> for most of the night

the biggest thing for me as a proud son of ohio -- as a proud son of ohio is to welcome him and give them the support he needs. the next president of the united states, mitt romney. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. please. thank you. thank you. thank you. you know, -- thank you. thank you so much. if i was as big and strong as nick, this race would be over. quite a champion of the ohio state university. [applause] i am excited by the response by the number of people here by your enthusiasm and passion. before i offer my remarks, i want to think about those that are hurting today. with tornadoes that have touched down across this great land, we have had people lose everything they own. we have had people lose their lives and their loved ones. so in respect for those who have great sorrow today, i wonder if we might take a moment to collect our thoughts, a moment of silence, and offer a word of prayer in our own ways to ask our father in heaven to bless those that are troubled and sorrowful today. thank you so much. i am it proud to be in this place. i do not know if i can pronounce

for santorum, it is tennessee and then ohio. ohio is the big prize. it is the swing state where romney could quiet his critics. >> that would send a big statement. >> and santorum has a problem in ohio. he did not complete all the paperwork and is at risk of being an eligible for more than a quarter of the delegates. >> that basic organizational test that you have to have to battle president obama is a test that rick santorum and his campaign have flunked. >> if that is the only thing that they find wrong with my campaign, then that is ok. >> they will finish up this mad dash to super tuesday. >> let's talk giving politics now. of course, we're just a couple of days away from a critical super tuesday. who has the most at stake? >> >> this is sort of mitt romney's moment. there are 10 states up for grabs. he does not have to make a big showing in any one particular state. he has to pick up lots of delegates in lots of states and really pull away from rick santorum who has been nibbling at his heels in the last couple of contests. so i think this is mit

in the east and the race in ohio is over. mitt romney an apparent winner after a close race that has taken all night. that is the race that we will be tracking throughout the night. romney winning a slim victory over rick santorum in ohio. in tennessee, rick santorum is the projected winner of the tennessee republican primary, and rick santorum also the projected winner oklahoma, and also the projected winner the north dakota caucuses. in the idaho caucuses, mitt romney won a decisive victory. in massachusetts, mitt romney is the winner. nbc news has allocated all of that state's delegates to romney, the former governor. newt gingrich is the projected winner in his home state of georgia and the two man race by the way, romney is the projected winner over ron paul, and newt gingrich and rick santorum did not make it on to the ballot. and timely in the green mountain state, mitt romney is the projected winner. and howard fineman, i love to get this from you, because you are a bottom line guy, and reporting all night. in additio

mitt romney seeps to be somewhat of a slight surge in ohio. what is your pulse in ohio? >> i think romney at the end of the day will take it. won't be a big advantage, probably split the delegates, but the big winner will be barack obama, they are running around ohio saying the same insane kind of comments they were saying in michigan about the auto industry, someone asked romney about how he will help him go to college, don't count on the government to help you, join the military, those phrases in ohio where people are trying to get a hand up, not a hand aren't helpful, barack obama will be the big winner in the ohio primary tomorrow. >> tim ryan, good to have you with us tonight. >> always a pleasure, ed. >>> when we come back, the republican sex pledge in south carolina, this is a brand new way to vet candidates. you won't want to miss it, stay with us. [ male announcer ] that. right there -- reminds you why you fell in love with her in the first place. and why you still feel the same. but your erectile dysfunction -- that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for

wins in ohio or just gets almost immeasurely close in ohio, what about the of rick santorum, republican presidential nominee, what do you any? >> well, the next time i'm depressed about anything, i am going to call michael steele and have him turn it around for me, and what i think is bad news is good news. michael, i have the number and i will do that. >> call me any time. >> and cheaper than sxanax and much more fun. >> yes. but i want to say that i agree with michael on, i'm happy to have is people in the republican party saying that i don't want the guy who is trying to buy my vote. tlt is -- there is something very healthy about this, and i don't say much positive about the republican party, but it is to be said that the money is in the sewer, and santorum rising above it, and the voters saying, i have listened to the crappy ads and i will vote for him anyway, and something as an american, there is something encouraging about it. to many, it is interesting. >> and if you look at "restore our future" the huge $2.6 million buy in ohio to basically win the primary for romney, it is on

we're waiting t call ohio here. we've got oklahoma, gop primary too early to call as west santorum is leading. how much is the gop hurt itself with all of this in fighting? >> kim? >> it's hurt. it's hurt. we need to start winding it down. we need to get onto -- the problem we've had is not talking about what we've just been talking about. talking about the things that the president -- that are his achilles heels. whatever you say about the keystone pipeline perceptually it was bad. we should have been talking about it. whatever you say about gas prices it's bad to have economic policy where your guys are saying they want $8 gas prices. >> to stop you. "we've got to start winding this down." first of all in the republican party who's the we? are you guys the establishment? can elected officials do it? because the tea party seems to have different ideas. and who is going to make rick santorum and ngzing in get out of this race? >> does the party come together? >> probably. the party will come together once we get to

i know our governor, who is a republican, has emphasized jobs in ohio, and they're trying to make ohio a more attractive state for jobs. here in dayton we're focusing on aerospace technology, and uavs and we have the air force base here. so we're focused on high tech. >> mayor, i know you've focused on immigrants. that's an interesting strategy. i really appreciate you coming into "the war room." give us your perspective as an independent. which is not something often we see. that's dayton, ohio, mayor, and now we're going to shift to another pivotal super tuesday state, that's tennessee. the he 50 delegates there at stake, and the latest poll has santorum with 40%, and romney, which is 19%. and gingrich and paul in the low double digits. unless the polls are wrong romney may be getting roughed up in tennessee. for more on what is actually happening on the ground of tennessee we'll head to nashville, and chad, the political reporter for nashville's leading newspaper. chaz, welcome to "the war room." with you give us a sense of the pulse on the ground. >> there is anti-romney sentiment

it really comes down to ohio. win ohio, it's not even a question if it's over. i think, though, he'll get more delegates 'cause santorum is missing three districts there. this race, believe me when these things start to move ahead like this, we're about to move into the winner take all phase, april 1. at that stage of the game, there is 126 super delegates for the republicans. they'll start to fall. the momentum picks up and the money drives up for the other -- dries up for the other people. >> bret: i think it's nine districts that santorum does not qualify for. what does that mean? >> it means romney -- it's got to be a close race. but it means romney will more than likely win the delegate count and he'll get a big chunk of the delegates out of virginia. there is 400 and some odd delegates available there. he will have a lead in delegates that will be almost insurmountable. ed rollins, you go into proportional representations. winner take all made more sense. >> bret: ed, this has been a complicated process, has it not? >> it has been by a combination of thing

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agree ohio is more important. >> i think for rick santorum he needs ohio. we're stipulating that he carries oklahoma. i don't know if we have every reason to but we're stipulating that. it's the redest of red states. >> woodruff: he's been ahead in the polls. >> he's gotten a good reception there. i really do think that ohio is important. the demographics of ohio is better for him than it was in michigan. he needs a victory. i mean, if romney were to score ohio, tennessee, idaho, vermont, massachusetts, virginia, he could make the case that he won a national victory tonight. santorum's only hope is to stop him and take... rob him of that in ohio. >> woodruff: be he's not going to get out tonight we assume. that's not what you're saying. >> the virtue of santorum is the opposite of what michael mentioned. he didn't have infrastructure but he can live off the land. he doesn't have a big overhead. i mean you give him a credit card and a night's lodgingality day's inn. >> a credit card and a billionaire. >> but he doesn't have... romney has an enormous infrastr

i think he needs to win ohio. it's interesting to me is in talking to people in the campaign, i think they're feeling better and better about tennessee which is a southern state and you know, romney in 2008 did not win any southern states when he was going for that will nomination. it would be very important lift to him to win the state of tennessee. >> especially because people will write off virginia saying santorum, gingrich not on the ballot. >> he won't get any credit for na. >> take a different look at the race. let's bring up the del map instead. here's where we are going in, governor romney with the lead. if you play this out, and you just go through this here, if romney wins these states here, i gave santorum tennessee in this calculation. oklahoma goes to santorum. i'm not sure about north dakota. we gave it to romney. if you look at it here, even if we give that state to ron paul, this is somewhere in the ballpark where governor romney could end up tomorrow night. a long way ahead of his rivals. >> then

his rally last thursday in ohio attracted a group of home schoolers from the area. one of whom was mother of six, kim davis. >> i came away with a feeling that this is an honest man. a man i can trust. a man who shares my faith. shares my values system. >> woodruff: but santorum's recent controversial comments about contraception, for example, have hurt him with other women voters. just two hours away in powell, ohio, an affluent columbus suburb, we founted mostly romney supporters, many who said they are uncomfortable with santorum's views. >> i am definitely a conservative woman but i have different opinions on social issues. homosexuality and gay marriage is one of them. i'm very much for gay marriage. so i tend to like candidates that are more open minded on the social issues. i believe mitt is. >> woodruff: santorum supporter ohio attorney general mike dewine defends the former senator and insists his main focus is the economy. >> should not come as a shock to people that he is pro-life. but he's made it very clear, for example, in regard to birth control that,

in ohio one cliffhanger went into the early hours. cnn projecting ohio will go to mitt romney. the state up on the map in romney red, massachusetts, vermont, virginia, and idaho. rick santorum in purple scoring victories in north dakota, oak ok a oklahoma and still up for grabs at this hour. we begin with ohio and john king on the magic wall following the count all night. let's take a look at the state. took us a while, governor romney has won ohio. you see the lead there in the ballpark of 12,000 votes statewide. this is the cincinnati area. pivotal. a swing county. come november, 20-point margin over santorum there. big turnout in hamilton county. romney organization doing the job there. southwest corner of the state northeast. cuyahoga county, cleveland, important suburb as long the lake up here. summit county where akron is a big win for governor romney there. move down again, stark county not as big a margin. statewide. romney wins in the urban areas, suburbs offsetting a santorum sweep. what it gives you anderson. gives you that. romney red in the middle of the country. b

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now, the problem for him in ohio and the benefit romney has in ohio, distinct and different from michigan, is he's running against both santorum and gingrich. he's hoping that gingrich will do well enough to take the anti-romney voters and split them nicely and cleanly with santorum giving romney victory in ohio. gwen: how about tennessee and oklahoma, georgia, as we mentioned? newt gingrich has said i've got to win in georgia to be credible. >> he's hunkered down in georgia. i went to a big tea party rally in chattanooga with rick santorum. he was very well received. i talked to his campaign chairman there, and she felt that he would do great in the state. but you've got to consider the source. it does seem like that's an opportunity for santorum and it's not getting a lot of attention. >> mitt romney is also making a play in tennessee, and i think if you're a serious republican contender for the nomination, i do think you have to prove that you can win in the south. florida, separate issue. but, you know, mitt romney lost in south carolina by a huge amount. and i think they believe in t

ohio state with three time outs remaining. spartans have two. thad matta in his eighth season as the head coach in columbus. green will inbound joined by nix, wood, appling. >> clark: ravenel on the floor. better match-up for draymond green. good match-up by thad matta to try to put a better defender on him, if you're michigan state you want a high quality shot, if you can do it ina i two for one possession, if not, quality of shot is more important than rushing the basket. >> verne: ravenel on green. fade-away. no. >> clark: that was a tough look. >> verne: sullinger. >> clark: and the buckeyes can hold it for the last one. >> verne: they will call time out to discuss the options. ♪ ♪ lord,ou n got no reason ♪ you g ngho right ♪ ♪ i find myself at the wrong place ♪ [ male announcer ] the ram 1500 express. ♪ it says a lot about you. ♪ in a deep, hemi-rumble sort of way. guts. glory. ram. in a deep, hemi-rumble sort of way. out to dinner with your husband. garage door? is not the time to wonder if you left your garage door open. w

vote in ohio but win more delegates? >> right. i see there is going to be some contest even after what goes on here in ohio. santorum is technically ineligible for quarter of delegates. in december you had to -- it was relatively easy to pass. you had to get six names in delegates but santorum wasn't able to do that. he was focus on iowa. no one thought he had a chance. so all his resources were in iowa. he wasn't able to pass the low bar. he may not be able to get up to 18 delegates out of ohio's of you delegates. >> gregg: romney was known as a turnaround artist at bain capital. isn't he also a turnaround artist when it comes to primary states where he has been behind until days before the vote and he begins to focus his resources on those states? >> right. as soon as his laser gaze things start to change. think of florida, after newt gingrich won south carolina, newt gingrich went into florida with a nuclear lead. before you know it romney won big, think michigan, santorum had a fairly large lead couple weeks out, rom