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Congress. krit ma chris matthews, among those reacting to the news following along with us in washington, chris, these jobs are difficult to get. usually a member of congress will do all they can to hang on. usually patronage and the ability to assign jobs and give out committee assignments helps ensure that a speaker stays speaker, along with the party in power. an unusual move indeed. >> you know, a lot of those old favors that leaders could trade are gone right now. they've lost the ability to add those extras on to appropriations bills. they thought those were corrupt and they got rid of t...

>> that's right. this whole, i think, will be seen in maybe the beltway or first glance is a big defeat of rick santorum over mitt romney. you're absolutely right, ed. this is a big defeat of newt gingrich by rick santorum. him going down south and saying this is your whole strategy, your justification for staying in the race is you can win in places like this and i can't. look where i just beat you. i beat you in the place you're supposed to be strongest. this makes it hard to understand how newt gingrich stays in the race. you saw that with his, i think, pitiful stretch in his speech tonight...