this was a big night tonight. lots of states. we re going to win a few. we re going to lose a few, but as it looks right now, brother going to get at least a couple of gold medals and a whole passel full of silver medals. so this morning romney cannot claim the crushing victories to win over skeptics, but he is amassing delegates. more than 400 so far. that s way ahead of santorum. gingrich and ron paul who failed to win a single state last night. but the race still has a long way to go. tonight we re doing some counting. we re counting up the delegates for the convention. it looks good. we re counting down the days until november and that looks even better. ohio may not have offered the most delegates last night, but it could be the most telling. and with romney scoring a razor thin victory, some say it speaks volumes about santorum as well. our political editor paul steinhauser is in columbus, the state capitol. paul, what should we take away from ohio? reporter:
bluster, big talk, and beating the drums of war with iraq. and rush limbaugh inc., a contract worth hundreds of millions as more advertisers jump the ship, as he put his own empire at risk? i m wolf blitzer at the cnn election center. you re in the situation room. it s called super tuesday for a reason. even in this year s slimmed down version 1/3 gop contests in ten states today. more than all the primaries and three of then last week, certainly romney could leave some of the but the most important prize today is ohio. our latest cnn poll shows romney is neck and neck with rick santorum who needs a big day of his own. let s go straight to jim acosta. he s on the scene for us in ohio. what s the latest there, jim? reporter: wolf, ohio mike the marquee state in the super tuesday states up for grabs, but you wouldn t know it. none of the candidates were out in the state looking for votes, but rick santorum will be in steubenville, ohio later tonight with the hope th