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Institutional advantages romney so far is the candidate of eh. conservative blogger eric erickson was no less harsh writing on red state, quote, were i mitt romney id be wondering how i spent 5.5 times as much money as rick santorum and barely won ohio. id be wondering who on my campaign staff gets fired first. with each romney win he comes away even more badly bruised. the rest of march will be just as brutal. what a mess. an editorial in "the wall street journal" put it this way, quote, republ...

Street journal." the republican split decision. and a good one from kathleen parker with advice for mitt romney. but first the "wall street journal." if republican poohbahs were hoping the super tuesdays contests would settle the republican contest, they woke up this morning disappointed. rick santorum did well enough to more than justify staying in the race. republican elites are aching to declare this race over and take aim at mr. obama. the fear is that intraparty debate is hurting the gop br...

reality in the republican race. a few things are obvious. mitt romney for example is the clear and undisputed frontrunner but a front run where giant question marks. ten states voted last night and romney won six including the big contested battle ground of ohio. the math now very much on his side. romneys 429 delegates are more than all of his three rivals combined. and they put him almost 40% of the way to the magic number required to clinch the nomination. 23 states have now weighed...

♪ you give love a bad name >> oh, the jerseys coming out this morning. newark mayor cory booker joins our panel. you know if you signed up the whole political thing you could coanchor the show. if you decide presidential bid is not that interesting, we would love to have you. >> you dont get love a bad name. >> thank you. see, he flatters me. you guys dont flatter me. you are back. we love having you. youve advised the buchman campaign and romney campaign. ron braun seownstein, youre...

wednesday. mitt romney racking up six super states, including that classic cliff hanger in ohio. hes kind of talking like its over, but did he land that knockout blow? >> no. >> if your support really means everything to ann and me, and im not going to let you down. im going to get this nomination. >> while rick santorum wins three states because mitt romney still cannot convince conservatives that hes the man. were taking a look at the exit polls. this is my favorite part actually. di...

Quick as they possibly can. those 18 or so delegates he may not be eligible for in ohio, we could see a fight down the road, dont discount those just yet. right now, they know they are looking for a split decision near ohio, win this popular vote even though they may not have a chance to win the delegate count here by nights end, rachel. >> ron mott, thank you very much. we go to kelly odonnell at gingrich headquarters in atlanta. kelly, the campaign there must be confident in their chances in m...

Position right now in our country with the economy and so forth. yes, americans should engage in something so important. i dont know what george will is doing. i think many cocktail parties and this elitist and defeatist attitude is wrong so republicans and make sure that vote and concentrate on the white house. >> david, it looks like you might have been at the cocktail parties and may agree with george will on this, dont focus on the presidency, that will come and go every four years, weve got...

The fact, very much like we saw in iowa, of -- with the delegates, that was a split decision. so that was a good example of romney winning the popular vote but the -- the delegates were awarded on a congressional district basis which meant that, you know, santorum won more congressional districts. the reality of it is that, you know, this process will lend itself to people sort of second-guessing it and looking at it but i think the congressmans point and point that was -- mr. weeds point when y...

Plus, how would you celebrate if your birthday came along once every four years? >> its a unique club as we say. >> shepard: tonight, finally party time for the leap day babies. first from fox this wednesday night, a split decision in the state of michigan. late today the associated press reports rick santorum and mitt romney each get 15 of the states 30 delegates. here is why. even though mitt romney won the overrule vote michigan awards proportionally based on how they did in each district and...

The other. its still possible that santorum gets more delegates. jeff, you look at what the republicans have done this year and it looks an awful lot like what you guys had to do four years ago. >> thats right. thats right. its interesting that you mentioned this close race in the delegates in michigan, that reminds me of nevada, chuck. you probably remember nevada four years ago, where hillary did win in the local precinct delegates in the caucuses, but president obama won in terms of the deleg...