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Zerlina, we have yet to hear from former vice president joe biden in terms of whether or not he is going to run. but he does lead in all sorts of polling of likely voters. elizabeth warren has lagged somewhat in those same polls despite everybody hearing from her, knowing since new years eve that she was doing this exploratory committee. shes been to iowa and the like. who do you see as being the greatest challenge of those not only declared but those ho may declare in a real serious way. >> i t...

Hampshire will set a panic going on whether its a panic justified by the delegate math. you guys are part of it. you know how the media works. too often its going to be -- i know how political leaders work. probably even better. this is hillary clinton loses to a socialist in vermont that nobody new a year and a half ago in iowa and new hampshire. hillary clintons approval ratings are low. hillary clinton is having trouble with dot, dot, dot, dot. >> youre doing this thing. >> youve written thes...

Candidates always like to talk about how the press isnt fair and the process isnt fair. and, of course, no, it doesnt seem fair because youll have the press seize on something you say and blow it up and hammer it. but rick santorum knows now, again, these are the rules that you play in if youre running for president. why are you shocked? i mean, he was alive in 1988. he saw when michael dukakis put the helmet on and rode in that tank. he understands -- is that fair to michael dukakis? no, it was...

>> lets talk about what happens behind the scenes. we were hearing rumblings in the last several hours, as mentioned, one of his staffers still planned to come on with andrea mitchell tomorrow. is this decision likely? santorum and the family when they were home with bella as she got out of the hospital? or is this a group effort when you look at the personal issue that is hovering over his family? >> it appears there was a lot of reflection over the long easter holiday. after he ended up losing...

Because the focus was not on the economy, it was on gender issues, and they had to comment on it. the other interesting thing, though, you see romneys going to double down on pennsylvania, hes going to flood the airwaves. millions and millions of dollars essentially what joe scarborough said last week, going to salt the earth. and part of that, i think, is the politics of the personal. that mitt romney is upset that rick santorum is continuing this fight for no other purpose but to sell books. i...

romney built a major lead among republicans and the gop infighting has been nasty and brutal. is he ready to take on president barack obama? and already focussing in on a november matchup and his campaign is depicting mitt romney as an out of touch millionaire. will that strategy pay off. im wolf blitzer? im wolf blitzer? youre in "the situation room. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com were also learning that george zimmerman, the shooter of trayvon martin, will be speaking public...

He earned the right and should stay in the race as long as he wants to. >> the calls i guess are based more than anything on the mathematical improbabilities of him winning that the point. it is just almost impossible for him to claim a victory at this point given the way the delegates are allotted at this point. your reaction to that? >> but we also have to remember that the republican national committee set the process up to be a marathon and not a sprint. and so that is exactly what is happen...

National reporter for "the atlantic" molly ball. thank you for joining us. molly, if gingrich says romney is most likely to get the nomination, why is he still hanging around? whats at play in this equation? >> well he gave an interview to the "washington post" today where he talked about wanting to affect the platform. wanting to be a player in the convention in a way that he feels he can sort of have a substantive impact on some of the issues he cares about. its i guess in keeping with his rep...

tornadoes. so far, it still appears no one was killed, which mike rawlings calls a miracle. heres the mayor of forney, texas, moments ago. >> it is difficult to look at the damage to the homes and look around the town and call this a situation where were blessed, but if you really think about it the fact that everybody that woke up in forney yesterday morning is still alive today in forney, thats a real blessing. zero fatalities. >> as tornadoes go, these were relatively small. but loo...

Contests in states like illinois and ohio is that its about the cash, not necessarily greater conviction. have a listen. >> the way governor romney has been able to win states and survive turnout by turning out voters and getting historically low turnout and winning in that fashion by just running an overwhelmingly negative campaign. >> now, if there is a sweep by romney of the three contests today, it does start making the delegate math extremely difficult for rick santorum and his campaign. ac...