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Yesterday. they backed mitt romney, which was a change from south carolina where they flocked toward newt gingrich and from iowa where you may remember rick santorum won eventually by 34 votes. even as all these different states are choosing different candidates there is actually one thing people have agreed on in every state thats voted so far. the economy. yesterday in florida for example 62% of voters said it was the top issue, more than triple any other topic. it was 63% in south carolina an...

Gretchen hamil is here. >> i think its really interesting. this the most diverse state yet. fourth largest state in the nation. tonights election was important and romney had a good showing. that sends signals. he won big counties and the counties that are going to matter in november. >> big win for romney i dont think its the end of the world for gingrich, its two-man race but like he says, 46 to go. a lot of delegates. nobody has a hundred delegates yet. not even one-tenth of the way. >> sean:...

Carried him. he got into the negative contest with romney and their money and it didnt work. >> sean: governor pa eleven says she wants the vetting process to continue. one thing that is really clear. you have to give credit to romney and santorum tonight. after the great debate performances by newt, they stepped up and they had to step up. >> at their game. >> sean: they brought their "a" game to the debates. i thought that was a key moment here in florida. you know what, they didnt step up. wh...

Romney is down by double digits at the start of ten day period and he turns it around with two good debated performances. >> $17 million. >> sean: i would agree with that certainly i think if newt had the same debate performances i am not sure the results would have been the same. >> it would have been closer but you cant turn on the television in florida without seeing some of it. ten days prior to south carolina coming in fourth place, he wins south carolina, ten days exactly later he comes ...

In his game. he basically felt good about going. >> gingrich is going to get back in the game he has to redefine himself. >> sean: he went after obama hard in this speech. if you didnt turn things around one term proposition and were here to collect? >> i think that is good point. that energized all republicans. electability was important part of the game tonight. people want to see who is going to be tough against obama. >> his personal negatives, the level has reached so early has been harmful...

He took his case very strongly to the people of the state of florida and they responded very well to that. >> sean: i would agree, but i would also argue that there was a lot of negative ads that were run down there. a lot of robo calls, upwards $17 million, term was used by newt gingrich carpet bombing by the romney campaign. i agree with you, debate performance he had two good debates down there but there is a lot of negativity. how does he unite the party at the end of the process. >> in a ca...

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. ...

Someone who is honest we can look up toned to and be proud of. newt spent a lot of time i think kind of flailing on the different attacks he was on. >> sean: it was interesting to me in governor romneys speech i liked a lot of lines he used. leadership is about taking responsibility, its not about excuses. lead and follow and get out of the way and time for obama to get out of away. were here to collect but if he didnt fix the economy this is a one term proposition. clearly governor romneys mind...

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. at moments you are wondering ...

A lot of negativity. read my twitter account and it seems like this particular moment in time, this is a process, romney spo supporters hate newt and newt supporters hate romney. >> i think during the florida primary, were going to have a chinese oil rig put in place about 60 miles off of florida. we had a hearing yesterday transportation hearing, no one is going to talk about that the economic if we were to have a deepwater horizon right off the coast. they need to do contrast and president oba...