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important, iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. and probably any other state at this point. now, take a look at this next number, 45% that said the ability to beat barack obama was the quality that mattered most in a candidate. no other option even came close. also similar to what we ve seen so far this year. one were the economy, and took that, such a issue in florida is because of the housing crisis. it was, of course, one of the states hit hardest when the housing bubble popped. look at this half of today s voters said foreclosure was a major problem, 32% citing it as a minor problem in their community. so, we are getting some insight. we will be watching to see if viewers have more information on the housing crisis and how that could possibly play a role in today s vote. rachel? tamron hall. thank you very much. checking in with you over the course of the night for more of those exit poll numbers. reaction from chris matthews
governor romney has an enormous amount of money but we have an enormous amount of people. mitt romney needs to drag him down. he s gone from pillar to post. a pinball machine. a two-man grudge match in a four-man race. there s a lot of folks who talk tough. what makes you tough is at your core. no way going to stop the momentum that we have started. who will return to florida this summer? as the republican nominee? i will go all the way to the convention. i expect to win the nomination. we re going to be in this race for a long time. forget everything you thought you knew about the presidential field. this is the beginning of a long, hard slog. we re going to take back the white house. we re going to take back our country. the nomination is up for grabs. the conventional wisdom is out the window. and florida will change the game again. hello from the cnn election center. i m john king. most of the polling places across florida closed about one hour f
saying bring it on. senator rand paul refusing a pat-down at an airport security checkpoint after setting off an alarm on a body scanner. he s joining us live this hour. he ll tell us what happened. also, a key u.s. supreme court ruling on electronic surveillance. the justices agree that police need a warrant to plant a gps device on a suspect s car but they don t agree on why. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. what a day in politics. mitt romney is going all out as he goes after newt gingrich with a series of very bitter attacks. the new national poll out today may show why. the two rivals are in a statistical tie. the gallup daily tracking poll shows romney at 29% nationwide, down nine points in just over a week. gingrich is at 28%, double his strength in the last poll a week ago. it s a dead heat, just a week and change before the florida primary. let s bring in cnn jim acosta. he s in tampa and watching the battle for florida. it shouldn t be.
again, gingrich seems to have for now, put the issue to rest in a conservative state. i think we got to watch and see what newt gingrich does to try to pick a fight with brian williams on monday night. we ll see. seriously, he s written that i thought when we moderated in november and he went after maria for an absurd question. i thought that was tough. then after juan williams, then twice as hard against john king. i don t know what he s going do with brian. maybe he ll attack his obsession with bruce springsteen or something. my money is still on brian though. we know that guy. thank you both for joining me. john harwood, nia malik a henderson. a look at what s behind the exit poll numbers here on weekends with alex witt. we were skipping stones and letting go