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May be changing? >> oh, that's changing. he can refuse nothing, basically. he has to show he's a game bird and willing to see this out. but that being said, caucus is caucus, election is election. on the 28th, if newt gingrich and mitt romney don't do big numbers and rick santorum finds a way to do this, it's a really big deal fhe can take the momentum out of this. but the if i'm thought is on the 28th, when two states vote in real elections with real voters, not a caucus -- >> arizona and michigan. >> arizona and michigan and super tuesday and the week after that in alabama, this game is real...

May be changing? >> oh, that's changing. he can refuse nothing, basically. he has to show he's a game bird and willing to see this out. but that being said, caucus is caucus, election is election. on the 28th, if newt gingrich and mitt romney don't do big numbers and rick santorum finds a way to do this, it's a really big deal fhe can take the momentum out of this. but the if i'm thought is on the 28th, when two states vote in real elections with real voters, not a caucus -- >> arizona and michigan. >> arizona and michigan and super tuesday and the week after that in alabama, this game is real...

>> welcome bab, a huge night for senator rick santorum, a big night, hearing from the colorado caucus g.o.p. chairman saying he will win officially with 42.2% of the vote and 34.94% for mitt romney. you can see the boards. he also won in minnesota, won big -- let's take the next board for minnesota. there you see 45%-27%. for ron paul and then in missouri, another big win for rick santorum, in that primary, non-binding primary there, but a huge spread of 20 points. let's check in in minnesota with mike tobin one last time. final thoughts, mike? thanks for sticking around. >> reporter: my pleas...

He performs tonight, compared to where he performed in 2008? i mean, you are talking about a 25%, roughly, difference? >> well -- >> i mean, it was a different electorate, it was a different election, it was a different mitt romney. but this is a much different result. >> this is -- right. this is a most unusual kind of result as governor romney might say. look, the takeaway for me in colorado, these are activists, a small turnout affair, but these are the beating heart of the republican party. these are the people who will get out and go out in the cold and go in the snow, even if the weather...

People didn't really have a gauge to tell what they should expect f. he in fact goes on to win, as it sounds like he's going to, in colorado, in a state that mitt romney won with 60% of the vote in 2008, to john mccain's 18%. that's an unbelievable turnaround in the space of four years. if you look at where rick santorum came from to go back to the question that you asked just a moment ago, i think one of the reasons he was counted out early was because of this 18-point loss in 2006. you know, when he lost to bob casey and it was not a good showing and people thought: why would you even run fo...