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Grass roots. tennessees been one of those southern states where establishment has trumped the grass roots. its why of all the southern states, counting virginia here because of -- with not everybody on the ballot -- but with the deep south states, that are deep red, that are not swing states, tennessee was the place that romney could sneak in a win. and thats sort of how he could do well in east tennessee, sort of the heart of the old business line of the republicans and then maybe with the nash...

His chances are dead but he refuses to accept it, refuses to know it yet. he doesnt want to admit that. i dont think hell get out if he wins georgia by any margin at all. but its only a matter of time. my point is this works against santorum. santorum is aching. he badly needs a one-on-one race with romney. thats what hes hoping, praying to get. i doubt that he gets it this time around. >> he knows it, he has said it. as i was watching those little clips of this previous week that our staff put ...

For romney. romney would have to wait two weeks, three weeks to get into illinois, newark, even longer to get to california, those other big delegate-rich states that would make him the likely and overall math mematical nominee. he gets this idea by that perception and momentum he has effective control of this nomination. >> youve said that tennessee is the second most important state. a vanderbilt professor said, santorum doesnt win, its the death nail for him. certainly ohio, tennessee, those ...

>> lets go right now for more on the upcoming contest, next week to howard feinman both msnbc and nbc analysts. it seems to me, howard, that youve got mitt romney in virginia. youve got newt starting with probably georgia. tell us the states that are in play where the hot fights are going to be? >> well, the two key ones are ohio and tennessee. ohio is an absolute must-win, i think for both rick santorum and for mitt romney. ohio is famous as a bellwether state. famous as a battleground state. i...

Rising gas prices that i think youll see these candidates talking a lot more about, particularly as you move ahead to some of the energy states and some of the states that have great energy. >> well, look, you talked to the obama -- i watched the obama campaign. their first tv ad was a defensive ad on solyndra. they do know this is their soft spot. and, at this point, because of the improving overall economic picture, the improving picture, for instance, in michigan and manufacturing and things ...

John can f. kennef. kennedy whoe popular than anything. >> lets listen to mitt romney. >> okay. first thank you was the first state to be called was a great victory in arizona tonight. and thank you, michigan. what a win. this is a big night. thank you very much. you know a week ago and it was just a week ago that the pundits and the pollsters, they were ready to count us out, but across michigan and arizona i kept meeting moms and dads and students and grandparents, and they were concerned a wh...

Going to be a big battleground. one of those battlegrounds in the general election. it is a rust belt state where the economy is the primary issue. this campaign is touting that among those, the economy is a top issue. mitt romney is the heavy winner here. none the less, he has a lot of question that is he still has to answer. some of those he addressed in a conversation with reporters earlier today, acknowledging some mistakes saying that he is going to have to be a lot better to try to stay on...

Was won, leaders believing in the people that they had led against those who just thought all of the answers resided in those in charge. ladies and gentlemen, that is what made america free and that is what will make america free in the future. thank you, and god bless you. thank you. rick santorum giving what is in effect a concession speech tonight. we got word that even though we called the race during mr. santorums race, before the spee speech, mr. santorum did call mitt romney to congratu...

A better deal if im president and i thought it was a deal-making proposition and the guy who worked for bane capital would make to a client. unfortunately or fortunately for the president, each of them have what a good president could be. one is analytical and a data minder and one who is a passionate guy who has a clear economic proposition, so they come together to become disintegrated. >> so, is there important that there was not a peep in here about rick santorum and all about barack obama? ...

>> a week ago it would have been enough. he would have needed to win by ald sizable margin, and now a win will be seen as turning things around. dealing with where santorum was a week ago, thats where we are intended to be by the rnc rules. it is to not have a race that is easy for a front runner to wrap up early. it was gin s designed to go -- it was designed to go on. it wasav designed to make it more of a race. and it may make it more of a marathon. i think this race will go on for some time....