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A lot of experts believe the key contests could allow one of the candidates to wrack up hundreds of delegates and wrap this thing up including karl rove. >> once somebody begins to win most of the contests and delegates then there gets to be a national momentum as people say you know what? he is doing the best job of convincing me, i'm for him. >> shep, right now romney is leading the delegate rate. >> right. and on this idea of a new candidate jumping into the fray, that would be a very difficult thing, this late in the game. and especially at the convention itself, right? >> several challeng...

They only care about delegates. they even say they won colorado and minnesota because they think they got the most delegates there. doesn't matter what the polls said. the ron paul campaign doesn't necessarily care about poll results at all. but you know what? the country cares about this stuff. because this stuff has an effect on the narrative of the race. coming into maine, mitt romney lost three state contests including missouri which was ridiculous and didn't mean anything. but even that one helped shape the narrative that mitt romney was losing, losing and losing again. three in a row to ...

Said. the ron paul campaign doesn't necessarily care about poll results at all. but you know what? the country cares about this stuff. because this stuff has an effect on the narrative of the race. coming into maine, mitt romney lost three state contests including missouri which was ridiculous and didn't mean anything. but even that one helped shape the narrative that mitt romney was losing, losing and losing again. three in a row to rick santorum. and after losing three in a row to rick santorum, if mitt romney lost the next one in maine to ron paul, that is a national narrative that really i...

They even say they won colorado and minnesota because they think they got the most delegates there. doesn't matter what the polls said. the ron paul campaign doesn't necessarily care about poll results at all. but you know what? the country cares about this stuff. because this stuff has an effect on the narrative of the race. coming into maine, mitt romney lost three state contests including missouri which was ridiculous and didn't mean anything. but even that one helped shape the narrative that mitt romney was losing, losing and losing again. three in a row to rick santorum. and after losing ...

>> congress needs to pass an extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance without drama and without delay and without needs to pass this without drama and delay and without linking it to some other ideological side issues. we've been through this before, remember? we've seen this movie. we don't need to see it again. the time for self-inflicted wounds to our economy has to be over. >> let's go straight to cnn congressional correspondent kate bouldan. kate, this is a surprising turn-around. what are you hearing there? what made them decide to make this move? >> jessica ...