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Down to. we know what the stakes are. i dont see any way, i think that romney is going to win florida, i think hes going to win ohio, i think hes in play in wisconsin, pennsylvania, even new jersey. >> i dont think new jersey, i dont think pennsylvania. ohio a tossup. wisconsin will lino obama, florida, virginia, north carolina i think are leaning romney. the electoral count is within a couple votes as we speak. >> you will look at states like new hampshire, ohio. >> absolutely. thats where it w...

Its not going to pass. but its going to keep the issue there on the fore. >> were going to move on to the next big topic, swing states. chuck todd played out some electoral map scenarios on "the daily rundown." without florida, new hampshire, mitt romney could win both iowa and new hampshire. win ohio, florida and north carolina and because of hispanics -- thats specially whats going on here, he would be seven electoral votes short. that is a map problem like nobodys business. >> a math problem ...

>> heres where hes doing it, ohio. ohio, a place where both mitt romney and president obama have trouble connecting with working class white voters and neither of which, if you dont win them over are not going to win ohio. since were talking about republican presidents, there hasnt been one that didnt win ohio. >> i think the buzz word in that snippet that we played was free market. a lot of people would argue with the president and his policies with regard to whether or not theyd live up on tha...

Look at this. if you take swing states and assume the hispanic sweep here, if you will, out west and give pennsylvania, which has gone democrat since 1988, look at whats in gray. 262. he needs eight. florida, north carolina, virginia and ohio. of the four, virginia is probably the state that the obama campaign feels the best about because its a growing state. they have a large african-american population. without ohio, without florida, without new hampshire, mind you, mitt romney could win iowa ...

Is the crisis. this has been a great day for romney as you said for two reasons. he now has a chance to really pivot for the general election, and this is all done. and now --. >>neil: you do not see newt gingrich picking backing? >>guest: romney is the inevitable candidate. i think santorum got out because he did not want to lose the home state and the last primary we saw evangelicals are moving. romney has a problem in the general election, the bleeding problem, the "washington post" numbers t...

>> his comments today courteous and positive toward santorum were good. he needs to, in order to bring the people aboard he needs to keep it focused on obama. the thing that unites all the people there. gingrich people, you know, bachmann people, santorum people. they want obama out of there. its aimed at the swing voters will motivate. >> bob: but the demographics of the race play themselves out consistently throughout. romney had his particular people who were if you want to call it establishm...

will open in illinois and the outcome of this primary could be critical. total chaos. >> and a deadly shooting at a jewish school in france triggering fears of a possible copycat attack in this country. police in new york and other cities on high alert. once again, severe weather overnight. this time in texas, a tornado touching down right near san antonio. take a look at that. reports of significant damage this morning. this is part of a slow-moving line of storms stretching from te...

I met him once. hes very smart in a business sense. why is he backing a guy who aint going nowhere unless theres a rim shot bunker shot, whatever you call it. what is going on? why does he want gingrich in the race except to cut the advantage down for you guys? >> i think that could be. i dont know what the reason. what i do know is that mitt romneys super pac has spent over $30 million in negative ads and he cant put anyone away. he overspent us in ohio and -- >> i think whats going to happen, ...

Its great theater for us on the presidents team. and if the long ter goes on, the better. >> do you think, jon, that adelson is being tickled in the ear or whispered in the ear or blown in the ear by the romney people saying, keep this guy gingrich in the race? >> look, i dont know. thats the strange thing about these super pacs. what do you think is going on? adelson is a smart guy. i met him once. hes very smart in a business sense. why is he backing a guy who aint going nowhere unless theres ...

Mississippi. we are going on to kansas. and thats just this week. >> it turns out gingrich is not going on to kansas. he is skipping stops to focus on tuesdays southern states. one other point. ask yourself this question. is romney getting punished because even though he is doing everyone said he had to do. win michigan, win ohio. barely, but he won it. its the competition that he is doing it against. finally the obama campaign is treating super tuesday as the day they begin their own campaign i...