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but the math and money and more people doubting that that may be enough as we move on your "early start." good morning everyone welcome to "early start" im ashleigh banfield. >> im zoraida sambolin. were bringing you news from a to z, 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> alabama, mississippi, rick santorum a southern sweep. >> a heartbreaking tragedy in switzerland, 22 children killed when a bus crashed in the wall of a tunnel. that bus carrying 46 children, and six adults was returning to belg...

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...

Alabama. >> reporter: crunch time for newt gingrich. distant third and g.o.p. nomination delegates he said he must win alabama and mississippi. failing that, he will run to the august conference anyway. >> gingrich presidency would be very different. the reason i stay in the race is its about more than right versus left. its about being smart and understanding the modern world and science and technology. >> greg: but the race is about delegate math. the latest tally shows him ahead of santorum, ...

Delegates behind romney, so theyve got to win a state like mississippi or alabama to have any viable path to victory. jon: rob, youre a constitute gingrich supporter -- newt gingrich supporter, but youre saying that this is going to be a horse race today, youre not predicting a newt gingrich sweep, another one downplaying expectations for your candidate? >> well, i do think its a horse race, and i think henrys doing a great job of downplaying expectations. i mean, mitt romney is clearly the fron...

Campaign. hes in another southern state, louisiana, outside santorums election night headquarters in lafayette. the louisiana primary is later this month. i believe on the 24th. but still keeping a southern flavor to things tonight, kelly. >> reporter: absolutely. well, weve been in alabama, mississippi. for rick santorum, he will have his party here tonight. he has a tendency to like leap ahead a bit in the media market for the next contest down the line and its been part of the santorum approa...

No, it makes no sense to me either, but that is how the delegate math works out in the virgin islands. so mitt romney wins there by losing to ron paul. the other interesting result is the one out of kansas where rick santorum not only won, but he won by 30 points. 30? at the start of an election season, you look at the calendar to plan your coverage, right? theres certain dates that leap off the page. obviously iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, florida, super tuesday is a big deal. you know w...

I do think that newt gingrich and rick santorum came into this week expecting to win, and they certainly are the heavy favorites. romney is the underdog. but hes got good organization on the ground. hes run a good campaign. hes focused on jobs and the economy. so we feel like weve got a shot at pulling an upset. weve got a shot. >> if you get one win and, you know, and ill ask you in a minute which state you think is a better shot for romney, mississippi or alabama and i know delegate math is a ...

About the delegate math. is he talking more process than message? >> reporter: well, he has a bit of that senator time that comes out where i think people who are working on a campaign thats behind get consumed a bit about how do they get out of being in the second wave or the second tier, so you do get some of that. what i think is also stabbnding out is he is spending less time on the social issues that in some ways brought him favorable and negative attention in the last couple of weeks, focu...

Louisiana, and part of that is it puts the coverage of whatever happens in the other states in louisiana media market, local papers and television here. it puts him here looking to the next contest. his daughter elizabeth is in hawaii today, they are also voting. so hes saying that hes trying to put as much time on the ground. he does have a very packed schedule most days. doesnt have public events during the day today, but just following him on the campaign trail, hes had a lot of time in small...

So mitt romney wins there by losing to ron paul. the other interesting result is the one out of kansas where rick santorum not only won, but he won by 30 points. 30? at the start of an election season, you look at the calendar to plan your coverage, right? theres certain dates that leap off the page. obviously iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, florida, super tuesday is a big deal. you know what the highlights are going to be. i dont think anybody in the planning of the election season ever th...