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Republican than santorum is. think about mark kirk. he's more the mold of romney. they tend to be more moderate republicans who do well in illinois. think about the history of illinois governors has not been the history of far right governors. i think romney is more suited to the state than santorum. doesn't mean santorum can't win. you will be more surprised if he wins than romney. >> there's a premise if santorum got romney one-on-one, he had a chance to beat him. the premise gingrich's withdrawal or collapse would help santorum. it wasn't obviously true. there are a lot of gingrich voters. ...

Thchlt is basically one-on-one. a fair amount of gingrich supporters go to romney rather than santorum. >> in 2008, tim russert would always say barack obama would overperform by 5% in the exit polls. at the beginning of the night and going into the campaigns, we thought barack obama was going to do well and hillary would close it late in the evening. we have a similar situation here now where you get the exit polls at 5:00 and know mitt is going to underperform. here, the news is mitt is going to win by 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. can we not predict this is going to be closer tonight? >> so much of t...

He is terribly -- >> dana: can i get to the original topic? first, i think romney was joking when he said that, trying to make fun of himself. >> kimberly: it was cute. >> dana: is it what it is. the fact he wasn't supposed to be competitive in the south is something to press forward on it tomorrow. if gingrich doesn't win mississippi or alabama the pressure on him to have only won two of 28 states gets stronger. on santorum, he is right it's about the vision. i don't think he has been able to take the momentum he got out of the win that he had, closeness of some of races in ohio to be able to...

He is terribly -- >> dana: can i get to the original topic? first, i think romney was joking when he said that, trying to make fun of himself. >> kimberly: it was cute. >> dana: is it what it is. the fact he wasn't supposed to be competitive in the south is something to press forward on it tomorrow. if gingrich doesn't win mississippi or alabama the pressure on him to have only won two of 28 states gets stronger. on santorum, he is right it's about the vision. i don't think he has been able to take the momentum he got out of the win that he had, closeness of some of races in ohio to be able to...

That kind of numerical superiority that mitt romney has had against the candidates in the republican race, he's not going to have in the general election. barack obama will have superio superiority. it's going to change the nature of things. >> he has destroyed one opponent after another. then he goes into michigan and does the same thing. half the job on santorum. he's going to do the other half tonight in tennessee, oklahoma, and ohio probably while ignoring newt in georgia giving him his dignity to walk away with. but to walk away with. it's now going to be directed at him. >> it's going to...