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Santorum, he's not getting out of the race, and i'd be surprised if alabama didn't lean newt's way. >> the path ahead looks good for him. swing from georgia through alabama over into mississippi to louisiana. you give him odds in any of those states. and newt gingrich last night during that 40-minute speech or whatever it was did not look like a guy ready to get out of the race. >> no, he's enjoying himself. >> and i've got to say, the guy looked, mark haleprin, newt looked like he was having a great time. he wasn't angry. he was joking. he had a couple of those classic newt moments where peop...

Matthews, you guys were here late last night. and when i saw you last around 11:00, it was looking like a really bad night for mitt romney. but boy, he brings in the win in ohio after midnight, the win in idaho, the win in alaska. he ended up having a pretty good haul -- >> no, it was not a bad night for him. but these headlines tell a story, which it is going to go on. just stop and think about rick santorum for a moment. how many of us thought one week before iowa that he would not just still be in the hunt at this stage that he would be pushing the front runner in the way that he is. that h...

Was supposed to win. newt gingrich was supposed to win georgia, the state that was huge contested state that no one knew was going to win, mitt romney won that state. and you have got to -- we can't back off now. >> he did, mark, but think about this for a second. think about this. and it's so fascinating, because santorum's people said, well, you know what? you media people have been focusing on these social issues. and it's just not been fair. the people at the end of the day focused on rick's great -- you know what they're going to say. but look where he won. he won in oklahoma, right? >> y...

Worker if you're mitt romney, but you have to be able to understand what he's going through. >> going to what kathleen parker wrote this morning. >> mark haleprin, final thoughts? >> well, i think, again, everything nicolle said makes perfect sense. he's got to find a way to do that. and that's a great opportunity too. if he finds in his heart a way to talk about inclusion and immigration, not violating his principles, it'll help him in that definition and set him up better for the general election than he is right now. >> all right. still ahead, we're going to bring in republican political co...

>> i'm surprised -- >> we like mitt personally very much. >> very much. >> but he's a hard candidate for people to embrace. >> who do you think is a better candidate mitt romney or john mccain as a political performer? >> i think on the debate stage, there is no doubt mitt romney has become much better. much better. john mccain, an incredible story, and you could really fall in love with john mccain, but i will tell you what, where i personally believe americans lock in and decide who they're going to vote for, during those debates, i actually think mitt romney going in has an advantage over b...