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we projected romney as the winner in all three of these contests. 27% of the vote in maryland is now in. romney significantly ahead with 47% to 31% for rick santorum. newt gingrich and ron paul trail in washington, d.c. santorum was not on the ballot and did not qualify. in wisconsin, mitt romney ahead right now with third. almost a third of the vote in and he has 43% to tlealt%. 6% for newt gingrich. lets bring in our own candy crowley covering the romney campaign. she is up in milwau...

needed to clinch the nomination. now, that means hes halfway there according to my math. about 57% of the delegates he need. tom foreman is here, hat trick, no small feat here. how did he do it? >> well, you know, a hat trick you have a bunch of hats thrown on the ice. what hes got is a big number change. look at this. that was the number coming into tonight. watch it tick over here. 648 now just as importantly, rick santorums number did not move at all. i want to look at a little of h...

Conservative. listen, this race is coming to a head. clearly, the republican party as a whole there are elements of it that believe its better to get to a candidate to take on president obama directly as fast as possible. but theres another part of it that says, listen, its only halftime, and only half of the delegates of the 1144 have been chosen, and there should be more of a process. we will see how it goes tomorrow night. if romney wins wisconsin, that does not bode well for santorum. and th...

It is not. it as horrific situation down in florida in which a young black man with ice tee and skittles is walking along in his hoodie and this guy views him as suspicious. i dont know if it is racial. refused to follow instructions from a 911 operator. i think people fear for their children, black, white, hispanic what if my kid is seen this way and it ends up in this kids tragic death. the larger point is this. you look at the kind of images of young black people on tv today. the participants...

Should be the vp. >> i think i would take george herbert walker bush. >> were in the final phases of this nomination. >> hes out of ideas, out of excuses and frankly in 2012 its our job to make sure he is out of office. >> you will remind the world why it is that the university of america is the greatest nation on earth. >> this is not your fathers republican party. theyre not talking about compassionate conservatives. governor romney is a pretty flexible guy. >> tell him he is not going to mich...

Mitt romneys staff was pretty happy after pulling off an april fools day prank. take a peek. >> the next president of the united states! >> oh, these guys. >> romney said he admitted to falling for this empty room prank but was completely relieved after he realized what day it was. one thing weve learned about rick santorum, he loves to bowl but hes also into other sports -- basketball. he apparently has been following the ncaa basketball tournament because he compared his presidential campaig...

Are down by 18 points before halftime, give up. its over. we arent even at halftime, folks. anybody want to call the kansas coach and say for the betterment of the ncaa, give up. >> kansas last night set the second record for coming from behind. they were down nine points at the half. i will take kansas at the half. >> the center for american progress and the deputy government editor and robert costa is with national review and a contributor to the kudlow report. >> ken tucky is supposed to win,...

>> yesterday, republican presidential candidate mitt romney said "hell probably be the nominee" but rick santorum says not so fast! >> i mean, this race isnt at halftime yet. we havent selected half the delegates yet. governor romney isnt half way to the magic number. >> thats where he compared himself to the kansas jayhawks. with the current delegate count, rick santorum would have to win the next eight contests in order to surpass romneys current delegate count. so why is he still in the race?...

It as horrific situation down in florida in which a young black man with ice tee and skittles is walking along in his hoodie and this guy views him as suspicious. i dont know if it is racial. refused to follow instructions from a 911 operator. i think people fear for their children, black, white, hispanic what if my kid is seen this way and it ends up in this kids tragic death. the larger point is this. you look at the kind of images of young black people on tv today. the participants down. the ...

celebration. march madness, you bet. kentucky fans burning couches, flipping cars, all after kentucky wins. go figure. i mean, really. there are reports more than two dozen arrests this morning as the wildcats get ready to play in the title game. it sounds like a disney movie. school kids find bags of sunken treasure. this is a true story. its like a time capsule to the past bursting with gold and silver antiques. and we will be talking to the kids who actually found the loot. the ...