that is rick santorum country. so if you think about the religious thing that chris just talked about and the fact that santorum wins where 50% or more are evangelical where there are a lot of down scale and tea party voters, this is where santorum tends to do well. tonight huge tea party turnout in louisiana. almost no one not supporting the tea party in this primary. the exit polls, it only about 7% had don't somewhat or strongly support the tea party in is a function to some extent of a long primary. what was over long nomination fights, you look back historically, is that these guys by waging this fight over a period of time, they assemble coalitions. those coalitions are national coalitions. if you think back to the primary in 2008 between hillary clinton and barack obama, you could have said the same thing. state where there were a lot of rich, well educated suburban whites, african-americans and liberals, obama won those states. where working class whites and hispanics dominated, hillary clinton won those st

santorum. >>> eh, rick santorum, aunque no ganó, josé, no está mal, está ahí en la pelea, porque es una diferencia muy poca, y tiene los elementos para decir, no solo a la opinión pública, sino también a los que donan el dinero, tiene los argumentos para decir, "esto no se ha terminado" sectores del partido, y también los sectores evangélicos siguen resistiendo a mitt romney. >>> así empezaron esta mañana, esta noche, ya, aunque proyectamos un ganador, vemos que el número de delegados aumenta para mitt romney y newt gingrich y rick santorum pero la diferencia es bastante importante. >>> hay que decir una cosa, josé, que más allá del análisis y también las interpretaciones, la realidad es la realidad, el señor mitt romney va adelante y tiene ventaja sobre el resto, eso no es toda la historia, pero en número él está adelante. >>> carlos, muchísimas gracias por estar con nosotros, con esto nos vamos a la pausa, nosotros continuamos con mucho más de la edición especial del noticiero telemundo en supermartes, ya regresamos ♪. >>> continuamos con el programa especial

so rick santorum win tonight with 26% of the vote recorded. 35% for rick santorum. newt gingrich in second place, and mitt romney in third place. of course, these numbers will firm up over the course of the evening as more of that vote comes in in alabama. but the important point there is the projection of the winner. we don't yet have a winner to project in mississippi which is still too close to call at this hour. it is a three-way race in mississippi right now. 33%, 32%, 30% is the divide between rick santorum, newt gingrich and mitt romney in that order with 78% of the vote in mississippi. i've asked gene robinson to join us once again just because we've had this call in alabama. gene, what's the most important implication of the rick santorum win in alabama now that nbc has projected that? >> there really are three, that santorum can win in the south which is the heartland of the republican party, that newt gingrich did not win the state next to his home state of georgia. it's a blow to his whole rationale for the -- for running. and it's also a blow to mitt ro

--soy blanca garza, que >>> mitt romney es el aparente ganador de ohio, que se ha impuesto a rick santorum, que ganó otros 3 estados (información en pantalla), ahí los tienen, los triunfos de mitt romney en el supermartes, por otra parte, rick santorum apuntó 3 estados, pero la diferencia en delegados es amplia, mientras tanto newt gingrich, el ex presidente de la cámara de representantes se apuntó una victoria en georgia ,para seguir en la campaña, así queda el mapa electoral, los estados en verde para mitt romney, son 5, 3 para rick santorum y 1 para newt gingrich, los delegados ganados hoy (información en pantalla) >>> pero, josé, como podemos ver, en el número de estados y delegados, mitt romney es el gran ganador, tenía 119 al principio del supermartes y llegó a 323, más de 210 votos de diferencia, con respecto a newt gingrich, que tiene 105, rick santorum tiene 101, y ron paul se queda con 24, parece que la diferencia para mitt romney es amplia. >>> el gran ganador de la noche sin dudas, rogelio mora tagle, muchas gracias. >>> en uno de los estados donde mitt romney se

and rick santorum is a great fit. if you have a christian conservative who is also a woman, and maybe you don't actually care for the other side of the rush limbaugh debate, and rick santorum is your family values guy. >> or if you're a woman who buys -- remember, this was all a plot from the democrats, ed. if you're a woman, a white working class woman in one of the states and you buy that, one thing i thought was interesting in santorum's speech, did you notice how many times he mentioned his wife? over and over and over. clearly he shifted his rhetoric a little bit. we don't know what he's been saying on the stump in smaller venues in alabama and mississippi. i'm sure his wife has been at his side try to make up for -- there was the whole thing about, oh, my wife told me i misspoked and that folksy stuff. that may a appealed to women and made them think he's not so bad. >> mitt romney alluded to early in the week he was playing on the road, he was a no show tonight. here's mitt romney in missouri earlier today. >>

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 that this is a long, long struggle was reinforced rather than ended. this was yet another chance for mitt romney to say, look, this is effectively over. we can wrap it up fairly quickly now. but the results don't prove that. even though mitt romney had a very good night in terms of the delegates and the decent to very goo

they outspent rick santorum maybe ten or 12 to 1. it is true. rick santorum and the people don't have the machinery. they don't have the money. but what they have is a finger on the pulse of the republican p party of today. which as michael moore said earlier tonight is a faith-based p party. it is really, i would not call it the gop anymore, but the american faith party. it is a party made up of conservative catholics and evangelical protestants and orthodox jews who look at israel as spiritual and geographical enti entity, and that is the heart of the party, and that is what rick santorum understands. that is why even though he talked about opposing contraception, and he said that college was for snobs, and even though he backtracked flippantly on some of the accusations that he made and even though he doesn't have the money, and even though he doesn't have the organization, he has fought mitt romney pretty much to a standstill in the quintessential republican swing state. in the end, i think that when you stand back, it is nothing short of re

and rick santorum is a great fit. if you are a christian conservative who is also a woman, and maybe you don't actually care for the other side of the rush limbaugh debate, and rick santorum is your family values guy. >> or if you're a woman who buys -- remember, this was all a plot from the democrats, ed. so if you're a woman, a white working class woman in one of the states and you buy that, one thing i thought was interesting in santorum's speech, did you notice how many times he mentioned his wife? over and over and over. clearly he shifted his rhetoric a little bit. we don't know what he's been saying on the stump in smaller venues in alabama and mississippi. i'm sure his wife has been at his side trying to make up for -- there was the whole thing about, oh, my wife told me i misspoke and all that folksy stuff. that may a appealed to women and made them think he's not so bad. >> mitt romney alluded to early in the week he was playing on the road, he was a no show tonight. here's mitt romney in missouri earlier to

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 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 that this is a long, long struggle was reinforced

it's not like rick santorum. until recently when you typed the word santorum into the google search box. the first result even more prominent than rick santorum's campaign website is a site called spreading santorum, it was a site started in 2003 for retaliating against rick santorum, that's why everyone calls him the man on dog guy. that's what he said it was like to be gay, man on dog. the website spreadingsantorum.com turned his name into a euphemism i will not say on television. so many people linked to spreadingsantorum.com it became the most prominent search on google for years. this with a first noticed by a twitter user, who asked, did google derank spreading santorum? first or second result for seven years and suddenly busted off the main page. and you know what? it's true, as the blog search engine land pointed out with screen caps that they posted, the first result used to be the site spreading santorum. last week, the first result change to his official campaign website and spreading santorum got bump

it is rick santorum's night. the candidate who began as a virtual unknown for many americans now can say his appeal stretches from middle america all the way down to the deep south. a big part of what we heard from his communications director tonight. jim acosta is live at rick santorum's headquarters right now in lafayette. jim acosta, what was the -- i guess, the celebration there. there was a bit of surprise. they seemed to have down played expectations coming into this. >> you're right about that, erin. when rick santorum said we did it again. cheers went up in this room. then later on in his speech he talked about how he did not see one poll in mississippi that showed him winning this contest tonight. and so i think this results in the deep south even surprised the santorum campaign. hi a chance to catch up with the former pennsylvania senator after his speech here for just a few moments. if anybody noticed rick santorum sounding hoarse tonight, that's because he's recovering from a cold. the next question f

did rick santorum close the deal? >> everybody knows full well my passion about defeating barack obama. >>> enough is enough! >> the killing of trayvon martin. >> no more! >> outrage intensifies across the country. the latest, a call for vigilante justice. >> we want justice! >>> science and justice. a new law offering new hope for crime victims. >> this is truly amazing. science doesn't lie. >> all that and more, right here, right now on cnn. >>> hello, everyone, i'm don lemon. thank you for joining us. i would like to welcome our viewers from around the world tonight. we're starting with breaking political news. the republican race for the white house. cnn projects rick santorum has won the louisiana presidential primary, giving the former pennsylvania senator another victory in the south. our tom forman is in washington. joe johns is in new orleans. crystal wright is in d.c. and monitoring rick santorum in green bay, wisconsin, to see if he speaks live in a moment. let's get straight to tom forman, who has been tra

rick santorum at 35%. neutral begin rgi newt gingrich pal in single digits. >> we don't expect to hear from mr. paul or gingrich. neither of them is planning on giving a speech. interesting though, mitt romney putting bane capital right back at the center of his campaign. rick santorum, not apparently working from notes. certainly not working from a te

let's say you're a rick santorum fan. you want rick santorum to be president. for that reason it probably felt awesome to you when you went out in macon county today and you made your mark. you punched that ballot thing. for the president of the united states, your vote for the republican party presidential nomination is for rick santorum. he's your guy. in some place like macon county, that means nothing at all. nothing at all. you have made yourself by feeling good. you stated your preference and nbc and the other news agencies will report how many people felt that feeling, but if you don't just want to feel like you're president, if you turned out to vote because you want to secure the gnome nation, your were out of luck. there's nothing you could do on your ballot. even though you can express that you want him to be your party's nominee, there are no delegates to vote for that have rick santorum's name next to them. in macon county and other parts of the state you can see the macon county ballot. three alternates for mitt romney. and three alternates. three

rick santorum wins alabama. and republicans are having a three-way in mississippi. >> it is a deep pride primary day down in dixie. >> it's southern super tuesday. >> the battle for the deepest of the deep red southern states, mississippi and alabama. >> we thought super tuesday was going to give some finality to this race, and it didn't. >> this is a race that has been going on and on and on. >> this is going to go way, way, way into the spring. >> you can't win the nomination if you don't win the south. >> they can't get the folks going down there. >> mitt romney is still struggling with his blue-collar roots. >> my father never graduated from college. he apprenticed as a laugh-and-plaster carpenter. >> his blue-collar roots don't exist. >> he's been back and forth, back and forth. >> he flip-flops. >> he has been eating grits and saying y'all. >> i'm learning to say y'all. morning, y'all. i like grits. i got started right this morning with biscuits and cheesy grits. >> grits. >> cheesy grits strategy isn't wo

rick santorum at 35%. neutral begin rgi newt gingrich pal in single digits. >> we don't expect to hear from mr. paul or gingrich. neither of them is planning on giving a speech. interesting though, mitt romney putting bane

newt gingrich is losing really badly to rick santorum and he is the reason that rick santorum is losing to mitt romney. he is the reason that no, non-mitt romney candidate can win. newt gingrich is one of the huge stories in politics. we're getting this crazy outsized focus on him, on what this third place guy with no chance is doing. today news he's skipping kansas, who cares? nobody would otherwise care about that except for the fact that mr. gingrich staying in the race is effectively handing the race to mitt romney. just numerically who is not voting for mitt romney, that split in the not romney vote, that is one of the two big stories in this election this year. but the other big story in the race right now? is not who is voting against mitt romney in the republican primaries, but who is voting for mitt romney. how is mitt romney winning the states that he is win something i'm glad you asked because it's fascinating and i can't believe it's not getting more coverage. look at ohio, if you break ohio voters down, when it comes to voters making under $30,000 a year, mitt romney tied r

it's a tough message for rick santorum. again, he's trying to say the economic stuff is just a symptom of big government taking away your-- >> you're right. this has been focused on the economy, not as much on social issues at least in illinois, and romney was harsh in his creek of santorum saying that he was an economic illiterate. let's take a look at that sound byte because i then want to ask a question about it. >> santorum's real weakness is the economy. he has never run a business or a state. his plan, economic illiteracy inexcusable. the worse of any g.o.p. candidate. rick santorum, another economic lightweight. >> you know, the thing i don't quite understand is that romney is calling santorum an economic lightweight. yet if you look at the policies that the two are articulating they're not that far apart. what diverges? where is the divergence of the gap between the two on the economic policy right now? >> i suppose the only thing you can say is the corporate tabs rate, there is some signatures there, but that doesn

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 third. joining us now at great peril to hid e and eugene robinson, and our political analyst. thanks for staying up and being with me. i appreciate it. >> happy to do it. >> john, you said earlier a bad night for newt gingrich in alabama or mississippi might render him a nonfactor in the race after tonight, fine he didn't formally drop out. no that it looks like he came in second in both states, does that still seem true and what are you looking at to figure out if that's happening? >> what other conservative leaders

rick santorum, a very happy rick santorum. i'm a little worried about his 93-year-old mother standing all that time. i hope she's going to be okay. i've met her. she's a very very spry 93-year-old woman. rick santorum, he's doing really well in ohio right now. take a look at this. 38% of the actual vote in ohio is in. he's got 39% to 35% for mitt romney. he's almost 16,000 votes ahead of mitt romney with 38% of the vote in. gingrich and paul are way way behind in third and fourth place. rick santorum doing well. some key county is in ohio have not yet reported, counties where mitt romney presumably will do well. john king is taking a closer look. we will take a close look at that. we're also waiting to hear from mitt romney. keep watching the bottom of your screens. we have ohio, result s coming i. much more right after this. ♪ ( whirring and crackling sounds ) man: assembly lines that fix themselves. the most innovative companies are doing things they never could before, by building on the cisco intelligent network. [ male

it is rick santorum's night. the candidate began as a virtual unknown and counted out by many said his appeal stretches from middle america to the deep south. that is a very important thing for him and a big part of what we heard for his communications director. jim acosta is live at rick santorum's headquarters right now in lafayette. jim acosta, what was the celebration there? there was a little surprise. they seemed to have downplayed expectations. >> you are right about that. when ick santorum said we did it again, cheers went up and later on in the speech, we talked about how he did not see one poll showing him winning this contest and this results in the deep south even surprised the santorum campaign. i caught up with him for a few moments and if anyone noticed, he was hoarse tonight. he is recovering for a cold. the next big question is what happens to newt gingrich. if gingrich was not in the race tonight, santorum might have had him wire margins over mitt romney. i asked rick santorum do you think speak

rick santorum did. which is the kind of thing that might not be as bad a blow to the romney campaign if mr. romney didn't keep predicting out loud that he would win these things he can't win. the website, buzzfeed, generalizing from the unearned declaration of confidence, quote, mitt romney always thinks he's going to win. mr. romney did not win tonight in alabama. he did not win tonight in mississippi. both those states 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 these states mitt romney is running third. joining us now at great pearl to his circadian rhythm. also eugene robinson with "washington post" and also is an msnbc political analyst. thank you for staying up and being here. i appreciate it. >> happy to do it. >> good to be here. >> john, you said earlier tonight a bad night for newt gingrich in alabama and/or mississippi might render him a nonfactor in the race after tonight. even if he didn't formally dro

rick santorum, the lead is shrinking. rick santorum with 78% of the vote in. he has 336,000 votes. just 6,856 votes ahead of mitt romney, who has 37%. newt gingrich at 15%, ron paul at 9%. a very tightening of the race, but again, it's too close to call at this point. jim acosta threw a question to rick santorum just moments ago on the rope line, asking him what a win in ohio would mean for rick santorum. here's the answer. >> senator santorum, what happened if you win ohio, what happens to the race, do you think? >> we feel great. that's all i can say, we feel great. we're in this race. and we're in it to stay. >> and that means all the way to the convention if necessary? >> to our panel here, contributors and analysts. what do you make of this? if you were in the romney camp tonight, donna brazile, how do you look at the numbers so far? >> i think the biggest issue for romney is he can't seal the deal. he can't seal the deal with self-described conservatives. he's having trouble with independents. and of course, he's still uninspiring to young people. mitt romney's problem is he

rick santorum certainly was. reaching across to evangelicals, catholics, and that may very well have been the difference in louisiana. back to you, don, we'll come back and talk about it a little later. >> joe johns, thank you very much. cnn following breaking news from louisiana. cnn projects rick santorum has won the louisiana primary. we're going to get more on his victory coming up next, right after a quick break. i'm robert shapiro. over a million people have discovered how easy it is to use legalzoom for important legal documents. at legalzoom we'll help you incorporate your business, file a patent, make a will and more. you can complete our online questions in minutes. then we'll prepare your legal documents and deliver them directly to you. so start your business, protect your family, launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com, we put the law on your side. launch your dreams. 11 years playing the outfield, and i got no plans to retire. [ female announcer ] aging may slow a dog down, but iams helps keep dogs pla

if you are rick santorum, you are looking to alabama and mississippi. >> great places for rick santorum. >> all the voting groups, a big evangelical population, low income of voters. they will be disastrous states for mitt romney. >> the white house has been watching these results. a good night for barack obama? >> this whole primary season has been good for barack obama. if he wins this election, we will look back in february and march as the point where it turned around. >> ok, this will be the time we see it starting to turn around. that is what the white house is hoping for. thank you for joining us. you have been watching our special super tuesday coverage. >> stay with us. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended global network to work for a

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 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 that this is a long, long struggle was reinforced

rick santorum voted five times to raise the debt limit. romney fought the national labor relation board stooges for organized labor and rick santorum voted for right-to-work. romney got the praise of citizens for life in massachusetts and the traditional mainly folks. rick santorum voted for funding for planned parenthood. there is no difference --. >>neil: that was part of an omnibus piece of legislation. >>guest: but the fact is --. >>neil: that not always fair. >>guest: of course, that is the point. >>neil: so my point is, you argue, you say santorum is not conservative? >>guest: who is no more conservative than romney. for him to stand there and claim for example falsely that romney supported cap and trade is dishonest and he has been called on it by the political fact checking groups a number of times. romney kept massachusetts out of the regional initiative and fought cap and trade. for rick santorum to claim that romney left $1 billion deficit, is dishonest. >>neil: talk about what he said about the biggest elephant if the room he w

yes, i believe, rick santorum is our man ♪ ♪ yes, i believe rick santorum is our man ♪ ♪ yes, rick santorum is our man ♪ ♪ ♪game on ♪ >> i guess we are singing it one more time. ♪ game on ♪ join the fight. we finally have a man who will stand for what is right. the and on. victory is in sight. we have a man who understands that god gave the bill of rights ♪ for our nation again. maybe the first time since we had ronald reagan. there will be justice for the unborn, factories for our shores where the constitution rules our land ♪ >> c-span's coverage continues. we lost the signal where rick santorum -- the winner in alabama and according to the results and mississippi, also currently ahead. rick santorum winning both states. in both of the states, mitt romney coming in third. here are the results right now with the associated press declaring rick santorum the winner with 35% of the vote. 30% 4 newt gingrich, 28% for mitt romney. in neighboring mississippi, 33% for rick santorum, a close second to newt gingrich at 31%. mitt romney at 30%. there are 50 delegates for state and al

but rick santorum, one thing republicans have got to look to rick santorum and say can you solve this problem? is his problem with women. if he is to stand for republicans, he's going to have to address that. that gender gap is big. >> didn't he do well with married women in alabama? >> he did well with women women. not just married. singles alike. i'm talking about the general election. this is an issue rick santorum has got to prove -- >> how does he do that with the women voters? women ushlgly vote in these national elections than men. >> i think rick santorum has a problem because of the issue of contraception even though he's kind of back tracked a bit on that. i think mitt romney would have an easier time turning around a gender gap which is now a gender gulch. he does well with married women and with suburban republican women. so i think mitt romney would have a much easier time. >> it would help governor romney is there was public polling that showed romney competitive against obama and santorum tanking against obama. the problem for romney is the polls don't show that right n

>> rick santorum has tried to voters, notral chicago. rick santorum thinks there is a element of social conservatives, evangelical voters. this is one of those states tests mitt romney's organizational advantages. it is expensive. mitt romney has had the edge. yet rick santorum has been close in a lot of these states. >> tuesday is a big day for finances. a headline. >> the major thing we are going is loans tog for campaign. not necessarily mitt romney. $11.5expected to report a million raised in february. further will they be to go with their financial disadvantages to mitt romney? >> thank you. the supreme court a high-profile free speech case. stephen howard was arrested approaching dick cheney in iraqhis policies were disgusting. secret service charged him with claimedbecause they touched dick cheney briefly. >> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke will be teaching class washingtone university. four class is on e federal reserve. the classes are part of a course offered to undergraduates at the university school of business. the fir

we called oklahoma for rick santorum. that is a big win for rick santorum. he spent time in that state. at one time newt gingrich was competing in oklahoma, a lot of social conservatives there. what about oklahoma? >> well, i think oklahoma is big roar rick santorum because it allows him to continue to make the argument that he is the conservative alternative to mitt romney. we don't know yet how the delegate breakdown will break out because of complicated delegate rules there because it's clear he dual well there and come away with the number of delegates. he looks like he will come away with a number of delegates in tennessee, ohio, some of these other places as well. rick santorum's goal tonight is to be able to continue to make the argument that he and not newt gingrich is the conservative alternative to mitt romney. >> megyn: we heard earlier some speck, brit, about the win for mitt romney and virginia. ron paul did rather well there and some were suggesting that could be an endorsement of ron paul maybe proving some momentum for ron paul. there is anot

rick santorum, two big wins in oklahoma and tennessee. but we have not yet called the critical state of ohio, which at this hour is too close to call. you heard karl rove projecting that mitt romney still had some major counties for him, yet to be counted in both. we are going to check in with our decision desk and see what they have to say with 68% reporting. you can see the spread, very close with rick santorum up 38-36%. we will get an update from the decision desk in just a moment. >> bret: here with us, a former presidential candidate, texas governor rick perry. thanks for joining us. >> great to be with you. >> bret: you endorsed newt gingrich. what are your thoughts on tonight? obviously, he had a big win in george georgia. >> it wasn't a super night for anyone, when you think about it being super tuesday. there were night wins for everyone and everyone can stand up and say that they accomplished some goals and there will be folk who is say they accomplished all the goals they wanted to hit on, but the fact is that no one won every

rick santorum won 34% to 28%. let's move to tennessee. 55 delegates there and rick santorum 37 to mitt romney's 28%. north dakota's caucus, not a primary, 28 delegates there and rick santorum, 40% to ron paul's 28%. >> maybe there were some surprises, but one surprise i think we can agree on, greg, is georgia. newt gingrich won his home state of georgia. he spent a lot of time there meeting and greeting and hoping for a win there. he takes georgia tonight. alaska of course has not been called. >> but it could be called fairly shortly. wait for that. >>> and now we go live to mitt romney's headquarters in boston. hi, carl. >> hi, greg. once again first in and last out. we will close this place down here. most of the sell -- celebrants took off a longtime ago. he won half of the delegates. that's what the romney campaign hoped for. there were moments in the course of the last 12 hours they were worried it might not happen. there were moments in the last four or five hours where they were impatient for the media to c

win for rick santorum. we cannot call second or third in the state of alabama. let's check in now with carl cameron in alabama. good evening, carl, interesting things from speaker gingrich in our interview. you talked to him earlier. >> yeah. we have an opportunity to head up stairs to the suite while he's watching return was wife and staffers. and very, very calm, selected and. lots of laughing and phone calls going on. he was talking to his supporters around the country. we talked with him. he clearly said during the results before the races were call that had no matter outcome he intended to go to tampa. we talked about his firm belief there is no way romney can win a majority based on gingrich's estimation of the math. it boils down to gingrich camp assertion romney may one a plurality but there is no way he can win a majority. he'd gotten personal on a number of occasions nchl presidential campaigns candidates like to talk about policy differences and misrepresentations of the truth or inability to be