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Sleeping. were always online at abcnews.com. jimmy kimmels up next. well see you tomorrow. this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now," political drama. a nail-biter of a super tuesday with all eyes on the bellwether state of ohio. >> republican mitt romney is the apparent winner there. but the rick santorum campaign is not giving up yet. its wednesday march 7th. good wednesday morning, everybody. im rob nelson. >> and im paula faris. with ten primary or caucus contests la...

>> and the fellow we had on the night, did he look like a campaign manager and chief strategist? >> well, you know, chris, this is why it is interesting. if he can get this close to ohio with no infrastructure and -- this guy has more -- >> and until. >> -- and up to 2:00 in the morning to win. >> and i am saying they could meet somewhere and that is the santorum campaign. >> well, the chief strategist there, he is a low profile in washington, but he is a talented guy. he has won a lot of races....

Guy. he has won a lot of races. he is the santorum guy, and i they he has done a great job on the wits without a lot of resources running it. but as you look ahead, it is rick santorum not going to pass mitt romney on the delegate count. theres no scenario where mitt romney is going to go into the kcon vengs even if he does not have the delegates necessary to be nominated where they nominate the person with less delegates. there is a hypothetical scenario where they go into be the convention and...

Know mitt romney intimately they all say the same thing. this is a great guy and we wish that the people of the country could know mitt romney the way that we do, that he could convey publicly what he does in private. all of the people who have worked with newt gingrich closely and intimately and privately say he shouldnt be president. >> are you describing george w. bu bush? >> and it is across the board. so i think that like you would look at that map where you is all of the states that have b...

Privately say he shouldnt be president. >> are you describing george w. bush? >> and it is across the board. so i think that like you would look at that map where you is all of the states that have been won or lost, and it looks like a risk board and newt gingrich is surrounded. so i think that if, you know, you look at the race and looking at it going ahead, there is no chance that newt gingrich is the nominee of the party and very little oxygen left for him in the race. if they have any plausi...

If they have any plausible chance for rick santorum to make a case for the nominee of the party, then gingrich has to get out. >> i go back to the original point. you have a candidate who leads now in the delegate count. there is an air of negativity surrounding him that he is not strong enough, but he has won florida and arizona and michigan and ohio, and he leads in the delegate count and pretty good real estate out in the western portions of the states. the next round as chuck todd was saying...

♪ you give love a bad name >> oh, the jerseys coming out this morning. newark mayor cory booker joins our panel. you know if you signed up the whole political thing you could coanchor the show. if you decide presidential bid is not that interesting, we would love to have you. >> you dont get love a bad name. >> thank you. see, he flatters me. you guys dont flatter me. you are back. we love having you. youve advised the buchman campaign and romney campaign. ron braun seownstein, youre...

wednesday. mitt romney racking up six super states, including that classic cliff hanger in ohio. hes kind of talking like its over, but did he land that knockout blow? >> no. >> if your support really means everything to ann and me, and im not going to let you down. im going to get this nomination. >> while rick santorum wins three states because mitt romney still cannot convince conservatives that hes the man. were taking a look at the exit polls. this is my favorite part actually. di...

get there. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." mitt romney certainly had big wins on super tuesday. the gop frond runter won six states and padded his lead in delegates, but ohio was very, very close. rick santorum captured three states, while newt gingrich also had a win. romney has not put his rivals out of business, as republicans grow concerned about a drawnout race, the candidates are calling on one another to quit. heres jim acosta. >> reporter: wolf, with team sant...

Country. >> up for grabs on super tuesday delegates a magic number for winning the nomination is 1144 delegates. heres the delegate count. mitt romney leads the pack with 203, santorum 92. gingrich 33 and paul with 35. super tuesday a total of 419 delegates available. with a solid win today romney could get a tighter hold on the frontrunner status. threw there are many voters who are still very undecided. i have been going back and forth a little bit. i am looking at rick santorum. i think mit...