with jon huntsman. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. the first primary beghaj at midnight in new hampshire. most polls close three hours from now. we ll have complete coverage. here is what we re watching for. first, mitt romney s margin of victory. final polls show him with a nearly 20-point lead. if romney wins big he may see almost invincible heading into south carolina. if he doesn t win big, he may seem beatable, at least some experts predict. second, who comes in second, jon huntsman gambled on a good showing in new hampshire. he has the chance to show he s a viable candidate. they play very well among many in new hampshire, and could help him emerge as the anti-romney candidate. finally, independenting can stroh in this open primary, so how will they vote? they may decide the winner, who will that signal for next november? we re watching all of this unfold. new hampshire state officials are expecting a record turnout of a quarter million prima
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number. santorum did not. romney is more than 25% there on his path to the magic number. we re going to get into this later. i can tell you this, if you assume newt gingrich dromed out today, and you assume that somehow all of the delegates remaining broke santorum s way, he would have to win 62% of the remaining delegates, primaries and caucuses. that s assuming he isn t win new york, didn t win connecticut, didn t win the northeastern primaries. you factor that in and you re looking at a 65 to 70% of the remaining delegates that santorum would have to win to get to the magic number. he has a gigantic math problem, not a small one. romney had a better night than he s getting credit for. all the victories in the world don t erase this perception crowd hanging over the campaign s head. he continues to struggle with the core conservatives, tea party workers and republicans. we come out with our exit poll information from the seven