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Republican side if you are at 1%. >> lindsey graham becomes the 9th gop contender. kevin, how much oxygen does he get in the room? >> look i think one of the big reasons lindsey graham is running, he has foreign policy in a field very light on that right now. i think he believes its important for someone to get in there and force a debate on some of those issues and candidates come up with a much stronger platform. he is also from south carolina which is an early primary state. while he may not ...

A mere stepping stone, a way to provide momentum leading into may and other state contests like texas." a top santorum aide telling "the hill" newspaper that winning either pennsylvania or texas is important for the campaign to go forward. "its going to be tough to go on without pennsylvania. we must win one or both those states." suddenly its not, we must win pennsylvania, its, texas, pennsylvania, tomato, tomato. its not that rick santorum needs to win pennsylvania, it will just be tough if he...

His admission that he needs to win pennsylvania, and the real possibility that he might not in fact win pennsylvania, the santorum campaign appears now to be trying to reframe the importance of the contest there. "the new york times" noting that while mr. santorum has said he must and will win pennsylvania, "his aides are now casting it as a mere stepping stone, a way to provide momentum leading into may and other state contests like texas." a top santorum aide telling "the hill" newspaper that ...

3-3. most notably was his victory in wisconsin which was the closest of those three contests. exit polling had romney winning here in wisconsin. the tea party voted, evangelicals and voters who describe themselves as very conservative. he hopes to harness these victories to the april 24th contest coming up. >> tonight im asking the good people of pennsylvania, new york, rhode island, delaware, and connecticut to join me. join me in the next step toward that destination of november 6th. when acro...

>> the twists and turns. and when the candidates, particularly santorum and romney, make campaign appearances today, they might be sporting just a few bruises from last nights debate in arizona. romney and santorum ripped into each other from the very start last night with attacks over health care, also federal bailouts. one of the showdowns big flash points last night was a clash over the growth of government spending. >> defense spending will not be cut under my administration. but we will g...

A lot of experts believe the key contests could allow one of the candidates to wrack up hundreds of delegates and wrap this thing up including karl rove. >> once somebody begins to win most of the contests and delegates then there gets to be a national momentum as people say you know what? he is doing the best job of convincing me, im for him. >> shep, right now romney is leading the delegate rate. >> right. and on this idea of a new candidate jumping into the fray, that would be a very difficul...

They only care about delegates. they even say they won colorado and minnesota because they think they got the most delegates there. doesnt matter what the polls said. the ron paul campaign doesnt necessarily care about poll results at all. but you know what? the country cares about this stuff. because this stuff has an effect on the narrative of the race. coming into maine, mitt romney lost three state contests including missouri which was ridiculous and didnt mean anything. but even that one he...

Said. the ron paul campaign doesnt necessarily care about poll results at all. but you know what? the country cares about this stuff. because this stuff has an effect on the narrative of the race. coming into maine, mitt romney lost three state contests including missouri which was ridiculous and didnt mean anything. but even that one helped shape the narrative that mitt romney was losing, losing and losing again. three in a row to rick santorum. and after losing three in a row to rick santorum,...

They even say they won colorado and minnesota because they think they got the most delegates there. doesnt matter what the polls said. the ron paul campaign doesnt necessarily care about poll results at all. but you know what? the country cares about this stuff. because this stuff has an effect on the narrative of the race. coming into maine, mitt romney lost three state contests including missouri which was ridiculous and didnt mean anything. but even that one helped shape the narrative that mi...

>> congress needs to pass an extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance without drama and without delay and without needs to pass this without drama and delay and without linking it to some other ideological side issues. weve been through this before, remember? weve seen this movie. we dont need to see it again. the time for self-inflicted wounds to our economy has to be over. >> lets go straight to cnn congressional correspondent kate bouldan. kate, this is a surprisi...