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No, it makes no sense to me either, but that is how the delegate math works out in the virgin islands. so mitt romney wins there by losing to ron paul. the other interesting result is the one out of kansas where rick santorum not only won, but he won by 30 points. 30? at the start of an election season, you look at the calendar to plan your coverage, right? there's certain dates that leap off the page. obviously iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, florida, super tuesday is a big deal. you know what the highlights are going to be. i don't think anybody in the planning of the election season ev...

I do think that newt gingrich and rick santorum came into this week expecting to win, and they certainly are the heavy favorites. romney is the underdog. but he's got good organization on the ground. he's run a good campaign. he's focused on jobs and the economy. so we feel like we've got a shot at pulling an upset. we've got a shot. >> if you get one win and, you know, and i'll ask you in a minute which state you think is a better shot for romney, mississippi or alabama and i know delegate math is a different question, but if one win gets into the romney column tonight, does that get the rema...

About the delegate math. is he talking more process than message? >> reporter: well, he has a bit of that senator time that comes out where i think people who are working on a campaign that's behind get consumed a bit about how do they get out of being in the second wave or the second tier, so you do get some of that. what i think is also stabbnding out is he is spending less time on the social issues that in some ways brought him favorable and negative attention in the last couple of weeks, focused on things like the president's health care plan that he calls obama care. trying to position hi...

Louisiana, and part of that is it puts the coverage of whatever happens in the other states in louisiana media market, local papers and television here. it puts him here looking to the next contest. his daughter elizabeth is in hawaii today, they are also voting. so he's saying that he's trying to put as much time on the ground. he does have a very packed schedule most days. doesn't have public events during the day today, but just following him on the campaign trail, he's had a lot of time in smaller venues trying to communicate the idea he's doing it the old fashioned way with less money tha...

So mitt romney wins there by losing to ron paul. the other interesting result is the one out of kansas where rick santorum not only won, but he won by 30 points. 30? at the start of an election season, you look at the calendar to plan your coverage, right? there's certain dates that leap off the page. obviously iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, florida, super tuesday is a big deal. you know what the highlights are going to be. i don't think anybody in the planning of the election season ever thought we'd be talking about the delegate math of the vote in the virgin islands or about the fact ...