newt gingrich is saving him now. if newt gingrich were to get up and leave and none of us believe he will, that rick santorum could let him stop the nomination. i'm not saying and romney has more than double delegates pile rick santorum has tonight. not saying rick santorum can get to 1144 but i'm saying he's looking to stop romney. that no one will have the delegates and as lng as gingrich is in there, romney stay as live. >> 1144 magic number of delegates to get g.o.p. nomination? >> yes. the story of the night is that romney probably ends up, once adding in hawaii probably ends up winning the battle but this is not a good showing for him. newt gingrich and rick santorum will do better than he did there. it's what we've seen a cross the board if you look at very conservative voters. romney is pulling about a third of those. consistent of what he's gotten in other places. the most-interesting thing to me to look at going forward is whether there is a de facto pact between santorum and gingrich. if gingrich is gettin

newt gingrich is saving him now. if newt gingrich were to get up and leave and none of us believe he will, that rick santorum could let him stop the nomination. i'm not saying and romney has more than double delegates pile rick santorum has tonight. not saying rick santorum can get to 1144 but i'm saying he's looking to stop romney. that no one will have the delegates and as lng as gingrich is in there, romney stay as live. >> 1144 magic number of delegates to get g.o.p. nomination? >> yes. the story of the night is that romney probably ends up, once adding in hawaii probably ends up winning the battle but this is not a good showing for him. newt gingrich and rick santorum will do better than he did there. it's what we've seen a cross the board if you look at very conservative voters. romney is pulling about a third of those. consistent of what he's gotten in other places. the most-interesting thing to me to look at going forward is whether there is a de facto pact between santorum and gingrich. if gingrich is gettin

newt gingrich is saving him now. if newt gingrich were to get up and leave and none of us believe he will, that rick santorum could let him stop the nomination. i'm not saying and romney has more than double delegates pile rick santorum has tonight. not saying rick santorum can get to 1144 but i'm saying he's looking to stop romney. that no one will have the delegates and as lng as gingrich is in there, romney stay as live. >> 1144 magic number of delegates to get g.o.p. nomination? >> yes. the story of the night is that romney probably ends up, once adding in hawaii probably ends up winning the battle but this is not a good showing for him. newt gingrich and rick santorum will do better than he did there. it's what we've seen a cross the board if you look at very conservative voters. romney is pulling about a third of those. consistent of what he's gotten in other places. the most-interesting thing to me to look at going forward is whether there is a de facto pact between santorum and gingrich. if gingrich is gettin

, vamos con los delegados ganados el día de hoy, mitt romney 117, newt gingrich 59, rick santorum 50, rick santorum con 3 estados ganados tiene menos delegados que newt gingrich. >>> está interesante, y el gordo de la noche es ohio, todavía están virtualmente empatados, pero parece que mitt romney lentamente itnee más votos. >>> así es, josé, tenemos más del 90% de los votos contados, y como proyectaras muy bien, creo que mitt romney tiene el triunfo en el estado. >>> es una larga noche para saber los resultados en ohio, vámonos a boston, massachusetts, donde el precandidato mitt romney, hace pocos minutos habló y ahí está angie sandoval con los detalles. >>> qué tal, josé, mitt romney prometió que esta noche se iría a su casa con una victoria más y lo logró, ganó idaho, todavía tiene que esperar por ohio, en su discurso dio gracias a quienes lo ayudaron en la contienda de supermartes, también felicitó a newt gingrich y ron paul, pero no mencionó a su principal rival, a rick santorum, también habló del cambio de las elecciones presidenciales de noviembre >>> es

what does a guy like newt gingrich want? he likes to be on tv for really long times to give speeches when he has won his home state. >> and he likes to -- >> together, we will take down mitt romney. >> and together. and you put him in the cabinet? >> where would you put him and trust him? >> he can't get confirmed. don't talk cabinet. it is impossible. >> you could put him inside of the actual cabinet and make him think it is the cabinet. >> and drill lease. >> and what is dynamic is the fact that mitt romney thought he was the same guy than before tonight, which is that mitt romney still sort of looks like the nominee and still sort of winning more delegates than anybody else, but has some problems with core parts of the republican constituency, and neither rick santorum nor newt gingrich can be viable as long as they are in the race, and so the dynamic is whether rick santorum and newt gingrich can whittle down to one. >> and the romney strategy as we all agree from the beginning, is the recognition of the roller derby, yo

what does a guy like newt gingrich want? he likes to be on tv for really long speeches on nights when he wins his home state. >> and he likes to -- >> together, we will take down mitt romney. >> and together. and you put him in the cabinet? >> where would you put him and trust him? >> he can't get confirmed. don't talk cabinet. it is impossible. >> you could put him inside of the actual cabinet and make him think it is the cabinet. >> maybe a drilling lease. i don't know. >> and what is dynamic is the fact that mitt romney thought he was the same guy than before tonight, which is that mitt romney still sort of looks like the nominee and still sort of winning more delegates than anybody else, but has some problems with core parts of the republican constituency, and neither rick santorum nor newt gingrich can be viable as long as they are in the race, and so the dynamic is whether rick santorum and newt gingrich can whittle down to one. >> and the romney strategy as we all agree from the beginning, is the recognition of the ro

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what does a guy like newt gingrich want? he likes to be on tv for really long times to give speeches when he has won his home state. >> and he likes to -- >> together, we will take down mitt romney. >> and together. and you put him in the cabinet? >> where would you put him and trust him? >> he can't get confirmed. don't talk cabinet. it is impossible. >> you could put him inside of the actual cabinet and make him think it is the cabinet. >> and drill lease. >> and what is dynamic is the fact that mitt romney thought he was the same guy than before tonight, which is that mitt romney still sort of looks like the nominee and still sort of winning more delegates than anybody else, but has some problems with core parts of the republican constituency, and neither rick santorum nor newt gingrich can be viable as long as they are in the race, and so the dynamic is whether rick santorum and newt gingrich can whittle down to one. >> and the romney strategy as we all agree from the beginning, is the recognition of the roller derby, yo

newt gingrich wins in georgia. we will take a look at the map and show you what is going on right now. you see it. wins for mitt romney in vermont and virginia, and you see the win for newt gingrich in georgia. we are waiting for ohio. the polls in ohio have closed, but we have not been able to make a projection. we have other states closing at the top of the the hour at 8:00 massachusetts closing, and oklahoma closes, and tennessee closes. that is right at the top of the hour. we will see if we can make any projections in those three states, but it is a significant development and a win is a win. mitt romney has two wins tonight so far tonight. so it is a significant development. it was fully expected, but anderson cooper, i expect that the mitt romney is excited to win those states. >> well, a win is a win. and for you guys, what is important, ohio? >> ohio and delegate count though, because you can't separate the two. if you are inside of a presidential campaign at this point, you are looking more at the total d

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newt gingrich and ron paul rounding out the 4. keep in mind these are fluid numbers right now because some of these guys have won some states tonight and some of the delegate awards are proportional. we have to figure it out district by district. 1144 delegates are needed to secure the republic nomination. >> bret: these are projections. this is the associated press projection as well. that's what we use. we will be changing throughout the night. team fox coverage now. our team of reporters are spread across the country. mike emanuel live in nashville at a primary party there. john roberts in atlanta with the gingrich campaign. steve brown in steubenville, ohio with the santorum campaign. and chief political correspondent carl cammeron is live in boston with the romney campaign. carl, everyone said ohio is going to be very close. it looks like it is. what can you tell us? >> well, the romney campaign is very confident tonight. they are in boston for the big celebration. the crowd has been here for a couple of hours and they are pr

again, newt gingrich, the winner in georgia. that is the second state he has won during this campaign. he also won south carolina. as of this hour, we are too early to call in both virginia and in vermont. newt gingrich lives to fight another day, chris. >> i think it's very important, he saved his dignity, i think that's what he had to do making clear, you got to carry your own state, he is not going any where he is finished. >> ed schultz, looking ahead at newt gingrich's future, what -- looking ahead at mitt romney's future? >> he has been furious since day one, hasn't been represented, doesn't have the money expect one guy bankroll it he is the biggest joke in the field right now. where it s okay, he is going to win georgia. he ought to. that's where he is from. i tell you what he will win georgia better than mitt won michigan. >> there is something to hang your hat on. >> lawrence, do you agree? >> i think the problem is for romney more than anyone, tested in tennessee in a serious way. if he can take tennessee, it says a l

what does a guy like newt gingrich want? he likes to be on tv for really long times to give speeches when he has won his home state. >> and he likes to -- >> together, we will take down mitt romney. >> and together. and you put him in the cabinet? >> where would you put him and trust him? >> he can't get confirmed. don't talk cabinet. it is impossible. >> you could put him inside of the actual cabinet and make him think it is the cabinet. >> and drill lease. >> and what is dynamic is the fact that mitt romney thought he was the same guy than before tonight, which is that mitt romney still sort of looks like the nominee and still sort of winning more delegates than anybody else, but has some problems with core parts of the republican constituency, and neither rick santorum nor newt gingrich can be viable as long as they are in the race, and so the dynamic is whether rick santorum and newt gingrich can whittle down to one. >> and the romney strategy as we all agree from the beginning, is the recognition of the roller derby, yo

, is newt gingrich still standing? newt gingrich, chuck norris and monty python, something completely different, coming up. >>> the main stream media which partly means me has missed the biggest story of the election cycle. yesterday whether rick santorum won alabama and mississippi, he not only beat mitt romney and newt gingrich, and ron paul, but he also beat the unbeatable man. ♪ in the eyes of a ranger, the unsuspecting stranger had better know the truth from wrong from right." >> he bested chuck norris, the man who can slam a revolving door, can divide a number by zero. who doesn't sleep, just waits. chuck norris endorsed newt gingrich. he recorded robo calls for him. the gingrich campaign put it on youtube saying chuck norris does not endorse, he makes reality. >> hello, this is chuck norris. as my wife gena and i watched the gop debate and went to their website, we were trying to decide which of the candidates would be best to do head-to-combat with president obama. i didn't say hand-to-hand combat even help t

vp,vp. >> vp, vp newt gingrich basking this that idea. while newt gingrich used to enjoy sharing the ticket with rick santorum, mitt romney would not share his ticket with rick santorum. he was asked about potential running mate choses last night on the fox newschannel, here is what he said. >> do you think though the fact that people like sarah palin, just recently endorsed newt gingrich and other conservatives are still holding back on you that if you were to become the nominee of your party, circumstances you would almost have to put a conservative, a real i know you say you're conservative, to the right of you on your ticket. >> well, that would preclude rick santorum, because look at his record. i find it interesting he continues to describe himself as the real conservative. this is the guy who voted against right to work. this is the guy that voted to fund planned parenthood. >> mitt romney going out of his way bringing it up, going out of his way to say no way would he pick rick santorum as a running mate. why? he's not conservativ

i think that newt gingrich was devastated. i think that what rick santorum did tonight was give anybody that had a doubt he should be the conservative against romney ammunition to just dismiss gingrich. gingrich is basically finished. romney has a serious problem. because the one thing that i think rachel referred to, the overreach by newt gingrich in saying he and santorum together has all these delegates, the fact is that an overwhelming majority of people voted against romney, and if you combine that gingrich vote and most of it would fall into santorum, this spells a slow walk toward the end of mitt romney if he keeps going this way. if he pulls out illinois, you're looking at a serious shot at a brokered convention. >> rachel, what is romney's best strategy right now? he goes home tonight with his tail between his legs. he's going to have both the candidates saying, you can't win in the south, and that's a big if issue with a lot of southern conservatives. they want a winner, somebody who can beat president obama. where d

newt gingrich. his only win was in his home state of georgia, as we mentioned. that led to some choice words from gingrich to the presumed g.o.p. frontrunner, mitt romney. we go live to atlanta with with that. what did he say, jonathan? >> reporter: yeah. he had definitely harsh words towards the presumed frontrunner. it's hard to be on top. this was a good night for mitt romney, who is the projected winner the at least five states. speaking in boston, earlier, rom nerks rather than criticizing the other candidates, congratulated his opponents on their hard-fought victories and reserved attacks for the obama administration. listen. >> 24 million americans are still struggling for work. they are high-fiving each other this the west wing. but 8% unemployment is not the best america can do. ewe it's just the best this administration can do. >> when i am president, this american economy will not be lagging behind, it will be leading as the world as it has and as it should and as it will do in the future

but your dad, newt gingrich, is not winning. winning is more important than driving the conversation, and especially in the assuccumulati of delegates. steve schmidt, our republican analyst, says that he sees a vote for newt gingrich at this point as a vote for romney. because as you see tonight, mitt romney can't manage more than about one-third of the vote at best in these southern states. >> well, i would say the exact same thing. a vote for senator santorum is a vote that could have gone to newt gingrich. and the fact is, let's just look at these two candidates. when you look at these two candidates' records, when my father was speaker, they balanced the budget for four straight years. they reformed welfare, cut taxes and spending. when senator santorum was in senate leadership, he was the third highest ranking senator. he lost very badly in his home state. and during that time, they left our government with $1.7 trillion in debt. there's a big contrast between the records of these gentlemen, and i think the american people

newt gingrich coming in second. newt gingrich was an alabama. rick santorum is heading to puerto rico to campaign for delegates in a state. the next primary will be tuesday in illinois. primaries and caucuses going on in the story and louisiana as well. -- missouri and louisiana as well. lesley is on the fund. good evening to you. >> thank you for taking my call. i am very much for newt gingrich because he is the strongest voice against obamacare. i am very against obamacare because there is no cost containment and there is no guarantee of the quality of health care in obamacare. this money is going to be siphoned out of their paycheck just like social security trust funds to pay for deficits/debt and paying that off. reality and being in touch with the people will not matter much if we do not have money to take care of our households. it was once a abraham lincoln once said "the strength of a nation lies at home with the people." newt gingrich is the one candidate who i see that is most opposed to obamacare. i see there right now that is the fi

that means zero wins in the deep south for newt gingrich tonight. and last we looked mitt romney was in third in both races. also in alabama, congress nan jo bonner, who represented his seat for five terms is likely to represent it for a sixth. he's won the republican primary in alabama's first congressional district in the southwest part of the state, fending off a right wing primary challenger tonight. since no democrats qualify to oppose him in november, things look really good for him in the general election. in alabama sixth's congressional district, the chairman of the house financial services committee spencer bachus was also facing a primary challenge tonight in the republican primary. he looks to be leading comfortably in his republican race. and this, another result from alabama, this is simply amazing. judge roy moore, do you remember roy moore? the alabama state judge who lost his job because he refused to remove a ten commandments monument from the grounds of the state courthouse in 2003? judge ray moore, the ten commandments judge, ton

f [ applause ] >> newt gingrich newt gingrich newt gingrich newt gingrich newt gingrich newt >> you know, is the amazing. i hope the analysts in washington and new york, who spent june and july explaining our campaign was dead will watch this tonight and learn a little bit from this crowd and from this place. [ applause ] we survived the national elite's effort to kill us in the summer because of you, because of people who said we are not going to allow the elite to decide who we are allowed to nominate. and so with your help, thousands and thousands of people came to newt.org, and with your help, we survived the two most difficult months of a career which goes back to august of 1958. and june and july were really hard precisely because the national elite, especially in the republican party, had decided that a gingrich presidency was so frightening they had to kill it early. but you, you wouldn't let them do it. [ applause ] so with your help and the power of large solutions and big idea s, and clear communications in the debate, according to gallup, i was the front-runner by 15 points a

south carolina actually picked newt gingrich. who may or may not be a president one day but despite what mr. romney's campaign said, south carolina sure did not pick mitt romney. and here was mitt romney yesterday in mobile, alabama, predicting who was going to win the alabama republican primary today. >> thank you for your generosity and your warm reception and your hospitality and for your votes. we're going to win tomorrow and we need your help. >> mitt romney saying yesterday he would win alabama today. mr. romney did not win alabama today. rick santorum did. which is the kind of thing that might not be as bad a blow to the the romney campaign if mr. romney didn't keep predicting out loud he would win these things he cannot win. the website "buzz" mitt romney always thinks he's going to win. will romney did not win in alabama or mississippi. both stateses being called by nbc news for rick santorum. in both cases at this hour, mitt romney is not even just losing to rick santorum. in both of these states, mitt romney is running

gingrich. >> what happened to newt gingrich last night? >> newt gingrich vowing to roll on to tampa. >> i emphasize going to tampa. >> newt vowed to take his fight to tampa in he made it clear he is not getting out. >> gingrich is in this thing until the end. >> what state do you think you can win. >> i don't know yet. >> newt gingrich is swimming in a sea of delusion. >> it is hard for us to get inside of the great man's mind. >> newt craves attention as many of us politics do. >> why is this guy in the race. >> he will have to say more outrageous things to draw attention to himself. >> newt wants to go to the convention come hell or high water. [ laughter ] >> republican voters can't seem to decide who the republican nominee for president should be, so that, of course, leaves republicans wondering, who does god want? after watching romney finish in third, erick erickson wris it is almost like god himself is toying with romney. maybe it is because the romney camp said it would take an act of god for santorum or gingrich to win. god seems

even newt gingrich said this. he says, i think it's going to get substantially worse, not better and i think that we are ri risking -- we are risking young men and women in a mission that may frankly not be do-able. is it time to start getting out of afghanistan much more quickly than president obama has in mind, which is he wants everyone out by the end of 2014? >> it's certainly time on a regular basis to review our mission there and see what progress we're making and not to make decisions based upon some actions by a crazed gunman. we don't determine our foreign policy based on something of that nature. from time-to-time, we have to assess what the process is there. i'm very disappointed the president has not over the last year or two talked about what's happening in afghanistan, what progress is being made, described a timetable that makes sensor described why his timetable makes sensor not. my own view, we have to listen to our own commanders on the ground and will hear input from general allen in a few days.

can newt gingrich rise again as we call canned we called it the triple lazarus. and a bad night for newt gingrich could mean he is out of the race. >> with rick and me together, we arelying him down and with some help from ron paul, and the country is sort of saying by a majority of them saying not romney. >> well, if rick santorum has a strong finish, he is going to prove that the appeal runs through the south as well as the midwest. >> we need the conservative belt right through the south of america to speak loudly that they want a strong conviction conservative candidate. >> and the stakes of course are very, very high for mitt romney tonight. if he looks weak in these southern states, which he has not won with the exception of florida which is different from the deep south, the old story line that he cannot close the deal will be the headline again tomorrow, and today, he is focusing on math and the delegate count. >> if the polls are anywhere near correct we will end up with one-third of the delegates, and if that is the case, well, that inches us closer to

and so, not even newt gingrich can vote for newt gingrich today in the great state of virginia. mr. gingrich spent the day instead campaigning in his original hope state of georgia, he was also in alabama, which votes in a week, along with mississippi. while he was in alabama today, mr. gingrich said that he would win georgia decisively. we will find that out soon. polls will be closing in georgia, in virginia and vermont at the top of the hour. we will have the first characterization of the races in those states right when we come back. this is the important part. >>> it is 7 p.m. in theeast coast, polls are now closed in georgia, vermont and massachusetts. it is projected that newt gingrich will win the georgia primary, the home state of the former house speaker. now to virginia, a state where only mitt romney and ron paul are on the ballot. in virginia, this is interesting, too early to call. same story in vermont, too early to call. again, nbc news can say mitt romney is leading in the green mountain state. again, newt gingrich, the winner in georgia. that is the second state he

i think that newt gingrich was devastated. i think that what rick santorum did tonight was give anybody that had a doubt he should be the conservative against romney ammunition to just dismiss gingrich. gingrich is basically finished. romney has got a serious problem because the one thing that i think rachel referred to, the overreach by newt gingrich in saying he and santorum together has all these delegates, the fact is that overwhelming majority of people voted against romney. and if you combine that gingrich vote and most of it would fall into santorum, this spells a slow walk toward the end of mitt romney if it keeps going this way. if he pulls out illinois, you're looking at a serious shot at a brokered convention. >> rachel, what is romney's best strategy right now? i mean, he goes home tonight with his tail between his legs. he's going to have both these candidates saying, you can't win in the south, and that is going to be a big issue with a lot of southern conservatives because they want a winner. you saw the polling

and who is giving to newt gingrich's campaign? that's the story as it now moves to illinois where that is not traditionally been good territory, that part of the country, for newt gingrich. get your cell phones out, tonight's question, what is more important to newt gingrich? his ego, or his country? text a for ego, b for country. 622639. you can go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com, we'll bring you results later in the show. >>> i'm joined by democratic strategist and professor bob shrum and former vermont governor howard dean and former chairman of the dnc and cnbc contributor. governor, bob, great to have you tonight. >> what reason should newt gingrich stay in the race for, is there anything other than the way he thinks that would make the case for him to keep ongoing? >> well, that is a really tough question since i had to drop out of my race, actually after bob's candidate administered a whooping in iowa to me. look, this is a very personal decision getting out of the race it's hard for any politician to do and harder for your sup

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newt gingrich has 85. ron paul has 40. of course, 1,144 delegates are needed for the republican nomination. >> jamie: looking ahead to what's next, after super tuesday, 12 presidential contests from march 10 to the 24th. the big ones at stake -- illinois and alabama, to name a few. we have the director for the super for politics at the university of virginia. great to see you, larry. thanks for being with us. >> good evening. >> jamie: it ain't over -- until it's over at 11:44, without a doubt. which are the ones you are most closely watching coming up? some candidates are talking about kansas. they are not waving a moment. >> no. they are all important because they all have delegates attached. we will follow each and every one and we will probably be following them right until the final primary in utah in june. having said that, i think after tonight, it is even more obvious to people who will be the nominee. at the same time, the other candidates had decent to very good nights. there is no reason for them to drop out any