in their republican primary. paul ryan played the role of ann romney tonight. ryan introduced the candidate to supporters in milwaukee in what might have been an audition to be romney s running mate. we need solutions not excuses. we need a president who takes the lead not one who spreads the blame. we need someone who appeals to our dreams and our aspirations, not to our fears and anxieties. romney continued where ryan left off portraying president obama as someone who wants to transform america. i don t want to transform america. i want to restore to america the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that has made us the power house of the world. time, money and math are against rick santorum s chances to have any further success in
are not yet able to make a projection, piers. let s give it a little time for some more official numbers to come in. once they come in based on those numbers and these exit poll numbers, we ll be in a better position to make a projection. wolf acti, you re making thi sound as exciting as you always do but you are a master of this process. are we at the end game? if mitt romney was to win all three tonight, this is pretty much game over, isn t it? not necessarily. it s almost game over. pennsylvania april 23rd, if santorum loses his home state, then it s game over. if he wins in pennsylvania, you know, mitt romney still won t be at that 1,144 delegate number that he needs to officially sew up the nomination. and in may there are some states like texas, for example, kentucky, arkansas, where santorum presumably has an advantage, so he ll continue. a lot of the establishment republicans, a lot of the pundits think it s game over. let s see what the voters have to say. i don
mitt romney from now on will act like the nominee the republican party with the sole focus of beating barack obama. he suddenly looked and sounded pretty presidential i thought. he was positioning himself and seemed like any way that rick santorum can get back in this, he said may will be a very different month for me. i will win in texas. say he lost in pennsylvania, doesn t his dignity say he must pull out then? that s a great point. if the polls keep trending against him, rick santorum may pull out before pennsylvania. he does not want to be humiliated at home to preserve his future in the party and in order to preserve his future for 2016. there is a debate in the romney campaign. some are arguing spend a bunch of money in pennsylvania and crush him. others argue that nature is going to take care of itself and they don t have to worry about him anymore. let s go to john meachem. you wrote this ebook in the surface. romney santorum and it has been a circus in many w
mitt romney begins a battle in south carolina am it s five days until the primary in new hampshire, right? that s where the massachusetts governor has a solid lead. so where he decided to spend most of the day was south carolina. i want to restore to the america the principles that have made us the power house morally, economically, and militarily in the entire world. romney, his pal john mishg ca mccain and nicky hayley were there. the primary is january 21st. the palmetto state has the highest concentration of he van gellic all voters in america. nearly half the population identifies themselves as evangelical. in iowa, 44% of ivevangelicals voted for rick santorum. but here s what s amazing. we don t know if romney made end roads with the christian right in south carolina because the last polls are about a month old. and while even a week ago convention wisdom would that romney didn t need to win south carolina, a lot has changed and many see it as a must-win state if h
hampshire, right? that s where the massachusetts governor has a solid lead. so where he decided to spend most of the day was south carolina. i want to restore to the america the principles that have made us the power house morally, economically, and militarily in the entire world. romney, his pal john mishg mccain and nicky hayley were there. the primary is january 21st. the palmetto state has the highest concentration of he van gellic all voters in america. nearly half the population identifies themselves as evangelical. in iowa, 44% of evangelicals voted for rick santorum. but here s what s amazing. we don t know if romney made end roads with the christian right in south carolina because the last polls are about a month old. and while even a week ago convention wisdom would that romney didn t need to win south carolina, a lot has changed and many see it as a must-win state if he is to be the presumptive nominee. john avalon joins us. gloria is also us with. first of all