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Before south carolina, mitt romney got what appeared to be great news. that states republican governor nikki haley threw her support behind mitt romney for president. now, nikki haley, seen as a rising star in the republican party closely aligned with the tea party, this was a big coup for mitt romney a stamp of approval from the conservative base of the party, happened in a critical state. he got the nikki haley endorse nent. something weird happened. he got trounced in south carolina. he did n...

Rick santorum just another washington insider. >> senator santorum is nice guy but never had a job in private sector. he worked as lobbyist and elected official but i think to create jobs, i think it helps to have a guy that have had a job and i have. >> shep: at one point, they called michigan a must win. they have toned that down. state g.o.p. race could go to the wire. the latest average poll gives romney a slim lead over santorum. paul and gingrich are way behind in double-digits. different ...

Freedom. and for us to be apologizing at a time like this is something which is very difficult for the american people to count nens. newt gingrich highly critical of the presidents apology. this issue overseas comes hours ahead of the polls opening in michigan and arizona, that happens tomorrow. mitt romney is adding to his ranks of supporters picking up a key endorsement on "meet the press" yesterday. jan brewer will support mitt romney. yesterday brewer called romney, quote, the only pers...

im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." whats the latest on the fight between the front-runners. >> reporter: wolf, its pretty clear last nights debate touched off a very personal tone in the race for the gop nomination. thats because theres a lot riding on the next several days. >> i hope you watched the debate last night. it was kind of fun. >> reporter: the morning after the debate, mitt romney had a smile on his face, swinging away at rick santorum. >> i dont know that iv...

Brand-new national poll shows rick santorum beating mitt romney by double digits. it shows santorum with 39% of the vote, romney trailing with 27%. in the "real clear politics" average the race teams much tighter, santorum leads by less than 2 points. scott rasmussen is president of rasmussen reports.com. can you explain that difference there, scott? "real clear politics" averagess lots of national polls, they have a very tight race. yours not so much, why? >> i suspect it has to do with timing....

super bowl ads has everything talking today. >> was the clint eastwood car commercial a political message in disguise? im wolf blitzer at the cnn election center. youre in "the situation room." mitt romney may have notched another big win in nevada this weekend but the frontrunner is not resting easily right now. right now there are contests tomorrow in minnesota, colorado and missouri and topping the list of romneys new worries, a strong new challenge from back in the republican pac...

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>> bill: advance vote in florida, dr. sabato is very interesting because -- people have cast their ballot which makes it out of the realm of theory. we assume the polling is going to be accurate. it was in south carolina. then what? then what? what happens to romney, gingrich and santorum? >> well, look, gingrich won south carolina by a big margin, double digits. romney is going to win florida by double digits. but they are not equal states. there is nine electoral votes in south carolina. there...