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To come to his defense and count on those unbound delegates to try to get him or keep him involved. >> heather: we have about a minute left, i want to ask about the gingrich factor. newt gingrich has said that he is staying in this race. he will make it to the convention. in order to keep romney from getting to that magic 1144 number, he says thats his goal. could he get in the way of romneys getting the much needed number of super delegates, the gingrich factor? >> its an -- there is an interes...

The arms of those handful of rnc super delegates. somehow overperform in the state conventions that are going to be more conservative than the primary electives themselves. we were gaming out the system. if the demographics dont lie here, right, and they trade states and santorum wins a wisconsin win in indiana, win in oregon, places where there are evangelical places to perform. he cant beat romney in a connecticut, new york or california. dont forget texas. put it together and we have romney c...

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And even though rick santorum won mississippi last night, even though he won the popular vote there, barbour boosted romney to 13 delegates because he is a super delegate. his vote is one delegate. that made it a tie. they have two more super delegates, he will have eeked out a win in delegates despite losing the vote and counties. the same was true elsewhere last night as well. in terms of how many delegates were awarded, mitt romney won more than rick santorum did. chuck todd counted 42 delega...

Something would seem obama unelectable and delegates could leave them. can there be a late term switch in delegates if they see mitt romney as not enough strong enough candidate or something comes out about him? >> there will be some actually quite a few delegates, i believe in the republican system who are technically unbound at various stages in the process, in particular in the caucus states. and then you do have super delegates also. >> and the super delegates are they enough to sway it or t...

Former governor haley barbour and the national committeeman for the mississippi republican party. and even though rick santorum won mississippi last night, even though he won the popular vote there, barbour boosted romney to 13 delegates because he is a super delegate. his vote is one delegate. that miade it a tie. they have two more super delegates, he will have eeked out a win in delegates despite losing the vote and counties. the same was true elsewhere last night as well. in terms of how man...

Quite a few delegates, i believe in the republican system who are technically unbound at various stages in the process, in particular in the caucus states. and then you do have super delegates also. >> and the super delegates are they enough to sway it or the type of leads romney is racking up can he actually -- can they move it if they go in one direction or there is just not enough of them to affect it at that level? >> it is somewhat different. we had roughly 850 super delegates and they are ...

Represent in the party in the presidential election, thats one tradition. the other great tradition, the bar. not this bar specifically. this is an i-stock photo. a far not so dissimilar to this one all the way around the world in american samoa combining with americas great tradition of the caucuses. tonight, in american samoa, which is way, way out there, about 50 republicans total are expected to caucus in a bar thats called the toa bar and grill. theyll be selecting six delegates to send to ...

states. he says hes staying in. now the questions are can santorum find a path to challenge romney? it would be easier if gingrich gets out. the math, the rules, the history. everything tells you its still romney over the long hall into may and june. but you know what? our politics have been outside the rules. we elected our first african-american president. the tea party movement came out of nowhere. so lets watch. santorums going to puerto rico. then we have a big primary in illinois...

>> let me tell you, i believe the republican party has done a good job in reaching out to the hispanic community, however we need to do more. it is not about the faces that actually are going to be seen in our ticket in november. its about the values that will be behind those faces. the hispanic community share many values with the republican party. we have to stress those rarlz f regardless of who appears on our ticket. >> do you like the idea of a vice presidential ticket? >> i love ...