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we won a great victory tonight in our campaign to restore the promise of america and here in the heartland, you know, you'ref wisconsin. >> mitt romney did last night what most people expected him to do, captured three primaries. romney won the closest of the three races in wisconsin, where rick santorum had devoted significant time and energy. romney took 43% of the vote there, adding to his already wide lead in the delegates. he also cruised to victory in maryland, beating santorum by 20 points. and in the district of columbia, where santorum wasn't even on the ballot, romney wiped...

bigger hearts than the people of wisconsin. >> mitt romney did last night what most people expected him to do, captured three primaries. romney won the closest of the three races in wisconsin, where rick santorum had devoted significant time and energy. romney took 43% of the vote there, adding to his already wide lead in the delegates. he also cruised to victory in maryland, beating santorum by 20 points. and in the district of columbia, where santorum wasn't even on the ballot, romney wiped out the field with 70% of the vote. good morning, everyone. welcome to "morning joe." it's...

bay packers, you do not just feel confident, you act confident, and we will see romney looking like an nominee. they think that is where he is headed. they expect an uphill race against president obama. they are under no illusions, and they say they cannot wait. they think after getting the nominee, it will help him become a nominee. the more he focuses on obama, the more it marginalizes santorum and newt gingrich, and they think the momentum and a math will take care of itself. >> the polls have just closed in alabama and minnesota -- and mississippi. how can naysay it is a big -- h...

5 out of the next 6 contests. >> jon, you're a southern man, any way romney turns around the southern vote? >> he hasn't gotten above 20% anywhere yet in the base of the republican party. it's not that these states will go for obama in the fall, it'll depress the popular vote and it'll put the parts of virginia and north carolina and the panhandle, that -- parts of the swing states that are, in fact, still traditionally southern is going to depress his vote and make obama more likely to win. >> patrick gavin, covered a lot of ground. >> certainly did. thank you, patrick. >> no doubt about it, ...

ohio. >> he barely won in the all important state of ohio. >> he won the math, but lost the momentum. >> he could not deliver a knockout punch. >> the republican race far from over, folks. >> every time. >> every time. good morning. it's thursday, march the 8th. and with us on the set, we've got executive editor of random house, pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham. the list keeps -- >> do you have my tax returns? >> i heard at the "game change" premiere because i -- you know, all the kids were calling me because all the cool kids were there last night. >> i, of course, was h...