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Financial resources but they made it work. >> shep: let me put the question differently. >> sean: in gingrich had the same resources? >> there are two elements that broke the back tonight. one he did very badly among women. he didnt do well among hispanic voters and senior citizens, those three groups was big difference. >> sean: what we were talking about, the amount of money, the money well spent but this is defining state. how much momentum does it carry for romney? >> the next contest he wou...

Go to south carolina, gingrich is losing and double digits and then he turns it around. same thing for romney. debates a big factor? >> debates a big factor. romney spent a huge amount of money. gingrich wasnt in the resource game. the debates matter. were having huge swings even inside the republican party that i dont even remember. >> shep: you can go back throughout history. kennedy, carter. >> one big difference, romney has put together a great campaign. two elements in the campaign, one is ...

Gingrich had the moment and those two debates, juan williams moment and john king. then he had a 30-point swing from 20 behind to 10 ahead. in the florida debates he was flat. he was on the defensive. romney was on attack, santorum was strong and that swung him all the way back. its remarkable how much the debates are a factor and the money advantage had the same advantage in south carolina, it had to do with the moments the gingrich campaign, it was revived on the debate and now its on debate. ...

Half million people voted and got to them and gingrich was in no position to do that. newt found out that florida is not south carolina. northern part of the florida but the rest is diverse like ohio, most diverse state in the country. the thing i walked away, hop of the people voted didnt like their choices. >> sean: it was 39 to be exact but who is counting. >> but romney performed well with the people he needed to. he performed well with women and in other areas. that speaks a lot to his abil...

Good to see you. for more reaction to tonights primary results we go to charles krauthammer, good to see you. >> lets get your broad overview of the results tonight. >> it is what we expected. its not that different from what we expected. it tells us how important debates but the moment that determine these elections. look at south carolina and florida results. its almost like a controlled experiment. in both, romney hugely out spends gingrich. in both gingrich gets the need first endorsement fr...

That is what happens in a primary. i can tell you this. as republicans we will be united behind our candidates. i hope will be mitt romney. well be united behind our candidate because we cant afford of four more years of barack obama. >> sean: i agree with the last line. newt was clear, 46 states to go. people power will defeat money power in the next six months. newt was unhinged. let me give a moment of one of ads, a romney ad against newt gingrich. >> newt gingrich was ronald reagans vice pre...

Half million people voted and got to them and gingrich was in no position to do that. newt found out that florida is not south carolina. northern part of the florida but the rest is diverse like ohio, most diverse state in the country. the thing i walked away, hop of the people voted didnt like their choices. >> sean: it was 39 to be exact but who is counting. >> but romney performed well with the people he needed to. he performed well with women and in other areas. that speaks a lot to his abil...

On last night. she said this is about g.o.p. establishment versus the tea party manifest foe, independent americans who dont like the politics of personal destruction. we can sit here all day long and armchair quarterback and say the negative ads have to stop. the reason is they are running, they work? >> exactly. they work. >> it was money well spent. >> is in establishment versus tea party? >> i think romney is clearly the establishment candidate. look at the people who are supporting mitt rom...

Im wondering, you have to tell me, how united is the tea party behind newt. >> tea party is not united around any candidate. think newt got help late from tea party activists. the leadership of the tea party movement cant tell the grassroots what to do. >> sean: how dangerous is this divide? its palpable. somebody supports romney. they are not liking gingrich or they dont like romney supporters. it was bad when obama and clinton, they played the race card. >> but not like this. it was strung out...

Target of the homicidal folks and the santorum folks. dr. krauthammer mentioned that santorum had not been in the food fight. he has not had a win since iowa. i suspect hell get in the food fight. i suspect it again but the speaker has a good record to run on. as the old saying goes, they can lie louder but we can tell the truth longer. i think hell continue to do that. were ready for the balance of the battle. >> sean: what about the carpet bombing issue. its been pretty contentious down there....