but let s remember. at some point, rick santorum has to be has to knock romney down. and he s had two shots at it. and he s certainly bloodied him up in michigan and bloodied him up in ohio. but he hasn t knocked him out. you remember in the old days of boxing, you know, to beat the champion you didn t get to win it by points. you had to knock the champ out. let me ask you about that. you guys are the best in the business. chuck, you start. next week, can we see a knockout? if romney can t win in alabama or mississippi and loses to either of these guys. perhaps he loses one to each of them, does he knock down the south? i think this is the reverse. it s an opportunity for romney. i d say the opportunity is perhaps in mississippi where it s a little more of a machine state where, you know, maybe the barber machine can help him out if he can put that deal. they ve actually been a little hesitant to rally around romney. but mississippi, he s going to try to announce some alabama end
either of these guys. perhaps he loses one to each of them, does he knock down the south? i think this is the reverse. it s an opportunity for romney. i d say the opportunity is perhaps in mississippi where it s a little more of a machine state where, you know, maybe the barber machine can help him out if he can put that deal. they ve actually been a little hesitant to rally around romney. but mississippi, he s going to try to announce some alabama endorsements today. if romney only has to win once in the deep south and we erase this conversation. but let s look at it through the other prism which is where does santorum create momentum for himself? first of all, i think he needs to win both states. alabama, mississippi. he needs to shove gingrich out of this race and gingrich himself has said if he doesn t win both he s not credible anymore. and then santorum needs to beat romney in one of these neutral sites states. illinois is the next one. who is that guy clark down there who bu
the deep south. but let s remember at some point rick santorum has to be, you know, has to knock romney down. he s had two shots at it, and he s certainly bloodied him up in michigan and bloodied him up in ohio, but he hasn t knocked him out t s like the old remember in the old days of boxing, you know, to beat the champ you didn t get to win it by points. you had to knock the champ out. let me ask you about that. now he has to do it in illinois. chuck, you start. next week can we see a knockout? if romney can t win in either alabama or mississippi, and he loses to either of these guys, perhaps he loses one to each of them is he knocked out in the south? no, no. i think this is the reverse. it s an opportunity for romney and i d say the opportunity is perhaps in mississippi where it s a little more of a machine state. yeah. where, you know, maybe the barber machine can help him out if he can cut that deal. you know, they ve actually been a little hesitant to rally around