rick santorum did call mitt romney. romney took the call. it's been described by santorum's eldest daughterrer as a cordial conversation but brief. it happens minutes before he took to the stage to make his remarks. he made it clear that although it didn't go his way, he's not backing down and super tuesday is an opportunity for him to rise again. mitt romney didn't mention any of thinks republican rivals tonight. there are only a few plays in the romney playbook, and he has been disciplined in sticking with them. tonight was a victory and he talk about barack obama, not about his republican rivals. that's likely to continue but in ohio and the states where it's close and romney has to do well next week, don't expect any let-up. mitt romney has made it clear he knows how to throw a punch and he knows how to take a punch. there will be plenty of those exchanged between mitt romney and rick santorum in the days ahead. >> thank you. >> bill is at the touch screen tonight. bill, mitt romney did win a greater share of the vote in michigan. some i

: romney and romney saw what happened in south carolina and romney went to work. romney prepared for those debates. he went after newt gingrich in very aggressive way, in a way he knew he had to step up. >>> he took gingrich off his game. up to that point he had not gone negative. gingrich was singing kumbayah and it all caged. >> one thing, it was compressed schedule between new hampshire and south carolina. so the debates which were right at the bookend two of them, they had much greater impact on much smaller state. had you two debates in smaller period of time. >> i don't think it had the kind of potential to be a game changer in florida which is really five states when you think about it. >> sean: here is what happened, we keep hearing the romney campaign spent a lot in debate prep. they hired a debate coach. newt gingrich i think he did the interview to michael barone he said his prep for debate show up he has a great debate. >>. >> sean: i want somebody to clobber obama in the debate. >> at the end of the day. that would be great. but you want someone who c

a lot of people remember george romney in this state and obviously, mitt romney is trying to tie into the family ties and connection to his early life here, but he's also making a pitch as he did here on the stump for his business experience. and why that's important in this country, particularly in this state right now. take a listen. >> i believe you want a president who can create jobs and get this economy going again. i believe that if you think about what america needs right now, you'll recognize that what we want is an economy that's strong, an economy so strong it will grow and balance our budget. so if for you, the question you want to have answers is who can best get this economy going? i hope you recognize that the best way to get an economy going is to have someone who has actually had a job in the real economy to get it going and i have. [applause] >> the song "born free" here playing loudly at this event. we tried to have another one-on-one pull aside with governor romney, but didn't work out for whatever reason. the campaign saying that the schedule is too tight. so we'l

having said that, i guarantee you we will see some serious attacks from the romney campaign and the romney super pac, targeting rick santorum. i think that their they're going to try to make him look like a consummate d.c. insider, much the way they tried with newt gingrich. they will try to wear away the idea that he is in principled conservative who can take on barack obama, he being rick santorum. i think they will try to make him look like the inventer of earmarks. they are going on hang that around his neck and try to make him look like he himself is an earmark. [laughter] >> i remember when santorum was here a couple of months ago, he defended, to us, his role in earmarking. he said, i was a prodigious earmarker and i am not ashamed of it. he owns the earmarking argument and makes what i think is a reasonable case -- i don't like earmarks, but he goes on to make a reasonable case diswlaiz what matters more is entitlement reform in the big questions. but the earmark comments can be taken. they are not popular with the conservative base. he has already said he is not a fan of the liber

this time, rick santorum did call mitt romney. romney took the call. it has been described by santorum's eldest daughter as a cordial conservation but brief. it was literally seconds before santorum took the stage to make his remarks. he made it very clear that santorum is not backing down at all. super tuesday for him is an opportunity for him to rise again. mitt romney didn't mention any of his rivals tonight. there are only a few plays in the romney playbook. >> he has been incessantly disciplined disciplined in sticking with them. tonight was a victory, and he talked about barack obama, not his republican rivals. that's likely to continue, but where it is close and romney has to do well next week, don't expect any letup. mitt romney has made it very clear, he knows how to throw a punch and take a punch there. will be plenty between mitt romney and rick santorum in the days ahead. >> over at the touch screen tonight, bill, mitt romney did win a greater hair of the vote in michigan, interesting ruths in michigan and arizona. >> certainly is. to carl'

rick santorum did call mitt romney. romney took the call. it's been described by santorum's eldest daughterrer as a cordial conversation but brief. it happens minutes before he took to the stage to make his remarks. he made it clear that although it didn't go his way, he's not backing down and super tuesday is an opportunity for him to rise again. mitt romney didn't mention any of thinks republican rivals tonight. there are only a few plays in the romney playbook, and he has been disciplined in sticking with them. tonight was a victory and he talk about barack obama, not about his republican rivals. that's likely to continue but in ohio and the states where it's close and romney has to do well next week, don't expect any let-up. mitt romney has made it clear he knows how to throw a punch and he knows how to take a punch. there will be plenty of those exchanged between mitt romney and rick santorum in the days ahead. >> thank you. >> bill is at the touch screen tonight. bill, mitt romney did win a greater share of the vote in michigan. some i

rick santorum did call mitt romney. romney took the call. it's been described by santorum's eldest daughterrer as a cordial conversation but brief. it happens minutes before he took to the stage to make his remarks. he made it clear that although it didn't go his way, he's not backing down and super tuesday is an opportunity for him to rise again. mitt romney didn't mention any of thinks republican rivals tonight. there are only a few plays in the romney playbook, and he has been disciplined in sticking with them. tonight was a victory and he talk about barack obama, not about his republican rivals. that's likely to continue but in ohio and the states where it's close and romney has to do well next week, don't expect any let-up. mitt romney has made it clear he knows how to throw a punch and he knows how to take a punch. there will be plenty of those exchanged between mitt romney and rick santorum in the days ahead. >> thank you. >> bill is at the touch screen tonight. bill, mitt romney did win a greater share of the vote in michigan. some i

>> romney. the counties that are coming in for santorum, like hoden, delta, chippewa, marquette, more of that vote is? >> smaller counties -- the. >> the smaller counties come in quicker. and a grand total after couple hundred votes in one county. so the smaller counties are in and santorum is tend to go win them, 29-48. 29 for romney and 48 for santorum. but the bigger counties where romney is coming in, they are coming in much slower. macomb county, he has a lead of 1,000 votes there. only 3% of the vote is in. he will probably come out of that county with a 30,000 vote lead. oakland county, 12% of the vote in. an 8,000 count lead. >> suburbs north of detroit. >> and near the center of the state near the state capital, 2% of the vote is in and romney has 1,000 vote lead in the county. looking at these bigger county that is are tend to go vote for romney are coming in slowly, and they have a lot more votes to come. as a result, they are going to come in with bigger numbers. >> this is a three p

now romney and the three g.o.p. challengers focus on washington state saturday and super tuesday next week. we begin the coverage with chief political correspondent carl cameron in ohio. >> with a slim 3.2-point win in michigan, mitt romney arrived in ohio, the crucial test six days from now on super tuesday. 11 states will hold contests. >> a big night last night for me. i was pleased. good news. >> michigan's 30 delegates up in the air but will be shared. >> we had a better night than reported we ran dead even in michigan. the really important part, delegates. that is what this is about. we are going to walk out of michigan with 16 delegates. he is going to walk out of michigan with 16 delegates. [ applause ] >> michigan g.o.p. officials not yet a gaited all the delegates. to date, romney has 165 overall. rick santorum, 85. gingrich, 32. ron paul, 19. it takes 1144 to win. super tuesday offers 166, the biggest day yet -- 466. the biggest day yet. romney spent $3.5 million. 3-1/2 times what santorum and gingrich an

going in romney had 87. tonight depending how the results shaped up proportionally it will be less than 10 percent the delegates decided. >> less than 20 percent by the end of this month. it is a longer battle. the expectations momentum contest has begun. we people have gone through the contest voters are making up their minds. romney one late breakers they decided he is a winner. he looks like a winner to that. this goes through february when the contest comes in the weeks to come. he makes up his mind in the last minute. other important findings were that true conservatives only 5 percent of them thought that he was a true conservative. true conservatives group with him. he is 21 percent gingrich 24. that says a lot about what they are looking for in a candidate. >> they are getting ready for governor romney to speak at some point this hour. we will bring it to you live. nevada, it is a state that seems to line up not only for ron paul there is a big libertarian streak there the tea party was active in 201

i think romney is electable by the party and the people. we saw that in the entrance polls of nevada. they were lacking for somebody who can beat barack obama. i think romney is certainly well on the way in winning a divisive victory. >> why did it take him so long to catch on? >> this is a election process - selection process we don't anoint people. >> really? >> that's the funniest thing i heard all night. that's the funniest thing i heard all night. >> going on his charisma then. >> i am still not saying i really love that romney guy. he's the most delectable he has business -- i get all of these calculated reasons that you kind of like him. you cannot look in the camera and say i really like him. >> mitt romney. >> let's hear it kelly ann. >> the fact is the republican party has a storied history particularly in the last 20-years of nominating the person next in line. it was mitt romg knee-- romney' turn. mccain lost we let him run. dole lost and became the frontrunner. if you nominate mitt romney you are going to get the result you got

now, mitt romney, i don't know this for a fact but i assume that the romney campaign believes it has it wrapped up. doesn't seem to be any derailment possibility unless the press break as story about the governor. until the next debate which is late in february. and then the super tuesday seems to favor him. and his money flow is going to start whereas the money for gingrich is going to be hard to raise. santorum and paul, i don't know where they are going to get money. particularly santorum. is it possible that the romney campaign can get arrogant, overconfident at this point? >> i think they can. they have got to be careful. if his three opponents stay in the race, ron paul will stay in. even if the apocalypse comes. and even if it happened i think he would only suspend his campaign, he wouldn't end it. santorum can hang in there, live off the land. he has got a shot in missouri which has no delegates but it's in six days. >> bill: psychological, yeah. >> because gingrich isn't in the contest in missouri. >> bill: right. >> it's a one-on-one. is he now up by -- santorum is up by 11

we sampled three vores and coming down on the side of mitt romney . mitt romney. what is the deal shut up and get on with it. it makes a difference to you. >> not at all. only thing it would do is to make the primaries going on longer and is a lot of fun. but in the end of the gay. you need a guy to beat obama and that is mitt romney. this is coming from a ron paul guy. >>> and yeah, another cpac attendee wrestling with his conscience and plan to vote for rick santorum. >> i did vote in the straw poll and one of the most difficult. i took it seriously as if it was a real vote and i voted for rick santorum. and another attendee who is wrestling with her conscience is undecided even though the polls close in less than an hour. >> i haven't committed to anyone yet. i am definitely going republican >>> and again, the straw poll closes at 1:00 this afternoon and we expect to have the results in at 4:15 . 4:30. sarah palin, key note speaker will take the podium and you know she will draw a crowd here. she's begin a lot of the support to newt gingrich, it will be fascina

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bill, romney's win was certainly expected. combined with a big win earlier in the week in florida and what looks like a string of strong states for him in february, how commanding is his position right now? >> it is pretty commanding. but i think the key question is what you just said. the string of the apparently strong states coming ahead. i think tuesday night is important. you asked rick santorum is this make or break for you. he said it is a long campaign plenty of time. but tuesday night for santorum will be an important moment to try to surpass gingrich and take on romney especially in missouri. romney if he could win all three on tuesday night then suddenly five in a row and that would be impressive strength. >> chris: in fairness, liz marlantes, in 2008 barack obama won a string of victories in caucuses in february and it didn't stop hillary clinton and she was able to come back strong in march. even if you do well in one month it doesn't exclude the others from staying in and prospering. >> if they can survive financ

the big thing for romney latest in nbc polls shows romney up in michigan by 2 points, within the margin of error, but he had been down in more recent polls, he so, i think right now, mitt romney has the momentum in michigan. >> paul: all right, newt gingrich by all accounts, dan, did pretty well in the debate. does he have a chance for a third resurrection? >> i doubt it. i have to say i kind of admire him for trying to stay positive and focusing on the substance of the case against barack obama, because ultimately, these others, when they're finished slashing one another are going to have to make a case against the president and i admire gingrich for trying to keep that subject on the table. >> paul: not going to win michigan or arizona, but he's got to win georgia, tennessee the following week if he wants to stay in this. when we come back, social issues and the santorum surge. his conservative stance helped propel him to the top, the republican primary, would they hurt him in a general election? we'll have a little debate we'll have a little debate ahead. weight loss programs can be

going in romney had 87. tonight depending how the results shaped up proportionally it will be less than 10 percent the delegates decided. >> less than 20 percent by the end of this month. it is a longer battle. the expectations momentum contest has begun. we people have gone through the contest voters are making up their minds. romney one late breakers they decided he is a winner. he looks like a winner to that. this goes through february when the contest comes in the weeks to come. he makes up his mind in the last minute. other important findings were that true conservatives only 5 percent of them thought that he was a true conservative. true conservatives group with him. he is 21 percent gingrich 24. that says a lot about what they are looking for in a candidate. >> they are getting ready for governor romney to speak at some point this hour. we will bring it to you live. nevada, it is a state that seems to line up not only for ron paul there is a big libertarian streak there the tea party was active in 201

mitt romney was dishonest. what does he think mitt romney will do. >> after the break. james rosen lays out the road ahead and the hunt for delegateless . final thoughts from the panel as we get toward midnight on the east coast. you name it. i've tried it. but nothing helped me beat my back pain. then i tried salonpas. it's powerl relief that works at the site of pain and lasts up to 12 hours. salonpas. taxing, so free file from the irs does the hard work for you, with brand-name tax software or online fillable forms and it's free. so give yourself a break at freefile.irs.gov. >> we can tell you that fox news projected mitt romney is the big winner. but we can't tell you who is second. there is a battle between speaker newt gingrich and ron paul. santorum will finish fourth. we'll look ahead in the race. super tuesday features sevenprimaris and three calk - caucuses. will most of the drama be gone by they offer thoughtos that. >> over the next month 202 delegates will be up for grabs in six states. after that gop candidates will compete for double of that in one day. t

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and romney recognizing the attacks are not going to way and romney is not going to stop the counter attacking and likely to get more toxic as we move forward. >> shep: gingrich camp has come up. automated phone calls, there is doozie of one out there for him. >> reporter: within the last 24 hours, a reference to something gingrich has been complaining about romney. when he was governor gingrich says, romney vetoed a bill that would have allowed kosher kitchen nens jewish nursing nursing homes and as explained in the robo call we'll show you, gingrich is making harsh criticism of romney. >>> as governor of massachusetts mitt romney vetoed a bill paying for kosher food for our seniors all across, so for the first time they were eat non-kosher because five dollars is too much to pay for our grandparents to each kosher. >> reporter: a couple problems with what actually hatched. first it was overridden by the massachusetts legislature. there was no interruption of kosher meals at nursing homes. romney is suggesting what gingrich did here is going far over the line. >> comments attacking

having said that, i guarantee you we will see some serious attacks from the romney campaign and the romney super pac, targeting rick santorum. i think that their they're going to try to make him look like a consummate d.c. insider, much the way they tried with newt gingrich. they will try to wear away the idea that he is in principled conservative who can take on barack obama, he being rick santorum. i think they will try to make him look like the inventer of earmarks. they are going on hang that around his neck and try to make him look like he himself is an earmark. [laughter] >> i remember when santorum was here a couple of months ago, he defended, to us, his role in earmarking. he said, i was a prodigious earmarker and i am not ashamed of it. he owns the earmarking argument and makes what i think is a reasonable case -- i don't like earmarks, but he goes on to make a reasonable case diswlaiz what matters more is entitlement reform in the big questions. but the earmark comments can be taken. they are not popular with the conservative base. he has already said he is not a fan of the liber

we've seen romney up, then romney down, then romney back up. but he's in the best position to be the nominee. >> brian: ohio is the key, correct? that's where mitt romney goes today and where rick santorum will go today. what do we learn from ohio? >> listen, ohio is michigan without all of romney's connections. so it's a tough state for him. university of cincinnati polls, very accurate in the past, have santorum up 11%. brian, what we've learned from this process is that 11% is going to shrink. will it shrink to the point where romney wins it? that's the question we have for seven days. but this is a critical seven days for romney. he's going to have to try to win ohio. that's the most important state on the ballot next tuesday. >> brian: do a hard thing. after a big victory, don't have a gaffe where he talks about not caring -- >> he's been a gaffe machine. but maybe he's learning to be more careful. he seems to realize he has a problem. that's the first step to solving a problem. >> brian: i realize i'm a gaffe machine, too, but i haven't f

that idea that the challenger to mitt romney is newt gingrich, well, that is reset s that mitt romney is the heir apparent, that is reset. >> of the voter whose matter on caucus night, those who are willing to brave the cold and she up at a caucus site, the numbers are expected to be small and expected to be motivated, and expected to be tea party and conservative, and evangelical and when given a choice between mitt romney or someone more conservative they were going for someone more conservative which is what newt gingrich and rick santorum are counting on. >>neil: we have seen from a plurality of conservatives in the prior contests, say, the one more to the point that mitt romney as one, i don't know if holding their nose is the right description but going at and voting for romney who seems to have the best shot of beating president obama but that seems to be the sentiment of many, a plurality, like i say, of conservatives in the prior contests. is it going on in minnesota? >>guest: possibly among less motivated conservatives in minnesota but what the analysts are looking at, they

. >> mitt romney. >> mitt romney. >> romney. romney. >> i'm leaning toward that ron paul guy you are so wise. >> bill: jesse watters goes to a conference in washington, d.c. >> you can name one good thing president obama has done? >> bill: watters world on the segment tonight. >> i think we should send him out to take a piece out of president obama. >> bill: dennis miller has advice for governor romney as he needs it as he continues to sink in the polls. >> don't blink or you are going to miss my part. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. another amazing example of government intrusion into other lives. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. in north carolina 85 miles south of raleigh 4-year-old recently brought her lunch to school. the meal consisting of a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, apple juice and chips. that's the kind of lunch i eat. a school offi

having said that, i guarantee you we will see some serious attacks from the romney campaign and the romney super pac, targeting rick santorum. i think that their they're going to try to make him look like a consummate d.c. insider, much the way they tried with newt gingrich. they will try to wear away the idea that he is in principled conservative who can take on barack obama, he being rick santorum. i think they will try to make him look like the inventer of earmarks. they are going on hang that around his neck and try to make him look like he himself is an earmark. [laughter] >> i remember when santorum was here a couple of months ago, he defended, to us, his role in earmarking. he said, i was a prodigious earmarker and i am not ashamed of it. he owns the earmarking argument and makes what i think is a reasonable case -- i don't like earmarks, but he goes on to make a reasonable case diswlaiz what matters more is entitlement reform in the big questions. but the earmark comments can be taken. they are not popular with the conservative base. he has already said he is not a fan of the liber

this is a floor romney won. and i think what is really important about santorum is that he is always the one that never got respect from the beginning of the race and on all of us are confessing to sins here, he's a guy who lost his senate race by 18 points in 2006. he wasn't on the scene. coming out of nowhere and is standing on the wings on the side alt the ends of the line in the debates because he was low in national polls. and at times complaining he wasn't getting enough air time and attention. but once he shed the loser label, his senate races and shows he can win i think it changes a lot for him. because the perception is that he is sort of he may win here or there. and this is a hat trick but a huge margin. >> well, up to a point. and that is these tapes these are straw polls occurring on the first day. it's a three, four part process. sanltor yum energy nized -- energized the face of the republican party. he's doing it more main stream basis what ron paul has done before and what mitt romney has done i

a lot of what romney is true. that happened in the final years of his term as he got closer to the vote. >> paul: they would say that is cynical. that is politics as usual, that is not what i want. >> 2006 his election year which is the worst from a free market perspective, he has 20% rating from the afl/cio. he is voting against big labor 80% of the time. this is not the union as man in washington. what he has said he is not hostile to private sector unions. he has made the case that the help workers. >> paul: kim, get in here? >> i disagree. union issue is a big issue with boeing and he has been on the wrong side of this. regardless of whether election politics, as the cynical view. the problem he faces that one a lot of voters, is he organizations like that simply to get re-elected and that the kind of guy we want. >> paul: i'm going to a santorum ad that is running against romney. >> mitt romney's negative attack machine is back on full throttle. he is firing at rick santorum, romney and super pac spent $20 mi

that endorsement went to mitt romney . then his public appearances were scaled back a fair amount here in nevada. he was not really out and about as we saw the other candidates. he was not at the states in colorado and upcoming caucus and he's not on the ballot in missouri. folks with his campaign said he was trying to focus more on fund raising while he is out west it is a interesting few days for the former speaker. we are on stand bypass and we'll take you to him live. >> casey, i know it is frustrating to not know where the candidate next door and not in the room with all of the people. we'll bring in the panel of all stars again. steve hays and a.b. stoddard and bill kristol and charles crammer. i produced it on the ground in florida trailing and trying to track down spheeker gingrich. there is fluid campaign let's say and what do you think will happen with this announcement, charles in >> i think what we just heard the excellent reporting about changing his strategy and announcing it is how gingrich operates. he talk

mitt romney is the favorite. of last night he dropped by one of his phone back to thank people for getting out there. this is what he told the volunteers last night. >> you can be out with your familis and doing other things. but getting people to come to the caucaus. i appreciate it gingrich's last appearance was before a group of faith leaders and asked them to pray for him today . he may need those prayers based on the poll results. he told me he expect to do well >> well, our goal is trying to -- he won by a majorit yewe are working to come in here second. they are porportional . we want to pick up delegates here and colorado and maine and minnesota. he will continue on even if he loses. and the mormon vote is important here. represent one in four voters went 95 percent to mitt romney and while the latest polls show that maybe he support is softer and because some is going to ron paul. >> and they were in the single digits . that doesn't reflect the ability to get people out to the caucaus. he never left afte

to regain momentum. >> excited to announce my endorsement of mitt romney. >> reporter: romney has the g.o.p. establishment largely sewed up. he lacks strong support from conservative thes calls themselves evangelical, tea partiers. they gravitate to santorum. they are in a virtual tie in the poll's margin of error. gingrich trails with 12. paul has 9. the real clear politics of average shows santorum eight points ahead. romney has problems with leaders of industry and labor in michigan. he opposed the 2009 federal auto makers bail-out. calling it crony capitalism on a grand scale two days ago. general motors today announced record profits of $7.6 billion last year. >> i love the auto industry. i want to see it strive and grow. i'm glad it went through bankruptcy process, i recommended to shed the unnecessary cost and get its footing again. i'm delighted it's profitable. in my view, this auto industry can continue to lead the world and must continue to lead the world to keep detroit with a vibrant and prosperous future. >> reporter: santorum noted he was consistent and opposed the wall

anyway, thank you very much. >> romney. >> arthel: she's going with romney. susan, don't want o offend anybody, but god is a woman. just saying. not a democrat, but a woman. see you susan, thank you very much. >> rick: do you like your technology? i love when there is like new phones and new games and new stuff. we're going to show you some of the best new smart phones. this is called fablet. part phone, part tablet. we have the latest when we come right back. don't go away or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for excellent fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion, also refreshing plus tea. could've had a v8. >> arthel: every time you look around, it seems like there is a new batch of smart phones hitting the market. >> rick: it's fun, right? >> arthel: very fun. >> rick: how do you know if it's worth trading in the one you

governor romney will change it. he has a record of turn around every organization of which he has been a part. i think the governor and santorum are a big help. >> thank you. tom thank you. we are three minutes away from "geraldo at large." >> prime time and crime time alert. thank you for hanging in there with us. image if your daughter was drown on australian honeymoon by her husband who pleads guilty to neglect manslaughter in her debt. because of the tireless actions of your family he's also finally on trial in the united states when suddenly the judge steps in and declares him not guilty before the jury has a chance to render its verdict. frank has the exclusive with the heartbroken father and prosecutor who tried to bring her husband of 11 days watson to justice. >> the curl minute nation of-- culmination of a 9 year fight for justice it was the opinion of one man. >> when you heard the judge say the evidence is sorely lacking and dismissed the case against your former son-in-law gabe watson what went through

romney won colorado in 08. but santorum has the backing of james dobson, founder of the colorado springed based focus on the family. in minnesota, gingrich feels he has a battlefield to contest romney. but the former speaker will not appear on the ballot in missouri at the end of the month comes arizona and michigan. mitt romney was born and grew up in michigan. he's considered a favorite there. in arizona, he'll be relying heavily on the help of senator john mccain. tonight the gingrich campaign is hoping they can turn the florida results from a winner take all to romney to a proportional allocation of delegates where they can pick up some numbers. >> bret: we'll continue to follow that story. thank you. as carl mentioned, the primaries and caucuses are all about piling up these delegates. on the way to the nominating convention which is in tampa in late august. tonight chief washington correspondent james rosen looks at where we are in the delegate count. good evening, james. >> good evening. imagine if every

well, first romney says yeah. massachusetts is about 85% democrats so he couldn't get all he wanted but that is going to be a problem for him. appealing to republicans and tough for him in primaries because massachusetts clearly one of the liberal states in the country. and mitt romney's record there is that newt gingrich might say as a moderate. i think that will work better for him in general election. >> greta: speaker gingrich said people power will defeat money power, that might be optimistic. we've seen the power of money in politics. >> i think that with newt gingrich we need to come back in a week or two and see how things look then. tonight he's vowing to go on. he doesn't have a lot of chances to make much impact until super tuesday, march 6th nl. what is he going to do six weeks? is he going to compete in contests between now and then? not clear what he's going to do with his major financial backer continues to back him? right now he's saying he's going to go on. >> greta: i want to note the ambient noi

we show where romney won. in the florida orange nonetheless, romney at 46% and newt gingrich 14 points back at 32%. where did romney do well? just about everywhere here in the center part of the state that is so critical to the outcome of florida. down here around the population centers. look at miami-dade. so many votes down here, many of them democratic, but still so many republican. romney 61-26 over newt gingrich in the southeast. pop up to hillsborough county. this is tampa. a lot of votes here as well. 48 28. in the hillsborough county area and west of there in pinellas. jacksonville, this is the area, duval county, northeastern part of the state where romney was very strong four years ago. this year just barely ened gingrich by a point. we'll get to that throughout the morning. we'll explain the significance. if you go back to four years ago in 2008 where mccain and romney went head-to-head. here is mccain and romney in florida orange. this is where mccain dominated. picked up so many votes in the south

other was rick santorum versus mitt romney. i thought the best line was i'm not here as a conservative alternative to mitt romney but to barack obama. by acting as a presidential candidate and he hooked poised. >> bret: we're looking live at ron paul headquarters. and he's just entering the room, we're told. what are your thoughts on the night before he takes the post? >> you know it's bad when the romney camp is sending out a memo talking about mccain lost 19 states last time and i think this is a huge night for santorum. colorado is not clear he's not being competitive there. he may well be competitive there. and could make romney have a much worse night than already. >> bret: gentlemen, stand by. you're listening to ron paul appearing is in second in minnesota tonight. let's take a listen. >> thank you for your hard work and we did very well tonight and had v.a very, very strong second place and goitsing to continue. but you know we've had good news today. maybe you have seen but there is a recent straw poll out today and th

the romney campaign is turned off. turned people in the state, as with dewine who told mike warner my colleague he never met mitt romney. switched to romney and then said i'd like to get together with governor romney and talk to them a little bit. they went to a staffer and the staffer told him i don't know. maybe next time. i don't think that is why he did it. i think dewine is a principled man and he thinks that santorum has a better chance to beat obama. >> bret: many people are saying a bit of a stumble for the santorum campaign in that the foster freeze, the backer of the santorum super pac had this to say about contraception, and then the candidate responded. >> the contraceptive thing, my gosh it's such inexpensive. in my days they used bayer aspirin for contraception. gals put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly. >> foster is known, political circles as telling a lot of jokes. some of them are not particularly funny, which this one was not. he is not creepy. a good man, a great philanthropist. succ

two for two for romney last night. what's it mean? >> it's a good night for mitt romney. he has got to be pleased with the margin of victory in arizona, 20 points, it was over a week ago that people thought the polls were tightening, that rick santorum might hal evening -- challenge him in arizona and mitt romney pulls out a victory. in michigan, this would have been a really tough morning for mitt romney if he had lost in his native state, everybody would have been talking about what it means, he's a weak frontrunner, would have been a problem. bill he was challenged, forced to fight and defend, and he did. now look forward to next tuesday. what's the challenge for romney there? >> he's got some states that aren't very friendly to him. there are states in the south that rick santorum is expected to do well, newt gingrich might try to mount a comeback of his own, 76 delegates available in georgia. mitt romney has some states that look good for him, states in the northeast where he's expected to do well. he will lose some states. he's not going to win everything. rick sant

governor romney will change it. he has a record of turn around every organization of which he has been a part. i think the governor and santorum are a big help. >> thank you. tom thank you. we are three minutes away from >>> from america's news headquarters i'm claudia cow youen. russian state television announcing an attempt to assassinate prime minister vladimir putin has been foiled. reporting survivors sha's secret service is arrested two men. the men prepared the attack ooh ukraine and were planning to carry it out in moscow. >>> arizona governor jan brewer throwing her support behind mitt romney. brewer are saying she believes romney is "by far the person that can go in and win." arizona and michigan holding republican primaries this tuesday. polls show rick santorum as romney's chief rival in both states. i'm claudia cowen. now, back to "geraldo at large." >> prime time and crime time alert. thank you for hanging in there with us. image if your daughter was drown on australian honeymoon by her husband who ple

polls, santorum and romney both have led in this state this month. martha. martha: so santorum may see the numbers this morning and feel that he's got catching up to do over the next couple of days. he's out there courting blue collar types we understand, auto workers, a lot of folks who sort of fall into the moderate or sometimes democrat category, right? >> reporter: often. often. the uaw members, working in democratic events for democratic campaign, they're going to be out protesting this romney event today. but rick santorum is making a direct appeal to those folks. keep in mind this is the home of the reagan