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>> but close in my heart, will. we get right to our "starting point" this morning which is the race and what happened. it could have gone any way. literally, this would go any way. it was a very tighten race but in the end it was former senator rick santorum who came out with two big wins last night. narrow victories in alabama and mississippi. mitt romney won hawaii and the american is a ho american issamoas. >> the time is now for conservatives to pull together. the time is now to ma...

Fourth highest in the nation. primary voters say the economy is the issue that matters most in their decision are breaking for romney. yet, other issues also ranked high on mississippians agenda. important to many g.o.p. primary voters that the nominee should be a quote unquote true conservative. among these voters rick santorum is winning big with 48% followed by gingrich at 36%. romney trails on this measure with a mere 11% and ron paul captures just 5%. finally, most mississippi primary voter...

Leadership role, particularly for the provision of security to the afghan forces. >> you have taken so many losses worse than the united states in this war and its our longest war. >> in percentage that is true, we just passed a milestone, 404 killed. taken against the number of soldiers that we have in afghanistan, its the highest of the contributing nations and we are aware of that. but we are aware that down in helman, life was a great deal easier for us when the surge of the american troops ...

>> right, and i think its more complicated of an issue, im not ready to buy in yet, when you look at the poll that has him at 41% approval. im not ready to buy in yet that the gas prices have replaced skyrocketing unemployment that is the situation for swing voters. another poll came out yesterday, that put the approval rating at 49%. that is the highest he has been in the gallup poll nine months. it suggests to me that they took into account the weekend. if you look at the cbs or abc poll, they...

Smartest guys i have ever met in politics. he is going to find a way to weave in these negative statements that republicans have made against governor romney, assuming he is the nominee. he will weave him into commercials and ads and mailings and things like that. >> now you chip, when we look at how voters identified themselves in terms of being evangelical voters, mississippi, 81% identified themselves a az evangelical, 73% in alabama. the previous high was 73% in tennessee. so tonight, missis...

Back then, he had something more important to do. he wasnt focused on his future but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement planning for our military, veterans and their families. now more than ever, its important to get financial advice from people who share your military values. call now for our free guide and tips on planning for your retirement this tax season. >>neil: and gas averaging $3.80 the highest since may of last year and could explain as we reported the presi...

Lets talk about food. this is a big problem as well, food prices, theyre up significantly. nationally, milk is up 9.9%, almost 10%. coffee, which obviously is the fuel that drives all of our engines, as well, up 4% basically, eggs 9.5, bread 4.8 and beef has had the highest, its only going up, 10.2%. >> dave: the point being is this how you gauge the economy and how far we have come that the engine is beginning to get moving. do you feel with the unemployment rate the gas prices is that, grocery...

Any of this eye am amazed hes in the ballgame. but part of it is that gingrich and santorum are splitting 55% of the vote. both states. >> gregg: is newt gingrich still, doug, a viable candidate? >> we will see on tuesday. he has the strongest positive message -- >> by far. >> going. and he has the capacity, gregg, to self-destruct. he is what we call in the profession, discipline is sometimes lacking. >> gregg: his negatives -- those are the highest in the nation. 61%? i think it is. >> with in...

Its going to make it harder for the republicans. they have to run on it. it is the issue, as dana said, but its harder to run on it when times are improving, and they are. >> chris: chip, if you look at this in an historical contest, no president can get down into the high 7s and has won reelection with unemployment as high as it will be on election day as fdr since 1936. the highest was ronald reagan at 7.2% in 1984. whats more important, the absolutely number of the unemployment rate but the t...

Are still the highest they have ever been for this time of year. experts are warning the relief wont last. we are in d.c. coming up. new details about the college basketball player suspected of point shaving. tonight, the feds are on the case and the university is is responding. part of our coverage as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news. spring fishing classic with amazing daily specials. and bring the kids for bass pros next generation weekend with free crafts, outdoor s...