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here are the official numbers coming in. we projected romney as the winner in all three of the contests. 23% of the official vote in maryland is now in, romney significantly ahead, 47% to 31% for rick santorum. newt gingrich and ron paul trail significantly. in washington, d.c., 24% of the vote is in. 69% for romney. 13% for ron paul. 11% for newt gingrich. santorum was not on the ballot, did not qualify. in wisconsin, mitt romney ahead right now with almost a third of the vote in. 30%...

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we projected romney as the winner in all three of these contests. 27% of the vote in maryland is now in. romney significantly ahead with 47% to 31% for rick santorum. newt gingrich and ron paul trail in washington, d.c. santorum was not on the ballot and did not qualify. in wisconsin, mitt romney ahead right now with third. almost a third of the vote in and he has 43% to tlealt%. 6% for newt gingrich. lets bring in our own candy crowley covering the romney campaign. she is up in milwau...

The mormon opponent. santorum performs well with the evangelicals, but romney has enjoyed a generous lead with the republican catholics. through illinois, romney has had a 15-point lead with catholics over santorum, and in the last primary contest, ron paul beat santorum among catholics, so is there a catholic bump to be had in louisiana for the front runner? we will see tonight. join meg to talk cajun politics is buddy roamer who is now an americans elect and reform party candidate who is in sa...

Can rick santorum blunt his -- >> its going to be tough. in other states, romney was already behind in like ohio, michigan. he was behind in the polls and came from behind and barely beat santorum. the poll this morning, romney is ahead slightly. but hes ahead in illinois. hes already advertising there. rick santorum, i dont believe is at this point. so its going to be really tough and its a really important victory for romney in particular. actually for both candidates. everything is must-win a...

Because it should be a state he is going to win easily, that is not exactly a strong finish although if he finishes second, even if its a squeaker that will be something of a defeat. it doesnt change the overall dynamic of the race. romney is the one who is sort of in control. its a long marathon. he has got the resources. slowly. he is the tortoise slowly but surely. i do think it points to how weak a candidate he is. you know, he he should not have to struggle to beat santorum who came out of ...

Get the nomination, so how much do you have to beat santorum by tonight to rule him out from getting the nomination? that is a wider margin than what romney will win by. >> and steve, what does romney have to aim at here? >> well, he was so close to being the de facto nominee of the party until missouri, and colorado and minnesota and until the santorum sweep. he was inches away, so they are not taking anything for granted anymore. he has to give a good speech. i think that he beat santorum toni...

Party, that helped him get where he was by the middle of december. however, the television advertising took him out. if he wants to be viable again, hed better go after romney and santorum. >> if we could bring john avlon in. romney eked by. is this really a victory? john, what does this really mean? >> its a really great and important question because people are using the phrase "virtual tie." lets put this in larger context. romney won by eight votes. romney actually got six votes less than he...

the real winner in the caucuses, though it may have certainly been rick santorum who truly, within eight votes just missed the top spot. take a look at those numbers on your leaderboard. its just absolutely miraculous. the closest iowa caucus vote in history. the top four, mitt romney, santorum, ron paul and newt gingrich. >> and it didnt become official until about 2:30 eastern time this morning if you were watching. so we have romney congratulating santorum. and he says that he and s...