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Former governor haley barbour and the national committeeman for the mississippi republican party. 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 miade 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 delegat...

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 direction or there is just not enough of them to affect it at that level? >> it is somewhat different. we had roughly 850 super delegates and they are looking at a little over 100, so of course we had twice as many delegates, but still, proportionally...

Represent in the party in the presidential election, that's one tradition. the other great tradition, the bar. not this bar specifically. this is an i-stock photo. a far not so dissimilar to this one all the way around the world in american samoa combining with america's great tradition of the caucuses. tonight, in american samoa, which is way, way out there, about 50 republicans total are expected to caucus in a bar that's called the toa bar and grill. they'll be selecting six delegates to send to the republican national convention. six delegates picked at tonight's caucus will join three loc...

states. he says he's staying in. now the questions are can santorum find a path to challenge romney? it would be easier if gingrich gets out. the math, the rules, the history. everything tells you it's still romney over the long hall into may and june. but you know what? our politics have been outside the rules. we elected our first african-american president. the tea party movement came out of nowhere. so let's watch. santorum's going to puerto rico. then we have a big primary in illinois. back to the midwest where if you look at the demographics, should be a romney state. >> puerto...

>> let me tell you, i believe the republican party has done a good job in reaching out to the hispanic community, however we need to do more. it is not about the faces that actually are going to be seen in our ticket in november. it's about the values that will be behind those faces. the hispanic community share many values with the republican party. we have to stress those rarlz f regardless of who appears on our ticket. >> do you like the idea of a vice presidential ticket? >> i love my job and i want to stay here if i can and i enjoy what i'm doing. i look forward to another four ...