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Its not going to pass. but its going to keep the issue there on the fore. >> were going to move on to the next big topic, swing states. chuck todd played out some electoral map scenarios on "the daily rundown." without florida, new hampshire, mitt romney could win both iowa and new hampshire. win ohio, florida and north carolina and because of hispanics -- thats specially whats going on here, he would be seven electoral votes short. that is a map problem like nobodys business. >> a math problem ...

Point, so how much does this win mean? >> ultimately tdoesnt mean anything, its a nice talking point for the rick santorum campaign, they are moving forward. but they are not gaining on mitt romney. what the states coming up, the district of columbia, maryland, which will be good for romney, we will see him further the lead, he has double the delegates of rick santorum and thats the math problem. >> caller: how important do you think it is? with pennsylvania coming up, santorums home state, wher...

Primaries, what do you think you have, in which of those jurisdictions do you think you have the best shot at coming in first again, at a first-place finish? >> well, again, our goal is to get as much delegates, just like theirs is, what you see, everybody has a math problem. we have a long way to go to get to 1,144, but the romney people have an awfully long way to get to 1,044 as well. a state like illinois, well do well in some of the congressional districts, other areas will be more moderate...

Jurisdictions do you think you have the best shot at coming in first again, at a first-place finish? >> well, again, our goal is to get as much delegates, just like theirs is, what you see, everybody has a math problem. we have a long way to go to get to 1,144, but the romney people have an awfully long way to get to 1,144 as well. a state like illinois, well do well in some of the congressional districts, other areas will be more moderate that probably romney will do better. louisiana, we think...

Wonkie math problem? >> that is dumb, what is happening in that respect and i appreciate the governors perspective, when these rules were written, there was not a incumbent president to run against and many thought the incumbent president would be john mccain. and the other fact is, we know it, we get the joke, you support mitt romney and romney is not doing well, so he does not like the process. he was sold a bill of goods that at this point in time, the nomination would be his. the math did no...

Getting an excellent education at this community college to know that we have a math problem here. right? [ applause ] >> i help out sasha occasionally with her math homework. i know if you have 2 and you have 20, theres a gap. theres a gap. right? anybody who is good at math here? am i right? okay. so if we dont develop other sources of energy, if we dont develop the technology to use less energy to make our economy more energy efficient, then we will always be dependent on

four contests in all tonight. hawaii and american samoa also casting ballots. most of the attention focused on alabama and mississippi. late polls in both states showed races too close to call. our exit polls also suggest a fierce competition in both states with conservative support. early exit polling, well bring this over for you. here we are in the state of mississippi tonight. voters were asked as they went to the polls. whats the most important candidate quality. you can see more ...

Romney would go there, so to speak. if you cant win on the issues, you talk about inevitability. you just keep spending money to pound everyone. and i could submit, all of the endorsements and is money are not going to make rank and file voters think hes going to win. hes honey vanilla. youve got to be rocky road. you have to show contrast. >> alice, i want you to sort of answer this issue on organization, because ive heard you make this argument. but organization has been shaky at best in the s...

Time is on his side. and hes saying that hes going to stick with this going into late may even early june when he claims his momentum will come. so he says if he has a math problem, mitt romney does too. the romney campaign figures that to get the nomination, romney will have to get half the delegates that are left. newt gingrich would have to get 70% of the delegates that were left, rick santorum would have to get 65% of the delegates left. and almost insurmountable hurdle, but rick santorum sa...

>> i dont doubt it. >> and i dont know if anybody has had a physical reaction to romneys speech except maybe you. have you had a physical reaction to a romney speech? >> no, i have not. >> so it is all cerebral. >> i was looking down at the math and joan has a couple of good points and to mark halprins point, romney is running into a math problem, because only eight winner-take-all states left in the process. hes got a numbers game that he has to match and tonight having split the states the way...