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Mississippi to his list of southern losses. and to break it down is jonathan martin an nbc news senior political editor, mark murray, generally, yesterday mark murray, we noted this little thing, forget the exit polls yesterday afternoon. 28, 28, 26, 28, those were the respective percentages mitt romney had gotten in the previous southern state and he got last night 29 and 30, an improvement. >> and the polls were all over the place, looking at that demographic and geographic. >> we knew exactly...

Race? >> i think its a decision that newt has to make. >> what do you think? youre very opinionated. you dont ever hold back. >> i think its not as simple -- michael is correct. the delegate math is not as simple as if newt drops out, that increases santorums chances because were dealing here with a fine night number of delegates, 22086. any delegate that would have gone to newt or santorum wasnt going to go to romney anyway. the real question is, can romney get to 1144. i did more of the math a...

Delegates. this race is now a county-by-county knife fight. second, a bolder message from mitt romney, the base is just not buying the message now. were going to hear, for instance, look for him instead of talking about replacing barack obama, hes going to talk about defeating obama. hes going to talk more about his own economic plan, cutting taxes and spending, more sources of energy, and pivot to talking more about obama. theres two thoughts about obama. one, as you suggested when you were tal...

>> with wins in mississippi and alabama for ric, marks got madder. missouri, puerto rico and illinois vote early this month. mitt romney needs a win in these air yeas. two southern state, texas and louisiana will challenge romney. lets talk illinois first. millions of dollars are planned for ads, ugly is on in illinois. local polls show a tight race right now as well, which is why some like politico call illinois the new ohio. its not a romney lockup. the delegate math favors him. math is why pu...

Chuck todd is here with a look at the exit polls out of alabama and mississippi, and a look at delegate math, howard fineman on where the campaigns go from here. today, sarah palin challenged president obama to a debate. can you believe it? ill ask stephanie cutter of the obama campaign to see if the president would give thaws kind of entertainment. rush limbaugh said sandra fluke was part of a white house conspiracy to take him down. columnist connie schultz is here to react. all that plus ...

prime minister david cameron. mostly business, anyway. after they caught a game in the ncaa basketball tournament, president obama welcomed the british prime minister and his wife in a ceremony fit for a king. right now theyre meeting in private on world issues tough to talk about. iran, syria, the debt crisis. stop me any time. they will be honored tonight at a state dinner as well. in a little over an hour from now, he and the president will be stepping into the rose garden for a new...

>> but close in my heart, will. we get right to our "starting point" this morning which is the race and what happened. it could have gone any way. literally, this would go any way. it was a very tighten race but in the end it was former senator rick santorum who came out with two big wins last night. narrow victories in alabama and mississippi. mitt romney won hawaii and the american is a ho american issamoas. >> the time is now for conservatives to pull together. the time is now to ma...

international norm that we believe in and for us to provide strong support to continue to talk to the russians, the chinese, and others about why it is that they need to stand up on behalf of people who are being shelled mercilessly and why it is important for them to join us in a coalition, thats the most important thing that we can do right now. there may be immediate steps to discuss to make sure that humanitarian aid is being provided in a robust way and to make sure that an opposi...

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...

i have had grits before. >> and knock each other out. >> i would like everyone to drop out. >> will all four candidates still be standing after three new contests in alabama, mississippi, and hawaii? its americas choice. mitt romney is the clear leader in the delegate race, but hes still a long way from claiming the nomination. >> were counting up the delegates for the convention, it looks good. and were counting down the days november, and that looks even better. >> rick santorum is g...