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Give it their best, and its going to be a lot of fun to watch. >> glen, i am a frequent dana milbank reader, so hes rarely, you know, underestimates something. to say a narrow margin, eight votes. let me show you something. in 2008, willard received 30,021 votes. last night he received 30,015 votes. he goat six fewer votes last night than he got in 08, and he got it against candidates who are nowhere near the stature of john mccain. doesnt that mean willard can be vulnerable? >> if youre asking ...

I think thats interesting. it shows you where that part of the republican base is. yes, exactly, as of 08. and that shows you, i think, something about -- its not surprising, but it confirms, i think, ones conception of where the support for romney is coming, which is the folks that are doing pretty well, that constitute the kind of upper crust of the republican party of the republican base. thats who mitt romney is appealing to. ramesch, what do we know now that we didnt know at the beginning o...

I think thats interesting. it shows you where that part of the republican base is. yes, exactly, as of 08. and that shows you, i think, something about -- its not surprising, but it confirms, i think, ones conception of where the support for romney is coming, which is the folks that are doing pretty well, that constitute the kind of upper crust of the republican party of the republican base. thats who mitt romney is appealing to. ramesch, what do we know now that we didnt know at the beginning o...

Excited about defeating the president that is the way it is coming down, as i see t. >> you think the numbers show a movement to unseat this president. i think the point is that if they just match or go a little over what they did in 08, tough this comes after eight years of them having the white house. this does not show the surge that people are waiting to select someone to defeat president obama. i think that so far, the candidates that are running have ran on an anti-obama platform have not ...

To pour into rick santorum today. you have to pause and think about how astonishing this is. this could be the gore run for its money. watching this through the nights 19 votes, 33 votes for a long time. it looked like rick santorum would wind up with a hair ahead. if you look at a map wof where e did well, it is the rural counties. we dismissed that a little bit. its what you do when you cant build a big event, right? you go to small bets. but that turned out to really pay out for them. the peo...

President obama is gearing up four reelection spending the afternoon in ohio. and today his campaign advisors vugged last nights results show a lack of enthusiasm in republican voters and a weak front runner in mitt romney. we you were saying -- you talked about a lack of enthusiasm yesterday. do you think it still exist as soon as. >> im shocked on this point because this is something that republican strategists advertised as an advantage coming into the presidential election cycle that the rep...

Clinton in the race in 08. theres a tepid effort on the part of the republicans and rick santorum surging. so, you know, in this -- this state is going to boil down to that dichotomy between the republican party between the tea partiers and the conservative right wingnuts and the mainstream folks. the republican party is becoming the al monday joy party, some days they feel like a nut, some days they dont. >> its a good line. its a good line, ill grant you that. let me ask you this, chad, it was...

Romney did best is the group making over a hundred thousand. i think thats interesting. it shows you where that part of the republican base is. yes, exactly, as of 08. and that shows you, i think, something about -- its not surprising, but it confirms, i think, ones conception of where the support for romney is coming, which is the folks that are doing pretty well, that constitute the kind of upper crust of the republican party of the republican base. thats who mitt romney is appealing to. rames...

Some call him mr. new hampshire. so if in fact he makes announcement today, that would be big for me in a state that he knows very, very well. bill: very well. mccain won the new hampshire primary twice, including four years ago in 08 and went on to beat romney and earn the republican presidential nomination. more fuse -- news on that as we get it. here is jaimie. jamie: sounds good, bill. the battle foreiowa is over but the fight to get on virginias ballot is heating up. rick santorum, rick per...

For barack obama in and hillary clinton in the race in 08. theres a tepid effort on the part of the republicans and rick santorum surging. so, you know, in this -- this state is going to boil down to that dichotomy between the republican party between the tea partiers and the conservative right wingnuts and the mainstream folks. the republican party is becoming the al monday joy party, some days they feel like a nut, some days they dont. >> its a good line. its a good line, ill grant you that. l...