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How do you size up what we see right now? >> first of all, everybody has all kinds of numbers they can throw at you. two things are pretty indisputable. one is is that the romney campaign's ground game is light years ahead of where john mccain's was four years ago. i also think that barack obama's is pretty far ahead of where barack obama was four years ago. so, you know, if this is an election that's going to be decided on the ground, i think at this point you give advantage obama. they've just got a deeper and broader ground operation, but i think what the romney campaign is hoping for is mo...

Manager, they are being very aggressive about this. they are not coasting to the conventions and then -- >> are you talking about women's issues? >> well, on everything, but especially on women's issues and the authenticity issues with romney. joe biden was very aggressive about that. so part of the problem for the romney operation is they are up against a campaign that is well funded and running on all cylinders very aggressively. on hispanics, on women. you saw harry reid writing an op-ed piece about hispanics and marco rubio. so there's a disadvantage right now for the republicans on hispan...

and coming film mamgers in this country. koerntd for mtv power of 12 this ch is focusing on the election. nice to have you. polls in alabama and mississippi are open in less than an hour while all eyes are on the south today. battling over the significance of the results. now, newt gingrich has put his entire strategy on the line. the southern strategy. rick santorum's camp says they're tamping down his chances and mitt romney says it's going to be doom if the fight north nomination goes to the convention. newt gingrich is leading the new poll 34rks%. mitt romney is in second place...

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." what's the latest on the fight between the front-runners. >> reporter: wolf, it's pretty clear last night's debate touched off a very personal tone in the race for the gop nomination. that's because there's a lot riding on the next several days. >> i hope you watched the debate last night. it was kind of fun. >> reporter: the morning after the debate, mitt romney had a smile on his face, swinging away at rick santorum. >> i don't know that i've ever seen a politics explain why he voted against his -- >> you're entitled to your opini...

It is a fair hit. of course a romney surrogate would say that. >> it is when you are running for president, completely fair point, anything you have said previously is fair game for discussion. the question it being an prived any a way unfair or twisted in a way that is unsnare -- unfair? he goes from being the conservative not romney to being something else that other people can define and that's probably tougher place for him to be. >> you know, row dell, your group that you work with specializes in finding thesing innets of audio and video, that's what you guys do on the democratic side. ar...