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To come to his defense and count on those unbound delegates to try to get him or keep him involved. >> heather: we have about a minute left, i want to ask about the gingrich factor. newt gingrich has said that he is staying in this race. he will make it to the convention. in order to keep romney from getting to that magic 1144 number, he says that's his goal. could he get in the way of romney's getting the much needed number of super delegates, the gingrich factor? >> it's an -- there is an interesting rnc rule that if newt gingrich can -- the only way he can get to the convention is if he pla...

The arms of those handful of rnc super delegates. somehow overperform in the state conventions that are going to be more conservative than the primary electives themselves. we were gaming out the system. if the demographics don't lie here, right, and they trade states and santorum wins a wisconsin win in indiana, win in oregon, places where there are evangelical places to perform. he can't beat romney in a connecticut, new york or california. don't forget texas. put it together and we have romney coming up just short. not by much. like i said, twist an arm here or there. they say -- the state ...

Republicans do have the equivalent of super delegates. >> thank you for your time this evening. still ahead, disturbing new questions about the soldier accused in that horrific shooting rampage in afganistan. what happened to staff sergeant robert bales. we'll talk to his boyhood friend next. ♪ [ kareem ] i was fascinated by balsa wood airplanes since i was a kid.

And even though rick santorum won mississippi last night, even though he won the popular vote there, barbour boosted romney to 13 delegates because he is a super delegate. his vote is one delegate. that made it a tie. they have two more super delegates, he will have eeked out a win in delegates despite losing the vote and counties. the same was true elsewhere last night as well. in terms of how many delegates were awarded, mitt romney won more than rick santorum did. chuck todd counted 42 delegates for romney, 38 for santorum. that means romney won the night or part of the night he needed to w...

Something would seem obama unelectable and delegates could leave them. can there be a late term switch in delegates if they see mitt romney as not enough strong enough candidate or something comes out about him? >> there will be some actually quite a few delegates, i believe in the republican system who are technically unbound at various stages in the process, in particular in the caucus states. and then you do have super delegates also. >> and the super delegates are they enough to sway it or the type of leads romney is racking up can he actually -- can they move it if they go in one directio...