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reality in the republican race. a few things are obvious. mitt romney for example is the clear and undisputed frontrunner but a front run where giant question marks. ten states voted last night and romney won six including the big contested battle ground of ohio. the math now very much on his side. romneys 429 delegates are more than all of his three rivals combined. and they put him almost 40% of the way to the magic number required to clinch the nomination. 23 states have now weighed...

This thing is always about two things, the delegate map where he is doing well and the narrative of win sning and losi. romney may not be able to win in the south, but if he can win ohio, and florida, and those are the biggest two states in the general election and he wins tennessee, which i think can do, and i think that will be the big surprise, and he picks up support even in newt gingrichs georgia, and he will win it for free. and then i think you will inbound a pretty commanding place for t...

Hoped. everyone is getting on board and the romney campaign took a page from the playbook to make the delegate map over and over and said look at the map and look at the calendar. look at the organizations and the resources. how does santorum get that he cant? >> he is el vibl for 369 of the 424 delegates. virginia and in ohio. he will never get those. >> not only just a question of whether or not he will get the delegates. we know he wont, but if you are going to be voting for the next presiden...

The opportunity for tuesday. >> michigan gave him a big microphone. that washington state win was indicative. he is definitely moving up. and the question is how does he use this moment? this thing is always about two things, the delegate map where he is doing well and the narrative of win sning and losi. romney may not be able to win in the south, but if he can win ohio, and florida, and those are the biggest two states in the general election and he wins tennessee, which i think can do, and i ...

Interesting, unusual result. it did inflate santorum numbers by up to 5%. perhaps 3% or so. a narrow defeat would have been slightly widerred that it not happen. >> bret: map of delegates on the table, 460 plus in super tuesday. you have a delegate map happening now. gingrich is still in there, too. ron paul hunting for delegat delegates. feng geng doing a southern strategy, although not in the home state of virginia ballot. neither is santorum. which is interesting. >> as you discussed last nig...

Interesting, unusual result. it did inflate santorum numbers by up to 5%. perhaps 3% or so. a narrow defeat would have been slightly widerred that it not happen. >> bret: map of delegates on the table, 460 plus in super tuesday. you have a delegate map happening now. gingrich is still in there, too. ron paul hunting for delegat delegates. feng geng doing a southern strategy, although not in the home state of virginia ballot. neither is santorum. which is interesting. >> as you discussed last nig...

Mind. >> look in the chris call ball as something going on. >> if romney loses michigan you will see shouts from the rooftop for republicans to reconsider their option. if santorum wins in the state, it would question the premise of the romney campaign, ability to win in the home state of a big industrial battleground state. republicans will worry about electability. get out the delegate map. >> greta: lets talk about the brokered convention. is it possible to jump in the race? you cant get on t...

Care causes more abortions so you have women, you have christians, you have jews with hitler. i mean, this guy has no boundaries, it seems. >> yeah, well, you know, right now he is playing the role of social conservative. and he is trying to appeal to that base in michigan and beyond. and really this delegate map and the way that the delegates are apportioned skews to more conservative and more southern states and hes playing for that -- those voters right now. >> but is this a role or is this t...

Language were hearing from gingrich, he says hes in it until the convention. i guess as long as he continues to get support he could, right? >> yeah. and his campaigning is saying theyre getting money from not just the people supporting the super pac like aid edelson, but money on the stump. listen, you pointed out the delegates and the delegate map. its just so few before in these early contests, and be you have such a long way to go. momentum is a big part of it, but you could conceivably pick...

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