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Bill: bob cusack from "the hill", joins us out of washington. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: talk about romney first. what dawes the day or map look like for him? >> the map looks pretty good for romney because going in he had built-in advantages, massachusetts, vermont and virginia and i also think idaho. i think he is heavily favored in those states. he has those states in his pocket. if he can win ohio, whether some of these other states, whether it be alaska, he has the potential to win six, seven, possibly eight states that would be a big night. if he can win those and ...

Morning. so they will directly follow one another. i believe it will be romney first followed by newt gingrich coming up. >> also, if you're in michigan because michigan is just whisker tight right now. if you have made up your mind who you are going to vote for in the last couple of days, e-mail us and tell us who that's going to be and why you've decided to vote for either newt -- well, actually, you can't -- newt is not on the ballot in michigan. either for ron paul or mitt romney or rick santorum. let us know. >> i think it's important to know that even mitt romney's brother admits neither...

I wonder how that plays out in nebraska and the rest of the country? >> well, it's his legal and in fact to a certain degree it's double or even triple taxation when he got the money he had to pay income tax on it. i'm sure at 35% rate. then he invested it. and now he is paying taxes on again the profits of it so, yes now and you are right, some people are going to say this is the poster child for exactly what obama is talking about. unfair tax system where people who earn their money pay less than people who were investing and getting the benefits of that but, remember, this romney first had ...

Sector job creation. a lot of what this country needs at this point, he is also a former white house budget director so if president obama spends a lot of time going after republicans in congress, it doesn't hit governor daniels, >> shepard: shep mike emanuel outside by the statues, thank you. tonight will mark a first for the reporters who cover the state of the union address from the house chamber. finally reporters will be able to take smart phones and laptops into the press gallery. until tonight the press banned all electronic devices. a press director says he believes the ban traced back...

for mitt romney the expectations couldn't be higher. he's declared new hampshire front-runner and nationally as well. his business record has been turned into a target. there's intense pressure on the former massachusetts governor to post a big win. >> if we're able to win tonight, it'll be historic. it'll be the first time anyone who is not an incumbent in our party whose won iowa and new hampshire. i have my fingers crossed. it could be a big night for us. >> candy crowley is at the romney headquarters tonight. how are they handling the expectations game and how big of a windows go...