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>> and reagan ran that insurgent campaign in 1976, and people were saying, why dont you get out of the race? you have no chance of winning. and he fought. he won 11 states in 1976. i might add just parenthetically, that if we happen to win illinois, that will be the 11th state ive won in this election. >> keeping them honest, ronald reagan did lose in 1976. but his spokesperson believes in a different outcome in 2012. they put out a memo called santorum path to delegate victory. and th...

second coming of reagan 76. >> and reagan ran that insurgent campaign in 1976, and people were saying, why dont you get out of the race? you have no chance of winning. and he fought. he won 11 states in 1976. i might add just parenthetically, that if we happen to win illinois, that will be the 11th state ive won in this election. >> keeping them honest, ronald reagan did lose in 1976. but his spokesperson believes in a different outcome in 2012. they put out a memo called santorum path...

Percent and newt gingrich has won 14 percent. you see this in gingrich would won south carolina but since then has gotten less and less, and in mississippi and alabama, he came in second after georgia which he thought he would win. so people start to win more or lose and keep lose and we are at that point for both gingrich and paul. we do not know what will happen between romney and santorum and i dont suspect we will have a bet we sense until april. >>neil: you could be right on that. and now i...

In the past week, and it is still being discussed. with romney padding his lead a little bit with this and illinois the big prize still to come. but on the sunday talk shows santorum was saying he can still win this nomination. >> well, we still believe there are plenty of delegates out there for us to do what weve been doing, which is actually going out there and winning states and winning the tough battles and doing so over pretty overwhelming odds. >> reporter: romney didnt want to talk about...

Underperformance in the southeast is really disturbing. and puts states like georgia, louisiana, arkansas, missouri, in play. but now hes up to 48, 49. hes going to get 50% of all the delegates. and the further we go down the path, santorum picks up a state here or there, then he has to win -- romney has to win 52%, 54% of the remaining delegates, and the math doesnt seem to add up. >> theres one thing we tend to avoid, we have declared this race basically over at several points saying mitt romn...

How does it look for you? youre going to be in pennsylvania. >> let me interject, mika. we have won 10 states where we were outspent badly in all of those states. we are out there with the message about what this election is about. we have a positive vision for the country. we have talked about creating manufacturing jobs and the plan to do so. we talk about the importance of energy. i wasnt someone likepe mitt romney and newt gingrich who bought into the man made global warming ideas and tried ...

He drops off, can he say i want you -- >> on the first ballot, they still vote for him. >> say he drops out before the campaign. >> he can release them. >> he releases them? >> they are still bound to vote for him on the first ballot. after that, they can be released. but i can hold my delegates as long as i want. dont think mitt romney will just give them up on round two because somebody else was whispering in his ear like haley barbo barbour. thats just not going to happen. >> can you imagine ...

I guarantee you, mitt romney -- and "the times" talked about this. they are obsessed on. this they know its their new reality. they know it will be an ugly 60 days between utah and tampa, and they understand this is very possible. if rick santorum and newt gingrich and these guys chop up the votes enough, this is very -- >> ironically this is probably where mitt romney is at his best as a candidate, which is someone who is prepared, who knows the arcane rules of the process and can count delegat...

>> or the 10th day or the 65th day. >> exactly. >> or the fifth year or the sixth year. >> can i make a point -- >> yeah, i was just going to say, sam, its interesting, we started going out on book tours, giving speeches, about 2007, 2008. you could already americans were starting to ask, why are we in afghanistan? why are we still there? and youre starting to hear some of the candidates pick this up. some of the hawks. santorum is backing off. gingrich is backing off. because they are starting ...

Usually everybody will join in. they are like staring at him going, please, please, do not segue into davy crockett. >> totally hung him out to dry. he asked everybody to sing along, and they didnt. he deserved better. we have to come to terms with something. the gentleman enjoys the majesty of song. hes going to continue to sing. >> he is the mel torme of 2012. >> lets talk about scott brown for a second. >> ok. because hes going to lose. >> hes winning by a lot. >> he is doing better in the ...