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Republican side if you are at 1%. >> lindsey graham becomes the 9th gop contender. kevin, how much oxygen does he get in the room? >> look i think one of the big reasons lindsey graham is running, he has foreign policy in a field very light on that right now. i think he believes it's important for someone to get in there and force a debate on some of those issues and candidates come up with a much stronger platform. he is also from south carolina which is an early primary state. while he may not be able to win the nomination. he could figure very prominently in some of the math needed for whoe...

A mere stepping stone, a way to provide momentum leading into may and other state contests like texas." a top santorum aide telling "the hill" newspaper that winning either pennsylvania or texas is important for the campaign to go forward. "it's going to be tough to go on without pennsylvania. we must win one or both those states." suddenly it's not, we must win pennsylvania, it's, texas, pennsylvania, tomato, tomato. it's not that rick santorum needs to win pennsylvania, it will just be tough if he doesn't. >> let me ask you this question. how important is pennsylvania? is it a must-win state...

His admission that he needs to win pennsylvania, and the real possibility that he might not in fact win pennsylvania, the santorum campaign appears now to be trying to reframe the importance of the contest there. "the new york times" noting that while mr. santorum has said he must and will win pennsylvania, "his aides are now casting it as a mere stepping stone, a way to provide momentum leading into may and other state contests like texas." a top santorum aide telling "the hill" newspaper that winning either pennsylvania or texas is important for the campaign to go forward. "it's going to be ...

3-3. most notably was his victory in wisconsin which was the closest of those three contests. exit polling had romney winning here in wisconsin. the tea party voted, evangelicals and voters who describe themselves as very conservative. he hopes to harness these victories to the april 24th contest coming up. >> tonight i'm asking the good people of pennsylvania, new york, rhode island, delaware, and connecticut to join me. join me in the next step toward that destination of november 6th. when across america, we can know the promise of america has been kept. >> rick santorum has already moved on...

>> the twists and turns. and when the candidates, particularly santorum and romney, make campaign appearances today, they might be sporting just a few bruises from last night's debate in arizona. romney and santorum ripped into each other from the very start last night with attacks over health care, also federal bailouts. one of the showdown's big flash points last night was a clash over the growth of government spending. >> defense spending will not be cut under my administration. but we will go after all the means testing entitlement programs. medicaid, food stamps. all of those programs. ...