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Those two different scenarios lend two different political relates. one is the republic candidates keep fighting with each other and leave each other battered and bruised as they have been over the last few weeks. the other is mitt romney gets the 200 to 215, maybe 220 delegates he is hoping to gather tonight to get over that 400 threshold and then he starts focusing singularly on barack obama. i'm guessing the republic establishment would prefer the latter. >> chris: yeah. but he can focus on barack obama but if santorum and gingrich are still in the race and they are focusing on mitt romney ...

About delegates. even if you are getting beat up in a bunch of places if you have got the lead in delegates in the end that's what they count at the end in the convention. the other thing it seems to me romney can say is, you know, all the states aren't the same. one could make the argument that oklahoma, tennessee, those are going to go to the republic nominee, whoever they are. observed, florida, -- on the other hand, florida, ohio, virginia, those are key states. those are states very much in play. those are all states that barack obama won in 2008 and it's going to be awfully important for...

>> well, i mean that certainly is the question and clearly he has not made the sale yet. we can say from the exit polls that what we have seen in michigan, what we have seen in a bunch of these states continues to hold true. what we saw in florida. what we saw in south carolina, very conservative, strong tea party supporters. people for whom religious values are very important. they are not crazy about mitt romney. he loses that vote to, in one case gingrich. another case santorum. maybe here to paul. i mean, he has not been able to make the sale. the romney people would say okay, maybe it's t...

Alternatives looking for that conservative vote which is pronounced, it's out there, and hasn't been persuaded by romney's candidacy yet. >> shepard: it certainly hasn't. carl, stay with us if you would. i want to bring in chris wallace on your local fox station. chris a couple of things, first of all the republicans, the establishment at least would very much like to have the republic candidates stop beating each other up and, to that end, they would need somebody to get out tonight with newt gingrich winning in georgia as the fox news decision desk has already called, and then the very real ...

Only one with romney here. the fact is he may have been helped by gingrich and santorum supporters who didn't have a choice on the ballot. they don't allow for wright -- write ins here. >> shepard: nine minutes until the polls are closing in the state of ohio. very tight race between rick santorum and mitt romney. santorum had been doing very well there lost some momentum in the last few days, maybe week or so. carl cammeron ohio is a state if you are a republic, you have got to have it. >> ha ha. i will tell you what, in all the states that we have been to this year and in years past. ohio go...