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And you have president obama beating mitt romney 48 to 42. steve kornacki, thats statistically identical. so if romney loses the electability argument, as we saw him lose it in south carolina, with south carolina primary voters, they said they thought newt gingrich had a better electability posture than romney did. if hes losing it nationally, which is what that "new york times" poll is, what is left of the romney campaign. >> and thats whats so interesting to me about santorums rise. because i ...

The delegates about 50% of them now. i dont think he has closed the sale yet, not by a long shot either with conservatives or with the broader republican audience. >> gregg: nancy, is there a sense among republicans, were just not sold here on rick santorum or newt gingrich as being electable? >> i think that really is what weve seen here. i spent time at cpac, if there was any real passion, it was probably for santorum. at the end of the day, mitt romney is winning the electability argument. ye...

A businessman that hates the government and he can win. the first part of that i think hes doing well on. the second part, at this moment especially in a place like cpac, a horrible week for him, after losing some caucuses he didnt try to win, he goes to a conference where he never really wins, he doesnt look like a winner, in a situation like that and tough for him to convince them he can also take the election. >> is that translating to support for him at cpac any way because he does still hav...

Santorum, i see conservative discontent but i dont see that you can make the electability argument. >> andrea, what about newt gingrich? hes been up, hes been down, hes been up, hes been down. now what? is he down and out or can he make a comeback? >> well, he can and hes going to be strong, i think, in the super tuesday -- some of the southern states. the question is how many votes does he siphon from rick santorum? the best thing for santorum is for gingrich to obviously get out of the race bu...

Can gingrich keep his momentum going and how far will romney and the republican establishment go to stop them? plus, the electability argument. after this weekends drubbing, romney hopes for a little sunshine in florida. he is releasing his tax returns, just two years, and launching a new assault on gingrich, but he is having a hard time convincing voters he is more electable than gingrich what shot does he really have? and just over a year after suffering the debilitating gunshot wound, con...

World news, katty kay, and a strategist, mike murphy, and joe scarborough the host of "morning joe," and political director, chuck todd is here. >> were going to start with electability. two weeks ago if we told you electability would be the most important issue in south carolina, you would assume a romney runaway. well in this case it was newt gingrich who won the electability argument. half the people that said electability was the most important, they picked gingrich. here is the more importa...

Debate in tampa. early voting in the sunshine state is already underway with over 197,000 republican voters expected to vote before the states january 31st primary. the romney campaign is hoping many of those ballots were cast when he was still soaring in the polls there. his lead is expected to close dramatically after what happened over the weekend iut speaker to gop contenders in the palmetto state on saturday with 40% support. mitt romney came in second with 28%, rick santorum and ron paul f...

Strategist, mike murphy, and joe scarborough the host of "morning joe," and political director, chuck todd is here. >> were going to start with electability. two weeks ago if we told you electability would be the most important issue in south carolina, you would assume a romney runaway. well in this case it was newt gingrich who won the electability argument. half the people that said electability was the most important, they picked gingrich. here is the more important reason why he won south ca...

Here when you look at gingrich today, can he hold this together? >> absolutely he can hold it together. i think governor perry endorsing newt gingrich in south carolina, gave the speakary big boost. i think it also, once and for all, poked holes in this ridiculous electability argument. electability is the fools gold of politics. luckily and fortunately for all of us, the american people get to deshied is electable and i think the people of south carolina spoke loudly and clearly. >> is interest...

Political roundtable. joining me the anchor of nbcs world news, katty kay, and a strategist, mike murphy, and joe scarborough the host of "morning joe," and political director, chuck todd is here. >> were going to start with electability. two weeks ago if we told you electability would be the most important issue in south carolina, you would assume a romney runaway. well in this case it was newt gingrich who won the electability argument. half the people that said electability was the most impor...