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In an away game. not sure its a function of who is the genuine conservative here. santorum really connects with people in a way that governor romney doesnt seem to do. im from western new york. when santorum talk about being from coal country, i get that. i get why that would be really appealing to people in the states where he has won. romney does well. a big divide is income. romney does well amongst wealthier voters. santorum aside from making the social conservative feel confident he is an a...

states. he says hes staying in. now the questions are can santorum find a path to challenge romney? it would be easier if gingrich gets out. the math, the rules, the history. everything tells you its still romney over the long hall into may and june. but you know what? our politics have been outside the rules. we elected our first african-american president. the tea party movement came out of nowhere. so lets watch. santorums going to puerto rico. then we have a big primary in illinois...

>> let me tell you, i believe the republican party has done a good job in reaching out to the hispanic community, however we need to do more. it is not about the faces that actually are going to be seen in our ticket in november. its about the values that will be behind those faces. the hispanic community share many values with the republican party. we have to stress those rarlz f regardless of who appears on our ticket. >> do you like the idea of a vice presidential ticket? >> i love ...

alabama and hopefully the folks in mississippi did -- we did? i guess. >> how happy is he? how happy is his family? back with us right now, our expert cnn team. john, this is a very significant night for rick santorum. just when so many of the so-called experts were saying romney had it all but done, not is fast. >> could romney lock it up or another revival for newt gingrich. he loses in the two south states. he says hes staying in. now the questions are can santorum find a path to ch...

There. after this, it will be a drip, drip effect. but a more accelerated drip for mitt romney. much like michigan was for romney do or die, that is the same pressure that rick santorum feels tonight. he must perform well or people will ask him what are you doing in this race? >> bret: brit? >> we are past the point where we talk about momentum or perception. this is about delegates. more than 400 available tonight. 419 available tonight. at the end of the night, the way to look at it is not loo...

surveys with a team of people. the military has also moved in with search and rescue vehicles. in the south side of town in my live stream you can see theres four to five homes -- farms that had heavy damage and are gone. the tornado here was about 200 yards wide and it tracked through the city on the southeast side. everybody has been accounted for. most people are -- we do not have any injuries, just a couple injuries, no fatalities but marked damage on the south side of town. >> you...

were hurt. it was coach frank hall who chased the accused gunman off campus. >> to the victims families i want to say im sorry. my thoughts and prayers are still with you. to the families of danny, demetrius, and russell, i want want you to know i was with them. i prayed with them. i wiped their tears. i know god was with them. i dont know why this happened, i only wish i could have done more. im not a hero, just a football coach and a study hall teacher. >> coach hall is a hero. the s...

Further ahead for the reasons i said, we cover the races in a different way. if it turns into a delegate hunt, its a hunt where santorum is down by 30 and gaining. >> isnt it different the opposite of 2008, i mean the race between hillary clinton and barack obama went all the way to may because you had two candidates that had passionate camps. neither wanted to let go. this race is dragging on because nobody has a passionate camp. >> can you imagine if someone said we need to get john edwards ba...

>> with newt gingrich, hes finishing fourth. anybody, paul or gingrich, beginning fourth place finish explainable tonight? >> yes, i think they will try to explain it. i think in gingrichs case its im in this for a delegate hunt. the winner will take credit for winning. i dont expect to see anyone dropping out. at this point it would be difficult to understand anyone dropping out before super tuesday which is the next set of meaningful races. >> thank you much. that does it for this edition of "...

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