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No. it's we went in contested in 2000 and won. that's what we got here. >> chris: so, that's a lot of explanation for the fact that we don't know, folks. we don't know what's going to happen in virginia. we don't know for hours what's going to happen in west virginia. now we added the polls closing in north carolina and ohio and we don't know there. guess what, welcome to an old fashioned election night with a space cowboys. right back to you. [ laughter ] >> bret: okay, chris. thank you. fox news has an election alert now. we can now project that mitt romney will beat president obama in south...

None of them have uniformly with any broad swath of republican voters. but remember, al, that only affects turnout. if people turn out in mississippi and alabama, it doesn't matter who of these three is the republican nominee, they are going to carry mississippi and alabama and that's been mitt romney's basic argument, on the weakest in the south, any republican, including me, will beat president obama. where is going to matters is the lack of enthusiasm ex-symmss in pennsylvania, wisconsin, ohio, it dampens republican turnout in the fall, then it is real serious problems because i think the d...

They're people who care about their party and they vet candidates and go through all their little rituals. but at the end of the day, the purpose of the exercise is to win back the white house. and right now to a lot of them, to a growing number of republicans i talk to, they're getting -- >> so a phrase i use to the distraction of all our producers, they're getting their heads around the challenge of picking a candidate who will beat jimmy -- there's a mistake. who will beat barack obama. >> exactly. >> howard, is that the way you see it? because a couple days we were thinking that ron paul i...

Joining us now bret baier the anchor of special report. jenna was asking this question last hour. elect built, what does it mean? >> reporter: that is a great question, jon it depends on who you ask and what the criteria are and the different polls. elect twho will beat president obama in the general election. there are a numbr of things this the poll that are interesting, the new washington post abc poll. 7 in 10 people are saying that republicans hear that it was more important to support a candidate that shares their views on the issue rather than one who is considered most likely to win ne...

President obviously. wants to replace barack obama. 74% of americans say this country is on the wrong track right now. in the past that has basically, i mean, numbers like that have basically automatically denied a president re-election. is that going to happen this time? >> i wrote this in my column in the "wall street journal" about this. you're right. 74% of the american people told nbc saying they think the country is going wrong direction. no president has ever been reelected. jon: suggests a shoe inn for republicans. >> no it isn't. no president has ever been reelected. consumer sent map...