banked a lot of early vote in arizona. and in florida.. i think the expectation right now is for santorum to win. newt gingrich third. i think it to be somewhat bunched up. there might be a bit between second and third. it of the [unintelligible] important for romney to do well. it to do more important for santorum to do well. ohio and tennessee are the game. but santorum liz's ohio, he has to win tennessee. if met ronnie went ohio and tennessee, -- if mitt romney it wins ohio and tennessee, there is a perception that it is over. what is new to bring their each region what is the newt gingrich argument that >?

>> today might not be as big as some previous super tuesday. it is huge in deciding who is the republican nominee. we will have a much clearer portrait tomorrow morning at the state of this race. i think we're going to have a clear indication whether we're talking about three more weeks or three more months. >> that is right. >> it is not aid o'clock p.m. eastern. we say eastern because this is being broadcast on c-span. it is an important hour. we're seeing polls closing in massachusetts. half of tennessee is now resolved. the rest is still resolving. romney has been declared the winner in massachusetts. we want to welcome our audience from coast to coast.

>> s uper pac tuesday is certainly a factor. we will not see tennessee for another hour. ohio is on pins and needles. we have a question from one of our twitter followers. >> if you could let us know if you are watching this on c-span. we would be curious to get some of the c-span viewers. >> can wreck santorum wi -- rick santorum win? >> we're going to find out. i have been sitting here. they do not know everything. my guess would be no. this is important. he want to make an argument.

i think mitt romney is the likely nominee whether it is three weeks or three months. tonight will be hard for anyone to overtake him. if rick santorum want to maintain the idea that he is a conservative alternative, he has to show that he can win women and moderate voters. he has to move beyond the comfort zone of very conservative and if he party voters. >> that is importatnnt, the math. there's not going to be a white knight running into the race for those that do not like the field. mitch daniels is not coming in. at the end of the day, it is a delicate fight. if people read the coverage, when you get to the point where people are battling it out, everybody started wringing their hands. that will change.

people will start to rally around mitt romney coming out of today. it is the math. you can only have so many delegates. he is still well positioned. he has something that all of us want to have that unique in politics. you have money. -- that you need to have in politics. you have money. >> mitt romney is the only candidates who kicked in money to his own campaign in a meaningful way. neither newt gingrich or rick santorum is incredibly wealthy. newt gingrich has had a steady paycheck for a while. rick santorum only seven making money in the past couple of years. he is dipping into his savings. called president obama is not for college savings.

>> he kept saying i am doing this on a shoestring budget. he said we're dipping into our savings and we will do so because the country is worth it. he harped on the ultimate goal. >> no question. it is a pragmatic reality. they will have to at some point think about their future. it could start to have diminishing returns. >> let's go to mike allen who has been checking out the development. we want to get a preview here. >> it is very -- the staff is very encouraging to the romney campaign they knew that they would do well among voters. they knew they would do well among voters that cared about

the speed. the one among pro-life voters. that is an early sign that different parties are starting to come together for mitt romney. when governor romney goes out and speak, we will hear him making a plea for unity, the first time he has done that. he's not going after his republican opponent anymore. we're going to see governor romney more focused on president obama. he is going to talk about a faltering economy and a failed presidency. he is going to say to the millions of americans to look around and do not have jobs and have bills to pay, i have a message. you have not failed. this president has failed you. he will hit obama for several paragraphs. in 2012, he will be out of office. the most notable part of the

speech, the real news in this speech is not that he has been hitting obama. he is bent on that all along. it is at the end. he begins to in a classy way to make this argument for republicans to come together. there will be good days and bad days. always long hours. never enough time. on november 6, we will stand united. he is making the argument that tomorrow his campaign will make it much more critical. >> he is going to do this after spending gobs of money ripping apart every single opponent to is ever had a heartbeat against them. he has used most of his pennies on negative ads. republicans felt they were crossing the line with how-he

was in each and every state. tomorrow he will be mr. united and he will be the one who is only talking about obama. we should be honest about how he has handled the campaign today. he is going to play into the short attention span. he will able to predict he'll be able to unify the party. >> -- we will see if he's able to unify the party. >> we have talked about how this is a survivor campaign. it was built to outlast and out attack the other ones. people come out of the background. they have been peerless at going at the throats -- fearless of going at the third of other candidates. they were not going to make

this. if they went hard after santorum. you are right. they didn't buy out attacking the other ones. they say we will do the same thing to obama. they like sending out a message to barack obama. >> caffeine, mike allen. >> you know it is a super tuesday when a political world headquarters we do not is have pizza, but we have peaked and lasagna for everyone. >> generosity. >> she is an ohio with the santorum campaign. one is reporting that he has won oklahoma. are you seeing any excitement? >> i do not know if you can see behind me.

they announced that fox news has predicted that rick santorum will when oklahoma. the state went crazy. they are filling very excited about rick santorum's chances. everyone is feeling pretty happy tonight. >> is the one key to success? oklahoma was one of those states that he targeted. why do you think he did so well there? >> rick santorum was smart about targeting the two major boating areas of oklahoma. he is a middle america's social conservative. they said they respected his values. they felt confident that they did not have to return back.

>> what is it like these days covering santorum? this is still as likable as he was? >> it is never a dull moment. he might not have an availability, that is that something he does often. he put a microphone on him after question, there is a rare opportunity. it we have a unique experience. we all caravan. it is an incredibly fascinating experience. >> you should pile into the romney cadillacs. >> thank you so much. he called oklahoma ground zero. he knew that this was the place where he could tap into that

conservative group if the get another win aside. that is a good place for him. >> it is an easy place for him to win. he has to show that he can win a state that does not dominated by social conservatives. if his numbers are bad again, it is bad news. >> in the meantime, i'm looking at my gadget here. they disposed is something about the exit polls in ohio. he did not make it with those groups we are talking about. he did not do well with people who favored electability issues. romney did better with higher income earners. this is broken down the way we have seen other states breakdown. that is why of the iran were to

win tennessee it to be a huge thing. >> gender are you on their? you there?, are to do say newt gingrich will become not speaking to supporters soon? it seems to be able to set the tone of the nine people. talk about his strategy going forward. absolutely. he likes to come out. we are likely to see him tonight talking while he is still up. go ahead and give a victory speech. his campaign is telling me that

it disclose. they think they're able to ride that enthusiasm more. >> to come back and actually do this. newt gingrich joked that someone like him to the character in a movie. he's the only one in the room dead.t nnot know he was we will see a question for you. this is a direct shot out. your petitioning the week of this response. they are wondering that. >> that is right. if ron paul has any chance, that is the question. >> he does.

i am a bit fuzzy on which days are binding are not binding. they go out and they do this later. they had a chance to pick up a few. wyoming already voted. >> we had a straw poll that r.d. 1. >-- already one. >> it is going to be doing the obama playbook. mitt romney's campaign has a much more legitimate claim. tonight is the night where ron paul has to win a state. if he does not, why are we still talking about 10? >> us talk about ron paul's son.

it is clear what we are looking at is an effort to to take a legacy and handed off to his son. he is very careful and aligning himself with mitt romney. he can get his son something to run on. i think he will be a very serious contender in 2016 because this movement is real. it is passionate. any other candidates would kill for the passion of a ron paul. >> there is no question about that. there is clearly some kind of correlation there. ron paul has defined the role. he is also driven the conversation. he introduced the conversation about the fed. he is playing a role in the discussion in a way he did not

in 2008. he is also played an interesting role of late been essentially body blocking mitt romney from some of the blows from his rival. he has run negative ads. he started throwing in some criticism the last couple of days. that has not been his amocmo. >> i think you're definitely seeing a wink and a nod. >> there is some good exit poll data that we can chew on. there some areas were santorum has done well in ohio. santorum with 52% of the vote. born-again evangelical christians which are 45% of the total electorate, 47% backed

santorum. there is no doubt that if you're not making a lot of money you're probably not going with romney. if you're passionate about your faith, you're not going with romney. that is a problem. they need this unity. the campaign wants people to start talking about this. they would get a buildup of coverage. they need to do something to get social conservatives to do this. >> there are very few things that met romney can do at this point to reach out to social conservatives that would not be seen as a total pander. now he has under pandered this time.

one thing that i will say, i talked about this. there is a perception. mitt romney has benefited from having states with high mormon populations like nevada. we talked about this. there is a sense that there remain some leaners -- lingering biases against mormons. this is not going to be an ongoing issue. this is a key portion of the republican base. this will be an interest of how you turn it out. >> a lot of people like to ignore or pretend it does not reality. i spoke with someone very well educated in the past week, very successful, very reasonable. there is still such a concern about the mormon issue that the voters said i just would not

vote for him. there's a fear that there be some sort of pressure that were he to win the white house that it would be said again enough to affect policy. there is a legitimate fear -- that it would be significant enough to affect policy. there is a legitimate fear. >> there was a woman who couple of us interviewed in florida at an evangelical stop that newt gingrich made. she went on about people will not vote for a mormon. then she said they will never tell you that that is why. it is very hard to measure that. it is very real. first-inning it is not there is a mistake. >> there is still so much decision making to be done.

we're so used to falling every nuance of the race. some voters have just now started to pay attention. they're especially struck by rick santorum. they did not know much about him. they started to hear his comments. these comments and people were appalled to know that this is the way rick santorum stance. i am not saying they are right or wrong. we are already in mid march and people are just up figuring out how they feel. >> if i had a dollar for every time i had to erase "i want to throw up" from a lead i would be a rich man. we have david in our newsroom. he is a unique creature in reporting in that he is a master of understanding campaign finance.

he studies the numbers. he studies where they raise it from pier 8 take us through the numbers. how much comes from super packs? , it matters? >> it is a field that allows you to go forward. this has been benefiting met romney more so than anyone. you have to be a good candidates. if he had more cash than the other guy, you have that fire to beat back newt gingrich as he is surging forward, to beat back a major challenge from rick santorum when he went a couple of states in midwamidwest. the super pak is raising more than any others. it has really put him in rarefy

territory. it is due in large part to this. >> give us an editorial to super paks. why are they legal? why has there been such a proliferation of them? >> there are college lectures on this. i will go back to 2010. two federal court cases allowed an advent of a new campaign finance regime. they can raise and spend unlimited sums of money. thickens th-- they can spend it whenever they want to. the rule is that there are no rules. they have come about. they're often run by former surrogate of the candidates they're now supporting. they have been able to take tens of millions of dollars and there

that money directly in support of the candidates they prefer to support or restore our future. the throw a whole bunch of black up against newt gingrich and rick santorum, it tends to millions of dollars going in- anti-advertisement that has romney ink thmitt shielded him from the challenges. herman cain, michele bachmann, all the way back to last year with rick perry. >> to be clear, this is not just a republican phenomenon. barack obama said he would never ever would use a super pak. he said that until he one needed one. now democrats have them. they have been blessed by the

president. they seem to be struggling. is it because democrats and not have as many willing donors? >> january of this year, the priority of the super pac that is supporting barack obama was not even able to raise $59,000. we're not even talking about millions. what happened tax barack obama says i do not like them. i do not like the whole idea. i think this whole system stinks. in order to be competitive, i cannot disarm. i will give my blessing to the super pac that is supporting me. the money starts rolling in. mahrer donate the money

right up the bat. he says it is ok. there are folks on the left to have a whole lot of money and are willing to give it to barack obama to support him against a republican candidates. >> all right. you talked about the super pacs. we know it is significant. so far we're seeing this tonight. i know you love hearing from people on where they are getting the exciting news. we are hearing from people. can this happen on election day? our international audience is turning in.

this is wonderful coverage as always. >> i'm not going to get into the details. >> which did not -- we cannot get any more americana than boise, idaho. we tend to forget about it. idaho has more delegates to offer than nevada, which is very heavily paid attention, new hampshire and ohio. we're seeing a battle out there. james, you there? >> i am here. >> are you driving? >> no. i am across the street from the taco bell arena in boise. all the republicans in the

county are coming to the stadium to caucus. this year has been beset by problems. everywhere that has had them with the exception of minnesota has had problems. i would declare the wrong when winner,, . maine reviews got caught in spam filters. traditionally idaho has done a primary. the wanted to be relevant. they wanted the candidates to come. they scheduled a caucus on super tuesday. tonight for the first time, people from idaho are learning how to do this. there are some very quirky roles. there is essentially a runoff. you keep going through rounds with the process of elimination and the wonders to candidates are left.

this is his morning summary of what is happening in politics. it comes up early in the morning. if you go to politico.com you can sign up for its. it will be delivered via e-mail. their other products people find very essential. is there any chance whatsoever that ron paul is out of the race, that is not in it all the way to the convention? >> there is a possibility if it becomes clear that it secured a deal with the delegates. last summer asked him what in idaho. he said he would figure out until there is certainty that someone has 44 delegates. he said there is no way to know because delegates are not bound

in committed. he has been increasingly willing to of the knowledge that he is not going to be the nominee. he definitely has his sights set on his son who he wants to put in a position to be a real power broker in the future. . if romney becomes the inevitable nominee, i do not think that ron paul will want to cause the huge problems within the gop. >> we're going back to the rverse. of bir bust out not going to 25 languages? >> you will like this. watching political life on my laptop in bed from dublin, ireland. it is late here. >> we will do our best.

i joke that we are intergalactic. >> you are finding out real time that we truly are. >> there is a stigma of again mormon population in idaho. we did a significant -- a significant mormon population in idaho. let's say romney went ohio. let's say are the has vermont, a massachusetts, virginia. perhaps he takes idaho as well. he get some delegates out of georgia. the headline tomorrow morning, is it a dominant when? >> john harris is in his office. what he does is he helps think through the analysis, entering or questions, how will reporters

interpret this for our readers? >> i feel like i am right with you. >> what is the analysis on this race given that it looks like it is going to be a good night for mitt romney? >> it all depends on ohio. it tends break in ohio, his late momentum is going to carry him over to a victory. then i think there is going to be a strong instinct. i would support this to cut through this. there will be people that say that newt gingrich won georgia so he is viable. this race is not over. i think you need to cut through it. as a practical matter, it mitt

romney comes out with a big lead in delegates, it will happen. a victory in ohio which we think is on the way, but we should wait until we see the final results. if that happens, he is the all but certain nominee. i do think we should cut to the chase. reporters have something called the "to be sure" draft incase you end of being wrong. all kinds of things could happen. to be sure something that happened. he could be hit by an asteroid. he could have some kind of unexpected setback. the bottom line is that mitt romney is effectively the nominee in waiting if he comes out of this night. correct do you think santorum and gingrich will probably have

an analysis and sharpened their attacks on romney? >> it is possible if they are running for some other motive. occasionally you do see it can it do that. they are running for the race next time. that might be the case with rick santorum. they are running to guarantee that they get a prime-time speech. they are embraced as leaders. they will the readiner, have to back off the attacks. there will be a real backlash among contributors. there is a price to be paid. >> it is between 1008200

delegates. he is on the way to that. this could be extended for a couple of reasons. because so many states are warning their delegates about the measures, they can lose a lot of state. they could still declare a reason to keep going. it is not unthinkable that in june we still have a couple of candidates in this race. >> it is not at all unthinkable. what is not unthinkable is what the path of victory is for brick santorum or newt gingrich or ron paul it the night continues to break as it has so far. it is not that they cannot stay in the race. it is not that they cannot _ met ronnie's weaknesses. it has been done tonight.

we have a spotlight. we can do all these things. what is the path to the nomination? >> we will check back in with you. we will be back here in a couple of seconds. we have mitt romney the declared winner in massachusetts and vermont and in virginia. then we have newt gingrich winning in georgia. this is to bring everybody in that are joining us. it is being aired locally in dc. it is being aired on politico.com. for the first time, we have a c- span audience including several

overseas folks that have been commenting on twitter. the route the evening we will be going to reporters only. >> this is the node talking heads film. -- head zone. >> throughout the night to be taking you behind the scenes. and what we're hearing in the newsroom. how is political processing this. how is the media going to cover its? we saw this and the last week with rush limbaugh becoming the dominant figure in this race because of an unfortunate comment that he now regrets. >> this is a race that has never been covered so closely.

you have every other measure that you can get. when we have an issue like the rush limbaugh one, we will go back. we have a misstep like that, all the candidates are instantly put under the klieg lights and ask how do you feel about that? they have to have a response. it better be a good one. if they are going to a limas some, it can be detrimental. momentum is one thing. perception is another. correct people forget that switzer was a baby in 2008. iphone was an infant. now the bulk of people on any given day is getting their information through an iphone or twitter. candidates do not know how to deal with it.

after new gingrich talks, you somehow want to revisit this effective change and how we think it will affect the campaign. we are fascinated by it. >> you have more on this. the associated press projects that mitt romney has won the primary in virginia, vt., and massachusetts. newt gingrich is speaking tonight in georgia. >> thank you for that warm

welcome. it is great to be back in atlanta. what an exciting evening. we are so proud of our many volunteers who have worked diligently here and throughout the state of georgia. thank you from the bottom of our hearts. you have made this evening possible. we are very grateful. we have to really enjoyed being bac in georgia throughout this campaign and are humbled by your overwhelming support. thank you. newt and i are engaged in in race because we believe america is at a crossroads and cared deeply about the future of our country. there are only a few months left before the most important election of a lifetime. our only opponent is a barack obama. we are committed to removing him from the white house.

[cheers and applause] this campaign is far from over. tomorrow we will bring another chapter in the race to the nomination. newt is the only candidates with the experience and knowledge necessary to reveal the america we love. he has a successful national record of creating jobs, balancing be but it, and reforming the government. today we need a leader with bold solutions to create a better future for all americans. i believe that leader is my husband.

please a welcome former speaker of the house and the next president of the united states.

>> this is amazing. i held the analysts in washington and new york who spent june and july explaining our campaign was dead will watch this tonight and learn a little bit from this crowd and from this place. we survived the national effort to kill us in the summer because of you. people who said we are not going to allow the elite to decide who we are allowed to nominate. with your help thousands and thousands of people came to new

the twod we survive most vocal months in a career that goes back to august 1958. june and july were really hard. they had decided that the gingrich presidency was so frightening that they had to kill its early. the u.n. not let them do it. with your helps -- you would not let them do it. with your help and big ideas, and clear communications, by december i was the front-runner by 15 points.

you believed in the power of ideas in that people can make a difference. wall street's money can be beaten by mainstream work. they did reduce my support from 46% 214% in three weeks. the media said this is over finally. at the very depths of the establishment's rejecting it, thousands of more people came and signed up. the result was that we won a

historic victory. it is extraordinary. tonight we will have a number of the people from south carolina who were here and help us celebrate this victory. at that point, the forces of theystreet figure oud out were in real trouble. they said we have to destroy gingrich. one even said we have to is this a rate him. i felt that was a fairly strong word in a republican primary. i would expect obama's people to do that. i thought it was a tad much spinning my entire career building the republican party. they piled on freeways and

negativity. when we won, the boat went up. vote wen up.. -- went up. some mr. santorum did something clever. he went to three state nobody else was in and he won them. the news media suddenly said now we have the person who's going to be the non-romney.

i would say for the performance they get outta me they're the most underpaid debate coaches in america. member when it was tim plenty that was going to crummy addax -- tim pawlenty that was going to beat me? i am a tortoise.

i think this is how i want to live and do things. i said at the peak of the santorum surge if i cannot carry my home state for people know me i will have no credibility. street and the to comment. it is a total lie. this is what we're up against. it is one thing to have a lot of money. is nothing to live. i said let's go home and tested out. i have to say they did a tremendous job and worked very

hard. terming mccain stepped up to the plate in march very hard. lin made phone calls. we basically put people power against money power. as you saw, at the very first race they called tonight about 15 seconds after the polls closed and so i am here first of all to say thank you to each and every one of you. you are the reason we survived

every effort of the establishment to stop this. being here at the waverly brings back many memories. in in 1994, this is where we learned that for the first time in 40 years there would be a republican speaker of the house. all the elliotts thought we were crazy. we ran a positive campaign. we did all the -- all the elites

thought we were crazy. we ran a positive campaign. we did not spend our time and lots and lots of negative ads. we spend our time communicating hope to the american people. the result was the largest one party increase in american history. the american people want a chance to have hope again. tomorrow will bring another chapter in the race to the nominations. it is a chapter in the fight for the soul of the republican party peer it is a chapter for the very nature of america. it is a chapter defining who we are as a people. let me be very clear. i believe that i'm the one candidates who has the ability

to debate barack obama decisively. i do not believe the romney technique of outspending your opponent with negative ads will work against barack obama. you cannot follow that strategy. you have to have somebody knows what they believe, understands how to articulate its of a customer all the media, offsets the bias of the elite media who

had the guts to take on the president every single time he is wrong. >> where is your teleprompter? >> we run a very frugal campaign and we could not afford one. i have already promised that if the president will agree to 73 our debates in the lincoln douglas tradition he can use a teleprompter if he wants to. i will get to that in just a second. i want you to know that in the

morning we're going on to alabama. we are going on to mississippi. we are going on to kansas. that is just this week. an hon still this afternoon -- we aretsville, starting up this afternoon. if you compose something as simple as new = $2.50 a gallon under facebook. we run a very straightforward campaign. i want to give you one example of how profoundly different we are from the other candidates and the president. i would love to debate this president about.

that is one that a number of your holding signs for. i want us to have an american energy policy so no president will ever again bowed to a saudi king -- bow to a saudi king. the president was right the other day. please so nervous about gasoline prices and energy. i thought today in one of the most shallow and self-serving comments by president in a long time, he said i'm really worried

about higher gas prices because it will make it harder for me to get reelected. i did not make this up. it is nice to know that the president has managed to take the pain of the american people and turned it into his own personal problem. the fact is i would love to debate this present. when you read the speeches, and they are so does lusciously info here. strategy one is drilling. the strategy number two is drilling. this strategy 3 is a drilling. mr. president, this is one of

the rare occasions where i can say you are right. the president said we have to be practical. then he offered his practical solution. does anyone remember what it was? housing. as gas prices keep going up, one of our campaign techniques should be having people go to the gas stations with a jar og f algae and say would you

rather have the been reached solution of the drilling more oil are would you like to put this in your gas tank? i am surprised soured nightlife has not taken the speech and turned it -- saturday night live does not take in the speech and turned it into a skid. did the president explains how he had this great breakthrough of national gas. that we now have over 100 year'' supply of natural gas. createt we're going to 600,000 new jobs in the next decade. i am still waiting for one of their reporters to come out of their comatose re-elect obama stance and ask the following question. how does the president think we discovered the natural gas? of course, the answer is --

>> "drilling" >> i give up the proposal to make sure there could be better future in practical terms. i propose to dollars and 50 cents a gallon. >> my daughter was off campaigning with herman cain, and she came back and said maybe we should change that, maybe it should be 2.4999. [laughter] and to his credit, herman said, no, that will not work as a marketing device. stick with 2.50. so i picked $2.50 and i picked it by asking the oil experts what's a price in which you would have continuing

expiration? because my goal is to have energy independence, so we are free of the middle east. [cheers and applause] when the iranians practice closing the straits of hormuz through which one out of every five barrels of oil flow, the short-term answer is the u.s. navy and the u.s. air force and the ultimatum, that closing the straits would be an act of war and their government would cease to exist. [cheers and applause] but the long-term solution is to create american energy independence so we could say to china, india and europe, you have a problem in the straits of hormuz. we hope you can solve it, but we're not in charge of it.

[cheers and applause] now, the fact is that $2.50 is attainable. governor romney came to town the other day and said i was pandering by picking that. and i just want to explain to the governor, no, this is called leading. [cheers and applause] ladiers create large goals. leaders create a vision of a better future. leaders arouse the american people to go out and do great things. leaders believe the american people could easily achieve energy independence if the government got out of the way. [cheers and applause]

so if your friends are asking why we emphasize $250, first of all tell them to go to newt.org. we have there an entire 30-minute speech which outlines why it is doable and practical. i wrote a book back in 2008. we did a movie called "we have the power." this is clearly doable. but in addition, points out three numbers to them. the price of gasoline when i was speaker was $1 foin 13. -- 1 .13. the price of gasoline when barack obama became president was $1.89. all of this gigantic increase came from his policies. finally, if you remember the natural gas story the president is so proud of, we have now developed so much natural gas, that supply is outrunning demand and the price has fallen

from $7.97 to around $2.86. translate that as a percentage decline -- and this is, by the way, with an 11% increase in production. they haven't doubled it. they haven't even gotten to 25% yet. but an 11% increase in production suddenly changed the quol equation of supply and demand. now, if you had the same experience with oil, you would end up at $1.13, what it was when i was a speaker. so $2.50 is a practical, cautious, doable number, and my goal over the next few weeks is to drive home to every american, we don't have to be trapped in a department of anti-energy, we don't have to be trapped with an e.p.a. which destroys jobs. we don't have to be trapped with a president who refuses to build the keystone pipeline, refuses to reopen the gulf, refuses to develop alaska.

[cheers and applause] with your help we'll get enough people to sign up. we have 103,000 donors already. 95% of them give less than $250. we have a place where you can come in and give one newt gallon, that's $2.50. if you get excited, you can give 10 newt gallons. that's $25. with your help we're going to go on to tampa and win the nomination. [cheers and applause] thank you, good luck, and god bless you. [cheers and applause]

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>> good evening and welcome to c-span's continuing coverage of super tuesday night 2012. you're watching newt gingrich work the crowd in his home state of georgia after winning the primary there. we are getting word that rick santorum will be out in just a couple of minutes for his speech to his supporters. rick santorum is so far projected to win in both oklahoma and tennessee, and everyone's waiting for the results from the state of ohio. polls close there at 7:30. mitt romney picked up wins in massachusetts, his home state, vermont and virginia, and we're going to be opening up our phone lines for your reactions to what the night looks like so far. we've got our lines divided by which candidate you support. romney supporters, 202--737-0001, santorum,

37-0-0002, and if you support ron paul, your number, 202 pn 628-0184. we're going to begin with a supporter of senator santorum, david, who's calling us from tulsa. david, you're on. looks like smor santorum has done welt in your home state. what do you think the key was? caller: well, in the past couple of days here there were ads on the radio. jim dobson endorsed him and i think that might have had something to do with him. host: you think he's going to win the nomination? caller: well, i would hope so, but if he doesn't, at least maybe he'll get some attention in the platform. host: what issues are most important to you, david? caller: well, the thing that spated it today was not economic, it was social issues. host: and are you thinking that this campaign and the candidates are talking about

the right things for you this year? caller: yes. they're giving adequate lip service, you might say, to each view. host: who did you vote for in the last election? caller: last election i voted for mccain but in the last primary i voted for thompson. host: thanks for calling. don is calling from phoenix. he's won in his home state, don, how do you think he'll do the rest of the evening? caller: it's not phoenix, arizona, it's phoenix, alabama. but i'm a newt gingrich supporter. host: why are you supporting speaker gingrich? >> well, i just think he's a super guy. i think he's a -- trusting. i think he would lead our

country in the right direction. i believe he would take care of our troops and not put them in harm's way, like some of these other clowns like to do. but he would solve the issues that need to be solved. i believe he's get the economy, i believe he'd get american jobs back here. i just believe he can turn this country around. host: did you just listen to the speaker's remarks? caller: excuse me? host: did you just watch his speech live while you were calling in? caller: no, i just got home from work and i turned on my tv. host: ok. he was just talking to his supporters in georgia, and i was wondering what you thought about the themes that he was bringing up with the crowd. but we'll move on. thank you so much for calling in and expressing your support from phoenix, alabama, for newt gingrich. next up is a call from a supporter in -- of mitt romney in california.

we are taking your telephone calls. it's about 15 minutes past the hour and we are expecting very soon that rick santorum will be out talking to his supporters. let's talk to our next caller, who is chris in indiana, a supporter of ron paul. caller: hi, there. host: hi, c.e.o.'s, we can hear you. caller: i'm calling to say that i think cnn has paid a pairedy of the campaign. host: how does the year play out? caller: excuse me? host: how does the year play out? caller: i think there will be a lot of ron paul write-ins and ultimately obama is going to win the election again, because the g.o.p. cannot get behind him. host: tell me why you think -- you're complaining about the media not supporting him, but what about the rest of the party, the republican party? caller: that's what, to me, is

a shame. the rest of the party can't get behind him, because they depend on you, the media, to get the word out there, and you guys are simply not telling the truth or not giving him the support that he deserves. host: you would include c-span in that critique? caller: absolutely. all night i've been watching the polls, and when the poll numbers are he can presented,ths only three being shown at the bottom of the screen on the ticker. ron paul's numbers are being shown, but when the numbers are being shown, ron paul is left out all together. host: thank you for your call. next call is a call from julia from rockford, illinois. she supports newt gingrich. you're on, julia. caller: i wanted to compliment you on the road to the white house and the c-span coverage always of the house of representatives and our government in action, and i appreciate that. host: thanks, julia. if you can see on your tv, rick santorum is going up to the

podium, a quick comment, please. >> i want to say i support the speaker, gingrich, because i think he's the strongest candidate and i wish this would go right to the convention. host: thank you so much for calling. sorry it was such a short time but let's take you to rick santorum talking to his supporters tonight on super tuesday night. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, thank you. thank you! well, thank you for coming out, steubenville, ohio, and god bless you. thank you for being here. [applause] for the folks listening at home, we're in steubenville, ohio. [cheers and applause] not too many presidential candidates come to steubenville, ohio, much less hold their victory party here

in steubenville, ohio. we're in a high school gymnasium. i just came from our war room, which doubles as the weight room for the high school. i was pumping a little iron to get myself psyched for coming out here. and we just prepared our talk, where many talks were prepared, in the coach's room. this is our roots. standing behind me is a part of our family, because this is where we're from. we're from down here in the areas of southeastern ohio, west virginia and southwestern pennsylvania where the folks who worked hard and built this country lived and worked for

many, many decades. [cheers and applause] i'm particularly excited to be here with my family. when i say my family, i mean not just my family, our immediate family, but my mom, who's right here. that's my mom, kay, 93. [applause] and karen's mother and father, ken and betty. thank you. [applause] i got my brother here and his family, and karen is one of 11 children. so you can imagine, brothers, sisters, neases, nephews, we have a great crew back here all

behind us, all behind us, because this campaign is about the towns that have been left behind and the families that made those towns the greatest towns across this country. [cheers and applause] this was a big night tonight. lot of statements. we're going to win a few, we're going to lose a few. but as it looks right now, we're going to get at least a couple of gold medals and a whole passel full of silver medals. [applause] we can add to iowa, missouri, minnesota, colorado, now oklahoma and tennessee.

[applause] we have won in the west, the midwest and the south, and we're ready to win across this country. [cheers and applause] i want to chang again my wife. i know that those who have seen her on the campaign trail, the common refrain is more karen, less rick. but i'm working on it. i'm trying to get as good as she is at this political stuff, but she has been an amazing partner for me and my conscience, my biggest supporter, my most important, my most honest critic and someone who has kept our family together and continues to do remarkable and incredible things every day for me and all of us, thank you very much, my love. [applause]

we have almost all the kids here. we have john, sarah maria -- where are you? patrick, elizabeth, peter and daniel. and they're all wearing buttons for our little bella. so we got everybody here. we went up against enormous odds, not just here in the state of ohio where, who knows how much we were outspent, but in every state, there wasn't a single state in the list that i just gave you where i spent more money than the people i was able to defeat to win that state. in every case we overcame the odds. here in ohio, still too close to call. [cheers and applause]

but just like the folks here at steubenville and throughout the ohio valley and all the valleys of this country that are the heart and soul of this country, they worked hard and they overcame odds, and that's what we're here to talk about, and that's why we came to steubenville. that's one of the reasons i'm so proud to have my mom and my father-in-law and mother-in-law up onstage with me. they're part of the greatest generation of america. [cheers and applause] they preserved liberty by sacrificing immeasurably to keep this country free from despots. ladies and gentlemen, it's a bit different battle that we're

engaged in today, but it's no less a battle for the basic liberties that this country was founded upon. we have a group of people in washington and in other places around this country who believe that the elites in washington are the ones who should be making the decisions for all of us. and they have systematiccally gone and grown the scale of government to where it's just unrecognizable. we are running deficits, where we're borrowing 40 cents of every dollar. and as you look at all of the young people here, the leaders in washington are saying to you , on your tab, and you will pay for this the rest of your life. what right does the government have to do that to the next generation? we have people who believe that america's best days are behind

us. they believe that it's no longer possible for free enterprise, a free economy and free people to be able to build strong communities and families and be able to provide for themselves and their neighbors. no, we now need an increasingly powerful federal government to do this for us. the reason that karen and i ultimately decided to get into this race was because of that issue, and in particular, one issue. i've said it almost every stump speech i've given. if it wasn't for one particular issue that for me breaks the camel's back with respect to liberty in this country, and that is the issue of obama care. [crowd booing] what we will go to in a very short period of time, the next

two years, a little less than 50% of the people in this country depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them. after obama care, it will not be less than 50%, it will be 100%. now, every single american will be looking to the federal government, not to their neighbor, not to their church, not to their business or to their employer or to the community or nonprofit organization in their community. will be looking always to those in charge, to those who now say to you that they are the allocator and creator of rights in america. ladies and gentlemen, this is the beginning of the end of freedom in america. once the government has control

of your life, then they got you . that's why we decided to step out. as you look, karen and i have seven children, ages -- [cheers and applause] ages 20 to 3. not exactly the best time to be out running for president of the united states. we've given up our jobs. we're living off our savings. yeah, we're making a little sacrifice for a very, very big goal, and that is replacing this president on november of this year. [cheers and applause]

in order to make that happen, the republican party has to nominate somebody who can talk about the broad vision of what america is. as i talk about in every one of my speeches, i talk about how important it is that we remember who we are. ronald reagan, in his farewell address to the american people worried about whether america would remember what made us great, that we are not a great country because we have a great and powerful government, we are a great country because we believe that rights don't come from the government, but as in our founding document, the

declaration of independence says our rights come to us from our creator. can [cheers and applause] the government's job and the constitution of this country was intended to do one thing -- protect those rights, so each and every one of you would have the opportunity to build their own life, to take your own path, to create a strong family, strong neighborhood community, state and country. that's what made america great. we built a great country from the bottom up, an we need people to go up against president obama and his vision

of a top-down government control, of not just health care, but of energy and of manufacturing and of financial services and who knows what else is next. but this is a president who believes -- who believes that he simply is better able to do this than you are, that he will be fairer than you are with your fellow man. ladies and gentlemen, this is an election about fundamental liberty and the signature piece, the signature piece of legislation that points this out, where you have economic rights created by the government, and then the government using its heavy hand to force you to buy insurance, to force you to take policies that you don't want, and, of course, to force you to take coverages that may even file slate your faith convictions. -- violate your faith

convictions. in this race there is only one candidate who can go up on the most important issue of the day and make the case, because i've never been for an individual mandate at a state or federal level. [applause] [cheers and applause] i've never passed a statewide government-run healthcare system when i was governor, because, well, i wasn't governor, but governor romney did. and now we found out that not only depass it in massachusetts, he advocated for it to be passed in washington, d.c. in the middle of the debate on health care. [crowd booing]

it's one thing to defend a mandated top-down government-run health care program that you imposed on the people of your state. it's another thing to recommend and encourage the president of the united states to impose the same thing on the american people. and it's another thing yet to go out and tell the american public that you didn't do it. we need a person running against president obama who is right on the issues and truthful with the american public. [cheers and applause] this race provides a great opportunity for a great contrast. big things have to happen in this country to bring us back

from the brink of insolvency. by things have to happen so we can secure our freedom. and as i talked about this morning in front of aipac, that we have a president that stands with our allies and defends this country and does not apologize for america around the world. [cheers and applause] we need a fighter. we have need a fighter and someone who learned what america was about by growing up in communities just like this, understanding how american neighborhoods and families work and believing in them, understanding they're under a lot of stress and strain right now, much of which is put upon

them by the government, understanding that that's the greatness of our country. my mom and my mother-in-law and father-in-law represent here on this stage the greatest generation, and -- [cheers and applause] mom's hamming it up a little bit over there, ok? but the greatest generation was the greatest generation not because they had greater character or courage or perseverance than those of us today. the greatest generation was great because when freedom was at stake, they rose to meet the call to defend this country. [cheers and applause]

we have a time until this country when freedom is at stake and you are all blessed, as i am, to be here at a time when your country needs you, to be here at a time, like the original founders of this country, who signed that declaration of independence, to be here at a time when freedom was at stake and people were willing to go out and do heroic and courageous things to win that victory. i want to thank awful you here in ohio for overcoming enormous odds to make this a great night for us here in the buckeye state. [cheers and applause]

i want top thanking in particular mike and fran dwine for standing up and fighting for me throughout the course of this. thank you. [applause] tonight it's clear, it's clear. we've won races all over this country against the odds, when they thought, oh, ok, he's finally finished. we keep coming back. [cheers and applause]

we are in this thing. we are in this thing not because i so badly want to be the most powerful man in this country, it's because i want so badly to return the power to you in this country. [cheers and applause] thank you, steubenville. god bless you and god bless america! thank you! [cheers and applause] ♪

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>> from rick santorum's event in steubenville, ohio. we'll take you now to boston, massachusetts, and mitt romney. >> what a fabulous welcome from massachusetts. thank you so much, and what carrie said is so true, where he's known best we're winning by 72%.

we have three wins tonight and counting. so here we go. we have 10 states to thank people in, and i'm going to see if i can get through this list. so let me see if i can do this. in alaska, by the way, they haven't even caucused yet, but we're going to thank them anyway. [laughter] lieutenant governor immediate treadwell, senator lisa mccull key in georgia, the attorney general and eric, thank you. idaho, the governor, senator jim rich, frank vander absolute, diamond watkins, travis hawks. in north dakota, thank you to senator john hoven. in ohio, senator rob portman, the linder family, eddie crawford. and honorary buckeye, donald trump. [cheers and applause]

he was on the radio all the time in ohio. in oklahoma, thank you to senator tom coburn, ryan leonard, fred hall and harold hamm. in tennessee, governor bill haslem, sno alexander and commissioner big hagerty. in voth darcy johnson and state senators randy brock and vince eluzi, thank you. more states, guys, sorry. in virginia, a big thank you to governor bob mcdonald. we love him. [cheers and applause] also, lieutenant governor bilbaoing, and eric cantor. eric, thank you for that endorsement. bobby killburg, jack gerrard and tom farrell, and finally, massachusetts, thank you! [cheers and applause]

[crowd chanting "we want mitt"] >> i have to thank senator scott brown, who's going to be your next senator. [cheers and applause] some of our favorite governors, bill weld and paul saluchi. our heart goes out to paul and his struggles. house minority leader, oh, thank you, brad jones. kris collins, sandy and paul, bob mcginn and ron kauffman and a special thank you to the thousands and thousands of volunteers all across this country. 10 states tonight. we have thousands of people making phone calls. thank you. we could not do it without all of you, thank you. we're going to wait for more

returns and more good news. thank you. [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting "mitt"] >> now, i have something to say about some of the women that i'm hearing, from and we've been all across this country. and do you know what women care about? and this is what i love. women care about jobs. [cheers and applause] women care about the economy, they care about their children, and they care about the debt and they're angry and they're furious about the entitlement debt that we're leaving our children. so this is what we're hearing when we're out there. this is our message. it's an economic message. it's about the future for our children, and that's what i'm hearing out there. so from all of that, we know the guy that knows how to do and fix all of that. i said, mitt, i'm never going

to do this again, but here we are. and the reason i'm here and the reason i'm behind mitt and the reason i'm fighting so hard and out there is because i believe he is the only person that can turn around america. so let's let him do that. [cheers and applause] >> she's the best. she is the best. thank you. thank you. she is the best, and that was my son, tagg with her, and great to have my family here to be back in our home of massachusetts. it's wonderful to be able to go home tonight fort first time in two months -- for the first time in two months. [cheers and applause]

ann said it right. what a great night. there are three states tonight under our belt and counting. we're going to get more before this night is over. we're on our way. [cheers and applause] the we're so excited to be in the bay state tonight celebrating with family and with friends who worked just tirelessly on this campaign. and, of course, it's such an honor to have the citizens that i served as governor as part of our cause. your support really means everything to ann and me, and i'm not going to let you down. i'm going to get this nomination. [cheers and applause] tonight we're counting up delegates for the convention and we're counting down the days until november, and that looks even better. [cheers and applause] we're going to take your vote, a huge vote tonight in massachusetts and take that victory all the way to the

white house. [cheers and applause] >> it's been a long road getting to super tuesday. let me be honest. and my opponents have worked very hard. i want to congratulate newt gingrich on a good night in georgia and rick santorum on his good night and ron paul for his steadfast commitment to our constitution, and his strong support almost everywhere you go. he's got good followers. thanks, you guys. nice races. [applause] now, we officially started our campaign about nine months ago, not very far from here at a farmhouse in new hampshire. it was a beautiful spring day full of home and promise, a day that made us all recognize once again how lucky we are to be

americans. what we launched that day was an effort not just to win more votes or more delegates, it was the start of an effort to restore the promise of america, a promise that we know has been frayed by these difficult times. we started our call across the country, from airport tar max to factory floors to door to door, heart-to-heart rs face-to-face across the country. i met with moms, dads, teachers, students, factory workers and business owners. i've listened and i've learned. i hope i'm a better candidate, by the way, for having done all that. [cheers and applause] i'm going to forever be grateful to you for the help that you've given me and grateful also to all these people who have helped me in this process and taught me along the way. i met someone named norm birn who exemplifies the innovative

spirit that built the country. he didn't go to college, but he has 100 pat enter and he has a successful company. it's entrepreneurs like norm byrne who are going to get america back on track if we can get the government out of the way. [cheers and applause] i've met parents like were on the huckabee show who served their country in war. david's son was seriously injured in afghanistan. he only returned from the front lines to face a new fight, to get the medical care he needed and he certainly has earned. as i told david, i believe that to those who put everything on the line for us, we owe everything to them that they

need. chausechalls -- [cheers and applause] with >> you know, america's veterans, they deserve more than reduced benefits, and if i'm president i'm going to make sure they get the care they deserve. [applause] so in running for office, i've had the chance of meeting people like norm and david and their stories are, of course, inspiring. but i've also met some people who are hurting under this stagnant obama economy, and their stories are heartbreaking. some people have lost their jobs, others are working two jobs just to make ends meet. some used to be middle income and now they're struggling again, right back where they started. as you know, the prices for gasoline and food and clothing and health care keep going up, but their paychecks stay the same, if they're lucky. president obama keeps telling these americans that the recovery is here.

but for them, the recession is not over, that's for sure. you know, from generation to generation in this country americans have always known that the future would be brighter and better. we've always believed in a tomorrow full of possibility and prosperity and security. that deep confidence in a better tomorrow is the basic promise of america. but today that promise is being threatened by a faltering economy and a failed presidency. to the millions of americans who look around and can only see jobs they can't get and bills that they can't pay, i have a message -- you have not failed. you have a president that's failed you, and that's going to change. [cheers and applause]

[crowd commanding "u.s.a."] [crowd chanting] >> you know, when he was campaigning, president obama said he'd create jobs, but for 36 straight months, unemployment has been above 8%, and he also said he'd cut the deficit in half, and he's doubled it. i mean, as you know, the debts today are too high, the opportunities are too few, and we've seen enough of this president over the last three years to know that we don't need another five of this president, that's for sure. [cheers and applause] this president's run out of ideas, he's run out of excuses, and in 2012 we're going to get him out of the white house. [cheers and applause]

now, president obama seems to believe he's unchecked by the constitution. he's unresponsive to the will of our people. he operates by command instead of by consensus. in a second term he'd be unrestrained by the demands of re-election, and if there's one thing we cannot afford it's four years of barack obama with nothing to answer to. so these days, the president and his team keep telling us that things are getting better. but 24 million americans are still struggling for work, they're high-fiving each other in the west wing, but my friends, the truth is 8% unemployment is not the best america can do. it's just the best that this administration can do. [cheers and applause] look, when i'm president, this american economy will not be lagging behind. this american economy will be leading the world as it has and

as it should and as it will do in the future. [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting "mitt"] for this administration the unemployment is another statistic stand income the way of a second term. but those numbers are more than data on a spread sheet. they're worried families and anxious faces, and tonight i'd like to say to each of them you are not forgotten, we will not leave you behind. our campaign is on the move and real change is finally on the way. [cheers and applause]

these times may be tough, but our citizens still believe in the promise of america, and they deserve a president who believes in them. that's why our campaign is about more than just replacing a president. it's about restoring america's promise, and we will do it. we won't settle. we won't settle for this president's new normal. i'm offering a real choice and a new beginning. i have a plan that will deliver more jobs, less debt and smaller government. president obama raised the national debt. i will cut, cap and balance the budget, finally! [cheers and applause]

he passed obama care. i will repeal obama care. [cheers and applause] he lost our triple-a credit rating. i will restore our triple-a credit rating. amazingly, he rejected the keystone pipeline. i will approve it. [cheers and applause] you know, he has stalled domestic energy production. i'm going to open up our lands for development so we can finally get the energy we need at a price we can afford. [cheers and applause] look, when it comes to the economy drk when it comes to this economy, my highest priority will be worrying about your job, not worrying about saving my job. by the way, i've got a

pro-growth tax plan, jobs plan, that's going to jump-start the economy. president obama wants to raise your taxes. i'm going to cut them. that starts with an across the board 20% rate cut for every american. and by the way, i'm also going to repeal the alternative minimum tax and i will finally abolish the death tax. be the president has proposed raising taxes for job creators. i will cut taxes for job creators. the president wants to raise taxes on savings and investments. i will help middle-class families save and invest tax free. chaustchaust you know, it's interesting. after three years this president does not have a serious single proposal for saving medicare or social

security. i have a plan that saves both of them and i have the courage to put that plan on the table and we'll win with the truth. [applause] as president i will get our economy back on track and get our citizens back to work, and unlike president obama, i actually had the experience to deliver on that promise. [cheers and applause] as you know, i spent 25 years in business. i've been -- i've cut taxes 19 times here. i've turned the budget shortfall into a surplus. i know how government kills jobs and, yes, i know how it can help create jobs. i stand ready to lead our party, and i stand ready to lead our nation to prosperity. [cheers and applause]

i've said this before, and i've said it -- i'm going to say it again. this campaign is not just about a name on a ballot. it's about saving the soul of america, and it's driven by an unshakable optimism that lies within the heart of every american citizen. we know our future is better and brighter in these hard times. we've been knocked downwe have . we do not accept that america has limits. this is a land of opportunity. we say god every morning that we are americans. we know that with hard work and

strong leadership and a president that will tell the jury in that list of the integrity that our greatest days as a nation are ahead of the space to the american people. tonight we have taken more and more step in order to restore the promise for tomorrow. tomorrow we wake up and start again. so will go day by day, a step- by-step commodore by door, hart to hart. there will be good days. -- step-by-step, door by door, heart to heart. there will be good days. there will be bad days. we will save the future. it is time to believe in ourselves. i am asking you to join our cause.

we need your energy and conviction and commitment. i'm asking for you to pledge your support at mittromney.com. i am asking you to join in the fight for our freedom and insure that some are will be better than today. let's go forward together and restore the promise of america together. let's fight for the america we love. thank you. god bless this great land. thank you, guys. ♪ ♪

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>> governor romney working the crowd at the hotel in boston massachusetts. newt gingrich will pick up secret service protection tomorrow. it is super tuesday night. let's look at the state we have results from so far. in massachusetts, mitt romney the clear winner, a 72%. ron paul at 10%. then moving on to virginia primary, only to candidates on the ballot. a strong wind for mitt romney. in the state of vermont, mitt romney 41% to ron paul's

25%. in georgia, a strong one for newt gingrich. mitt romney 25%. tonight withing the result so far. rick santorum picks up the strong winds at 34%. newt gingrich's 27. another 27 for rick santorum of in of oklahoma. he picked up 38% and new to gingrich 23%. map. look at the to the purple state are brick santorum states. the yellow states are those won by or leading for mitt romney.

a get the graphic depiction of the contest so far in this primary. the big story tonight is this state. right now it is purple for rick santorum. but stich a look at the results. the candidates are just a few percentage points apart. in just a few minutes we will take you to the political and newsroom of the zero the following the results for ohio until a winner is known. we will continue this on our washington journal program. luxe to talk about with politics and with issues on capitol hill. it all begins on this network. right now, we are going to take you to politico or they will continue the conversation and

analyze what happened tonight in the 10 states that are holding primary contests. >> he might not have the delegates he will have a pretty good argument. i think what you come out with is groundhog day. think about it. what has really changed that mitt romney wakes up without evangelicals. he will have either lost georgia or tennessee. oklahoma and tennessee are probably ranked no. 1 and no. 2. he has already lost south carolina. he will probably lose alabama and mississippi. he wins an industrial state. if he wins tonight, it probably

be a really close race. i am not sure what change. >> mayor romney is still going to have to conservative components. he will have newt gingrich away from santorum. as long as mitt romney has to rivals, that is a good race. >> we want to welcome back our c-span audience. we have been dipping in an off. it super tuesday is turning out to be a nail belter -- a nail biter. rick santorum for the first time this week seemed to harp on the possibility that perhaps in it should fail. he said after georgia he will have to look at where he goes next. did the court has already campaigned in alabama.

he is not going anywhere. if he were out, with the numbers be in his favor. he would be the front runner. it will no longer be romney. >> i think there is a legitimate argument to make. and never quite works that way. i do think the boat has been split all along. i think it's it's going in mitt romney's favor. but think he is spurring some sharper elbows. but with all of these wins, he will do its. >> scott will talk to our reporter who is with mitt romney. before we do, 60% of the vote and you still have rick santorum winning. we had our analyst who walked us

through the fact that the biggest cities have not reported yet. they tend to do very well for someone like mr. romney. that is where they had huge margins. we add that note of caution. present form is winning in ohio. this is what we call a pretty good night. >> a very good night. he said he will win a few goals. to boston.w while we continue to look at these numbers and see this form on the prowl, we would imagine the romney campaign you are there. are they nervous about this t? >> they are very nervous about this. i think that romney spoke before the results came in.

if you look behind me, at the place is starting to clear out now. i am communicating with some people in their war room. they are very helpful that the large counties. santorum is winning in a lot of spring areas. it is the most swing county in the state. santorum is up five. there. i think it'll be very tough for right knee. i you will end up with three predictable wins. if he does not win anything, it does not go his way. i think they have a lot to go

forward. >> excellent. we're going to go back. we're going to put you behind the scenes. we only have this show plan to go to 10:30. we're in for a long night. we do not sleep. we're going to keep doing this. i'm going to talk to mike in a second. we're going to go down stairs. we're going to keep the party rolling. you're going to see the same beautiful faces. it is a big night. we have to stay with it appeared we may have to stay late in the night. ohio was so close. 60% reporting.

the biggest cities in the state of ohio have not reported their results yet. that is where mitt romney does best. it is where people feel like romney will do well. it looks like he could win north dakota. mike allen is in our newsroom. he slept in 1979. you do not have to worry about losing him. please do not be sleeping. >> what is the latest that you are hearing? they need to hear from me. you are in the newsroom. what are you hearing? >> it is much tighter than it

should then. santorum had a three-point lead earlier. that has been cut in half. rick santorum is still ahead. he can really enjoy. i do not think he can enjoy a long period they say that the networks that they are big counties. they're feeling good. they are going to use this to try to push the idea that the map for them is now inevitable

to come before political reporters tomorrow and argue that it is such a trek jury rejected a tree that rick santorum would have to win 60%. -- that it is such a trajectory that part santorum would have to win 60's are. not a realistic path.ti this goes on a lease until march 20. the hope is that after march 20 they will be able to say we won michigan, illinois and ohio. that is a sign that they have a

command of this nomination. >> you write the play book every morning. you analyze it and take feeds. help us understand your mind as you analyze what you have seen tonight. you look at the state santorum has one. but do not know if you will buy its. >> they are not claiming that as a reality. this is their weapon against the other campaign.

virginia believe it or not was closer for romney than it should have been. ron paul racking up more votes in virginia than he would have been expected to. the numbers were close enough. it was too close to call for virginia. it was only two candidates on the ballot. >> we are a for-profit enterprise. i think every opportunity to pitch products. mike allen write an e book series. this that one will be coming out in the next couple of weeks. but give you a sneak peek. what are the big themes you will be writing about that the obama

? >> joe biden will go out and get a couple of explicit campaign speeches. >>. go. >> your book comes out april 3

appeared >> that is my mom's birthday. >> we love birthdays. we went to the campaign a half- hour later. it was cleared out. there are a lot of states that he did poorly. he is going to finish a distant fourth in massachusetts. my only get five% of the boat. he only has eight% of the boat. it is going to be hard for him to get out and say the media does not like me. i in the clear conservative alternative. tomorrow things are getting rowdy.

when the political director went and read the romney press corps for his first formal briefing, is the first time a director came out. he is going to say that newt gingrich is a regional candidates. they are going to argue that you are running for president of the united states. they're going to try to marginalize newt gingrich and tried to build brick santorum into saying that he is a dead injured. it is a day that helps obama. the obama campaign also pointing out places where mitt romney did not win tonight. the deafening think he will be their opponents. -- they definitely think he will be their opponent.

they're talking about reservations the republican has. >> i need to cut you off. the associated press is now calling north dakota for rick santorum. that is a state did not think he was going to andwin. that is the second state he has won tonight. santorum is still winning in ohio. his 38th term of the vote. -- he has 38% of the vote. mitt romney as optimistic that he can still win this race. there is no doubt that this is a better night for rick santorum and it felt like it would be two

or three hours ago. it is one of the reasons we will be with you all night. we need to continue to have this discussion. and so we see is what happens -- until we see what happened in ohio. we know your want to stick with us. newt gingrich has been marginalized. ron paul does not look like he will win anything. he might win some of the other smaller ones. probably not. you and i talked a lot about this this morning. we did not really see north dakota coming. >> that is one of the state's that ron paul could win. he told us they would win at

least half of these states. they were predicting that they would win more than half of the delegates. they told me there are losing north dakota. they assume they're losing it to ron paul. we think ron paul might stay there long than anybody. he may stay there till the convention. it is much harder for him to factor it in. you will start to see republicans actively courting ron paul voters. they could eagerleasily go to o. the outside groups including american crossroads, you're going to hear them tried to reach out and not give them to a reason to go to obama. it is part of the healing that is going to go on youhere.

mitt romney will make it seem like we're heading into the general elections. he wants to suggest taking a page from the way george w. bush acted on election night not good 2004. he claimed victory. romney is a little weaker than they thought. >> not at all. we have seen such an interesting super tuesday. we love to look forward to this night. it is about half of the voters going to the polls that we saw. there are fewer states going to the polls. you take a look at this amazing

fight going on. we have to look at the keys for success. even if he doesn't, we know he does well. he backed off the comment about wanting to throw up after hearing the separation of church and state. he backed off the stop comments. it is interesting to see how he played it off.

his wife has been speaking publicly. he talked about her advising him to stay away from some of the social issues. he will say that she is being dragged in by the media. it is the language he uses. it is not just the specifics of what he talked about. it is speech is like 2008. that sounds much more like it then had you normally hear a politician talk. i think he is starting to look more broadly. this is why ms. romney is likely to be the nominee.

santorum is giving him a couple of scary moments. we're seeing the boats come in slowly. >> it seems like you have tako continue the success. at some point it has to be that we say it is the economy. mitt romney tends to hand these issues. there are people that are greatly concerned with the finances. at some point if he is to take that next step where he is not winning southern states, he has to make a move in that direction. >> ohio is an interesting demographic. all he did not do well with this other side of the claim. if he wins, he will be able to say i capture this.

the reason people like santorum is that this is not what the needs to do. they need to talk about contraception. >> the comments she made about the blue collar argument, this whole premise of putting ourselves in debts to continue this race. it is for the greater of the country. this is a rick santorum who will continue to tap into that vein of americana, that american flag which he loves to talk about. in ohio, the latest numbers show that is panning out for him.

he is up 38.1% 236 points 6% -- 38.1% to 36.6%. 1.5 is more attainable for mitt romney. >> welcome back. >> what is testament this is for the excitement a super tuesday. we would not be sitting here if we did not have this under way. other states are still way before us. >> we are here because ohio is so important. even though bricks santorum would not get all the delegates, he has failed to qualify in certain areas. >> nothing really changed today.

if you look at the exit polling data, if you look at the natures of the states, they are winning. it is happening the way it does happen and other states. social conservatives are going over to rick santorum. welfare republicans and people who care about flexibility are going to mitt romney. mayor bromley cannot close the deal in tough state. that will be a knock on him until he closes the deal in a tough state. >> it is not just ohio which renewal of the close. santorum won in north dakota. mayor romney was nowhere close in tennessee. in tennessee, a lot more than nine people both did. mitt romney was not anywhere near as close. i think that is significant.

you are already seeing the super pak year. they are heavy on those days. rick santorum is scoring big there. >> we promise to keep taking inside the campaign and the newsroom. our reporters are still working. he has been on the phone. he has been toking on folks. >> no. supporters here. they are running around the room.

they believe that the counties, they saw an opportunity to win a ohio. there is a huge log on his ability to compete in this race. they feel very good. there is a chance for them to win. >> to have a sense of how much /oney santorum has stack ? can he play at the level he needs to pay? need any money to the p. -- to compete. >> rick santorum raise about $9

million in february. it is not met romney money. they have fairly lean campaign staffing. they will be able to bring in more cash. the spending will increase to get me. take it overg to to one of our reporters on the ground in massachusetts talking with the romney folks. he has been our reporter. he is often clashing with the campaign. we tried to keep it tough and hold people accountable. he is a pit bull. i would love to get a sense of what you're hearing from your sources.

we just got an e-mail from lotus. they still feel optimistic because of the counties that have not reported. what are you hearing? >> the people i'm talking to things they will pull this out by a percentage point or less. they're looking for counties in or around cincinnati as far as ohio. they think they will pull enough out to the counties. to be sure, romney has underperformed tonight. it they thought they would win north dakota and did not. it has not been a great night. there are a lot of nervous people tonight. >> what a great night.

you listened to his talk about romney. he is still the front runner and tough to beat. none of us all this coming. in ohio, they think you only win by one%. they could lose. >> 81% of the vote is in. >> you just touched on it. super tuesday as 10 states. romney had one state. miss again was a tight one. -- michigan was a tight one. the one thing that rick

santorum says fleetingly is that it is a david versus goliath. i am the david in this scenario. if he does this in ohio, it is very much in his wheel house to say that david is slaying goliath. we all know that the numbers are certainly much more daunting. it allows him to continue this movement. >> a win is a win. it is better to win than to lose. the romney campaign has made no campaign promises to win pretty. ugly win.bit of an

>> we're going to show you how we're going to cover this. he thought the analysis would be that let's cut through it and just tell the jury that ronnie will inevitably be the nominee. do you still feel as confident in that interpretation now that we have santorum winning in tennessee and oklahoma and maybe no,-? >> i do not remember saying that. i do think would be true -- what i said would be true if it looks apparent from the exit polls.

it looks apparent that it is not going to hold. i think the analysis, if someone can keep winning this ugly without continuing to amplify it. i think there are deep structural liabilities. if he loses, get ready for a ge of speculation over drive. i think this to be the most immediate effect.

>> recovered perspective, it is a two-person right. if she didn't win, she should be in the race. is this what is going to become a two-man race? >> i think that would be a big part of the dynamic. there are different stories along the way. there is the feeling that is destined to play a decisive role. it is being driven by anti-run a

feeling. the thing to do would be to let rick santorum have that one on one race he has been pining for. if you're to take the gingrich vote in santorum boat and add them together, it is the contest and romney would be getting clobbered. >> i agree with everything he said and not because he is my boss. i think he still remained angry. he is very angry. i think this is propelling him. i think there's nothing else to lose as long as his friend is

willing to keep cutting checks. and keep on going. >> social conservatives do want to rally arrau one person. a lot of them were part of the christian coalition. let's get behind this guy. the summit had $50 million. >> coming times to be here this in a speech by one of the candidates that one demented him

ordeover and over? there is still the quest for something deeper to get people there. >> there is nobody in this field who has remotely claimed that ronald reagan had established by 1980 as the leader of a movement. there are people who are pretenders to the mantle of that. there is no one that remotely got it. >> id watchers down the imagery that comes with mentioning his name. -- it waters down the imagery that comes with mentioning his name. >> for generation of republicans

it does not have quite the same resonance. >> i think he will see his oxygen start to diminish. he is not going to be able to do publicity on command. tibet has been what is driving his campaign. >> look at how tight the numbers are now with 77.3% reporting. santorum is up by 3/10 of 1%. we are less than 3000 point. >> we have seen this start to get more and more. it is going to be a while before we see poll numbers. we just got a margin here. >> i started to wonder whether we will see it. we think about what happened in

iowa. >> committed charlie to what this through the county's tax this is what our viewers will recall. i would be curious if they reported. we might know whether not we have to charge the bosses for overtime. >> iowa was the same way. >> i was still had no answer. i remember al of politico grabbing me and asked me to go join mike allen in des moines. >> went to have a lot company on that. >> you got my attention with the overtime. i do not represent it. i just represent management from

the politico, and no overtime. >> i think having i was called when he did not actually wind that night was a really pivotal thing. we were all talking about this. that did not happen. i didn't think people want to do that again. >> sorry to interrupt, but they said we are still waiting for the county which includes cleveland which romney folks think the numbers will be big. the margin could be erased. we do get too loto go home at se point.

>> is there anything missing from the issues we care about are the people? anything you are seeing the secchi as interesting are different? what do you got? >> they said that they could pull out by a point or less. that means they do not know if they're going to win. they could win ohio by less than 1000 boats. there ought not be a call. >> we love the audience. >> he is working the blackberry.

here are the trends you're saying. anything interesting in terms of who's showing up, what they care about? >> i think we tilted too quickly to put ohio heading in romney's way that may come to pass. i do think it is noteworthy that even though rick santorum is catholic and someone that has made his eighth public, he is not -- has made his faith public, he has not won catholics. one claim he has been making is

that he succeeded by a broad coalition and that he is a descendant of that bank and when urban industrial boaters -- win urban industrial voters. he has not proved that yet. we're good to find out over the next hour. he has demonstrated that he can win lunch bucket republicans. in the absence, his support is rooted in small towns and rural communities. he is not winning the reagan coalition. >> there is nothing anyone can do to show my microphone up. i want to talk about your take. that is media.

we have news channel 8. we have politico. we have people on twitter talking to us from australia and all over. talk about how different this campaign is. -- this campaign is vs 2008. how do you think things are different? we were able to ride that wave of technology. it might as well levin tinners later. >> every technologies z -- every cycle brings for technology.

it makes the media more omnipresent. that has been sure going back several decades. i do think the trend has held this time. the contrast between 2008 in 2012 is stark. politicos still had an element of novelty. twister was not a big factor in 2008. blobs are seen as almost archaic now. people want information in real time. they hunger for it. twitter is the place to go. there is a tremendous expectation if you care about a subject that you can live it and read it on a second by second bases. >> when you watch the campaign these days, and every one of the

candidates all say i need you to get out there and use twitter. i need to take a picture with me and posted on facebook. newt the rich keep saying to use #215atankgasoline. new it will look at the audience and a judging by the crowd here, if each of you knows of 100 people and then he will do the math. we can reach out to have a million people as soon as you get home. they know the best way to do it on zero dime is to rely on others to use social media. it is affected. they are spreading the message of the candidates they vouched for. they are trying to convince the unconvinced.

the automatic recount in ohio is if the margin of difference is less than a quarter of a percentage point. but this is the end of the race, it should be automatic or ohio. what am i not ever and. -- >> it might not ever end. >> we are hearing in our ear that santorum has not gotten home. where is he? he is still at the high school. they think they might win. the drama. when there is drama, there is a man in a pink tie. >> this is so good. i love it. >> very tense times around the world.

ohio is closer than it should be. they feel better. the numbers are very close when we reported that they were saying then what 1000 votes, a wise man e-mail to be at the said basically what you said about the 1%. you could win by 1000 votes, it is acknowledgement. you can also lose by 1000 votes. they are saying that they think the storm has passed. canre is an excuse, who 1 guess the excuse? the impact of democrats crossing to vote for santorum. us.igan was 20% of

here at 30%, that as a lot. [talking over each other] >> that's a lot, but these are the rules. you can't keep saying because he -- 30%, fit's -- if it's democrats that were clearly there to try to affect the race, it is a realistic factor. get in. >> it would be virtually unprecedented. i don't think we can point to examples of a large scale of people voting for mischief making reasons. if there is always that speculation, it is always the their margins of people that care enough about the process that think like political operatives that go and pull the lever for somebody that they

don't actually like. i would be stunned if that is a significant factor behind voting. people were begging them to make that kind of mischief. they didn't really do it because, let's face it, most voters are not as cynical as we all are. >> we got a tweet comparing him to tebowing. >> it is exciting stuff, and the

importance of what is happening over the last month and a half. but what an exciting campaign, mitt ormney, -- romney, this boom for bachmann, cain, newt, santorum. this is good stuff, it is interesting, there are a lot of things. at the end of the day, everything that is -- >> [talking over each other]

i certainly think that romney has learned lessons, and i think that there are lessons. i think that campaigns teach you things. barack obama certainly learned a lot and the primary. the thing i hear met ronnie --

romney -- [talking over each other \ -- each other] >> he gets more effective throughout the course of this thing. he is flawed, uninspiring, having trouble getting anyone enthusiastic in the republican party. he is going to carry that narrative with him into the general election.

>> zoom on my eye. this is me magnifying things that he can't possibly comprehend or sea. i'm wrong. >> here is your moment. >> i basically agree that romney doesn't look bigger. i take every attack that has gone at him, he will get tenfold from barack obama. >> obama knew he was going to get attacked, he was fortunate he came up with his rebuttal rather than having to deal with it in october. what i am talking about -- i'm talking about a narrative being built around -- john kerry had a

closer race against george w. bush in 2004, but i don't thank there was a period where kerry has the mojo. >> here is perspective.

there is another number for a potential gop nominee. >> a couple of people reporting this on cnn, romney now taking the lead. up by 1400. haveooks like the numbers o flipped. >> i don't think it will be a surprise if mitt romney wins. i think we agree this is a little bit closer than we thought it was going to be. about thislk narrative about romney.

he's aloof, to summize, he's weird, he doesn't have a life that most americans have. most people don't have the perfect family, they are rich or handsome, most people don't take the shoes of their pizza or run around in a marriott. that's the narrative that -- every single thing that i just said is true. that is part of the caricature of mitt romney. there is a great line that one of george bush's old advisers said that he would use about the campaign. at the end of the day, these things make you naked.

>> this is a guy that has no problem talking about it.

>> we have executive editors, the columnist extraordinary. many titles, many hats for the woman with us tonight. she is with the santorum camp. this night is far from over. what are you hearing at this point? is there still optimism among santorum's people? >> i have heard that he has remained on site at the high school and could possibly make an appearance. the chief strategist, just a couple of moments ago, they are

out set by the romney campaign. [inaudible] they are still remain optimistic, but backing off a n ohio aheabit about a win. there are still excited about this night. >> are they worried? >> the narrative here has got to be, even if he wins, it is not a great night. he ends up eeking it out and comes out of this flat. he was hoping this would be the night that he would put distance between him and santorum. they won an equal number of states. ohio is going to end up a draw. basically, we're looking at another three months, and a lot

of questions about romney and how he is going to do in november. is the candidate being hurt during the primary? they rebound. in this particular situation, romney is being heard . santorum is going to become a better candidate. you are going to be looking at that. gosh they now have it flipped. it is about 0.8 points of a flat -- flip.

we will ask you, are you hearing any word that we will get a call tonight? >> we are probably going to push ahead, there are a lot of precincts that have not come in yet. >> this is something we never got said tonight. rick santorum can win ohio. believe that the 30% number is too high. the networks were saying that

seven and 10 people that voted for republicans, there isn't a clear no. for the democrats, it is less than 30%. >> is the wind as far as popular votes? he can win between 9 and 18 delegates. you are already at a disadvantage, is that what we are talking about. >> there is no way that i can. sure. i will say that a headline says it all, that is the story tonight. he is back. those are the stories for tonight. the campaign thinks that these democratic votes helped. the strongest counties coming in, the top republican in ohio, the machines went down. they are hand counting and

governor romney is leading there. >> i want you to stay with us, because this is great for the first time, we have republicans saying that rick santorum can win. we are getting feedback from around the world. i actually just got a text. this dacia's loving this or hating this. are the tears of sadness? it is painful to be watching. >> the top officials that you're talking to, i assume that these

are members of the ohio republican establishment? they have a better feel than that. is there anything else that they can tell us about what they are hearing? >> your instinct about the 1% is right. the young man emailed me that if you are claiming -- >> the people are trying to project that they are going to win. is still looks like to take sit in an incredible squeaker. there are not benefiting from saying all night long that they are going to do it. >> we are going to do a show of hands, keep going to midnight. come on.

[talking over each other] >> i like the way that scott is going with this. changing the rules mid-game. >> i did say with a backhanded empathy that it wasn't like that got the most on air. [unintelligible] >> clear eyes, looking at facts we have all seen tonight. the pickup bought a -- pickup on a tweet, very clever headline. reality check, ohio was a tie. i will give a serious two-figure

sum -- is that ten bucks? to any tv analyst that says ohio was a tie. >> mike just made money. [unintelligible] >> santorum has wont he new -- won the news cycle, even if romney wins. >> this has been his problem the whole time. he wins, no bounce, repeat. we have seen this. >> is that all you do with e- mail? >> one person got 412,895 votes and malaya tonight. i don't know of that includes it or not. why was barack obama.

without any opponent on the ballot, president obama won the most votes in ohio last night. this is what you will hear the democrats saying tomorrow. the republican party is not high enthusiastic about their candidates. he lost independence and young voters tonight. >> he is listening to us on c- span radio had says he has a full tank of gas. we had better join him. >> i'm in.

>> he's at the helm if you want to go to him now. >> charlie, if you're there, you are the county guy that breaks down who has reported, who hasn't reported. will we get to sleep tonight? have they reported? walk us through in as much detail as you can and give as much detail about the big cities at the location of those counties for the viewers that join us. >> there are three big counties that have really changed the dynamic here. the reason that he's taken a slight lead, those big counties are starting to come in. franklin county, which as columbus. and hamilton county in cincinnati. on the other hand, it is

incredibly strong, a place where how could we got blown out. -- huckabee got blown out. that is where 60% of the vote is. there are still a lot of other smaller counties out there. margins are much closer. ther reasonomney is moving ahead -- -the reason romney is moving ahead is because they are not nearly as big as the other three that are still out there. >> anything else you are seeing that is interesting about where rick santorum is underperforming or over performing? >> i was surprised to see the county home to youngstown one firm that rodney -- went for mitt romney.

how does he live with himself. that is a place you have to win if you are rick santorum. it highlights the way he is winning ohio, it is not as an industrial rust-belt voter, he is letting as a culture candidate. >> it is not that kind of candidate winning the source of blue-collar voters, according to the map that you see, i will put you on the spot and we will play a little game. >> in the morning, based on the results that we have today. >> we won't know until we know a little bit more about ohio.

you can deal with mixed results, rick santorum is clearly still alive. he has a handful of states, still two more to go. maybe ron the polls out iowa, -- romney pulls out iowa. at the end of the day, what ever happens, in all of those states, oklahoma and tennessee will rank in terms of evangelicals. a very high percentage, all of those just underscore the problems that governor romney has. police said the primary and -- we reset the primary regardless of what happens. >> will paul take alaska? also, can santorum pull out a

win? what are the of brokered convention at this -- odds of a brokered convention at this point? people are splitting all of this support. >> if romney loses ohio, which i don't think is going to happen. 5000 votes ahead. people will chatter, i don't think it is going to happen, there is no way that the candidates would allow it to happen. -- and think that he's that these people have wasted their lives. i don't think that is going to happen. mitt romney is a delegate leader. >> you're with santorum at

headquarters in ohio, tell us what you think santorum's approach is going to be coming out. >> [inaudible] you can expect him to say that we came from behind, out at 12: 1. governor romney spent $12 million and we are the underdogs. we're the underdog that keeps getting hit and we come back up and keep going. it is evident that mitt romney is not the person that people want to be the nominee. it was a close run here tonight that is looking more and more like he might iran. -- win. >> tell me the states that the

rick santorum advisers are telling you that they think they have the best chance of winning. >> they are painting strong chances, over the next couple of days, kansas, alabama, mississippi. missouri has had its primary. they will allocate delegates. they see it as an area where they can pick up and go ahead with the delegate hunter. -- hunt. it is a real opportunity narrow the gap with romney. >> people watching might think you are a professional tv person, you are a working reporter like everyone else on this set except for me. you helped us understand that we might get back to you tonight, taking doesn't go four-o'clock or 5:00 in the morning.

lois is still with us, still talking to these folks, in boston, massachusetts where he gave his non-victory victory speech that would have been before the ohio finals were in. >> they keep saying the same thing, we are waiting for the three main cities to continue voting, we are going to pull it out. they were saying for a while that it was going to be by 1%. they would like to pull it out because they are about to head into some southern states, and that is not his strong suit. this is where santorum can close that gap. if he can't win in the industrial states, going into the south, he will not have the wind at his back. >> i promise a lot of fun

times, still on c-span radio, c- span, still watching us on news channel 8. we are going to play a game. i am not lying. jonathan martin is come and gone, we will play "write the analysis. we do a news peace, we say what happened, we do analysis using all of our collective and brilliance to find why things happen the way they did. our news editor has even held us asking to get him on the phone so we can help figure out the analysis. >> two words. romney sweats. >> can you do a two-word lead? >> romney sweats on vivid

display. >> are you eating a hot dog? >> i'm watching you with the sound muted on c-span in my hotel room in boston, >> real time locations. >> based on what you know right now, how will people interpret the results in a way that someone could be typing at the same time? >> every time you think he is going to wrap this thing up, the keeps snatching the football away. it is a bit harder than it should be. this cycle appears to be bounced free. he is apparently going to pull out ohio.

with the numbers in, cleveland, will run the -- romney emerge victorious? the answer is yes. again, like you said, he is sweating. why is this so hard, with every advantage. it seems so difficult for him. every time he is about to wrap it up, he is hit a little harder. a week from now, mississippi and alabama. he has to hope that they can divide some votes. it would be nice to get some nice homo joe out of this thing. you will see what happens in those states, giving up caucuses

in kansas and missouri. again, i think he looks to illinois, and a big industrial states of lot like michigan where he can perhaps put some points on the board, but it will be tough for the next 10 days. we are talking about ohio a lot, it will seem like a big letdown tonight. they thought they were going to win by five. and it is closer to 10 points. the only one-fell by about two percentage points. a big letdown tonight in tennessee. he has a really tough time in the south with the evangelicals. he has a lot of these folks in

mississippi and alabama. >> stick with us, you have time to type one sentence of your analysis so that you can get your story in. we will do you were male. i have a question. an e-mail from bruce, he types a lot in the subject line. why haven't you guys called idaho? romney is trouncing, you guys still have the final count tonight. what is the prediction of alaska? why aren't you guys talking about it? prettyill win idaho easily -- [talking over each other]

>> sorry about the technical difficulty. but we have a bed with advice s about acrewed -- will have a been on for five hours and not screwed up a thing. that screw-up -- answer the question without j-mart interrupting. >> romney -- i know it has been called for him by a couple of networks. in terms of alaska, we have not been talking about alaska because the polls did not close. that is the second mistake of the last five minutes. almost no bearing on

what happens. >> ron paul visited. there was a libertarian bloc that exists in alaska. we can't get it too much credence because we know it is not going to affect the outcome. >> he actually invested resources there, he still may not win. north dakota was widely seen as his best chance. i agree that he is serving a function in this primary, he obviously has energized supporters. but the reality is that he will be the one person that hasn't won a state. >> is 11:35 eastern standard

time. the willow run up at midnight. -- we will wrap up at midnight. j-mart, as much as you want people to hear you, we will silence you. j-mart, you have time to type a full paragraph. love the set, he says c-span is a great addition, it easier to watch in bad that a computer. i think we will put that on a bumper sticker. >> if i had a dollar every time i heard that. >> great guys over there, very great folks. >> we also have to mention that today is the beginning of wyoming. they have four more days of caucuses here. interestingly enough, they schedule these because they want

to make sure that the farmers and the people can actually get there and spend time discussing the candidates. >> it is something i had to bring up. we talked about them all night long, all we have focused on is the big trophy. it is 11:37. the poles have been closed for 7:30, and he is leading by half a percentage point with 91% of the vote. >> i will make a prediction that based on the information from ohio republicans, believe it is wide enough that it will be called tonight. >> i think that is right. >> we can analyze a, the great. >> i think it will be more than 5000 votes. >> i said that he will win by

more than 10,000 votes, slightly more. >> hopefully it happens in the next 20 minutes. >> what are you doing right now? >> i am in the marriott in boston, massachusetts. >> you better be using points, dude. [talking over each other] i think the analysis was basically what you were saying, the game has not changed that much because it might be inevitable like john harris was saying two hours ago. ultimately, this is probably a mitt romney race. he can't close a deal emphatically anywhere other

than places where it is easy for him to close the deal. for republicans licking their chops, the map looks decent this year. we will have more money than we have ever had in a campaign. they just want to see something from him. rick santorum is the unambiguous alternative. this is not newt versus santorum. >> newt gingrich came 3rd and 4th place. >> for a guy that had been calling for rick santorum to get out of the race. >> almost everywhere across the country, what is the reaction, he ran a governor's campaign there for two weeks and he has this new breath of life. he was in this territory

tonight of the joe lieberman , he was covering a three-way tie for third. he gives the speech were you act like you are suddenly revising your campaign. it is going to be really interesting to see if he is still a potentially strong ahead after next week where he can deny rick santorum a big win. but those votes are getting more proactive about trying to nudge him out. they know it will be hard to beat him. i am going to be curious to see what kind of pressure there is because he has won two states over the last few months, he

lost everywhere else. how do you go forward? you were the conservative alternative. >> we ask this question tonight already. do you think that he is a lot more vocal about saying that he should get out? >> his top adviser, and they want to get a minimum mano a mano. you see his top strategist going there, they will be much more open about wanting to get him one-on-one. let the states where he wins thousands of votes. not all of them, but a good chunk are. in the next week, that will be

perhaps the central question in this campaign, what does newt do? does he get out or take votes from santorum? this thing is goning a long while. >> we appreciate your served po is tolitico. -- your service to politico. one thing to watch in the morning is what happens on the editorial pages on "the wall street journal," "the national review." if they start to put forbid pressure to make this a by mary choice between two members, breaking news coming in through my year right now? romney wins idaho as expected. >> he says "call ohio."

>> we called idaho. >> not ohio. >> idaho. >> of this is the victory lap that is still being carried. one last time, i want viewers to have an understanding of regardless of what happens in ohio tonight, we think it could be in the next hour, it has been all over the place. >> what does he do for the next week? what is his message and where does he go? >> his message is that having the machine that lie commit -- like mitt romney, he held it down into the wee morning hours in ohio after tennessee and

oklahoma. he will head to kansas, alabama, mississippi, missouri. they will want to focus on midwestern and southern states where he thinks that his social conservative message as well as his manufacturing the, his blue- collar roots, he feels like that will be very important. >> we are getting so much feedback. we don't care if you're on the radio or watching c-span and australia like whats-her-face. we want people giving us feedback, giving us questions. we are getting flooded for calls to keep the show going. there is a huge dispute right now on the set. maggie is saying over her dead body.

>> we will do it by candlelight. >> leave them wanting more, don't string along until the end. >> the person we like to call. >> of the latest numbers still 91.5% reporting, but by half a percent. it keeps them out of the automatic recount threshold where we were talking a quarter of a percentage point. >> he talked about the perception of tomorrow, and what we can look out. at this point, he looks poised to do it. they are vermont, massachusetts, virginia. >> these are give the states for

him. it doesn't help with the dialogue that he has reached out and one southern states again. >> we have been saying that in the end, this will be about momentum. if tonight's message that it will be? this will be a knife fight for delegates? haute there is a chance that this can go until the texas primary. i think that he will still be the nominee. i think this will be bounced- free for him. it is not who won the most states, but it was a loss. not doing what he did pretty poorly in georgia. you do need to start showing improvement in some of these areas if you don't want to be bled dry. >> what are the next five or six states in order? >> kansas, alabama, mississippi.

>> all santorum -- >> [talking over each other] >> this is not a month of favors for romney, it's generally santorum -- >> all the more reason that newt will stay in as well. are we already on the same day? last week as well, he was over. >> we said earlier that it gingrich is on something of a mission. he wants his delegates to be represented. realistically, what is the party going to offer new gingrich to make him get out? what is the incentive? >> call me if i am wrong about

this, but the incentive is that he doesn't want to look like a dead end there. he has been rehabilitated by this process. he cares about books, speeches, movies, being a big republican draw. if romney is saying that every day you are in, you help barack obama, that is a big incentive for him to get out. >> i believe that rick santorum has replaced a new gingrich. being the popular sentiment out there. you will see that share growing. >> they basically came third or fourth place. people were arguing that santorum was more likely to get out because he is a rational actor. >> he can have a future, he is relatively young. i think newt gingrich has entered a huge parts of the party because of what he did

against met ronnie. -- mitt romney. he is significantly outmanned. they were upset about the attacks. they were upset about the health care shots. i think to the extent that this has been a damaging process, there is this feeling that newt gingrich has done a bit more than rick santorum. >> the last thing that we will do before we wrap up this night. i feel sad, i don't want to wrap up. emailing me to get my butt home. for the last time, this is yet. -- this is it. the last time we're going to craig cam. look at him. you look like a reporter.

>> which means not a real reporter. >> did anyone hear -- >> [talking over each other] >> i am picking up a device that he thinks this is sort of a blip. >> who is the winner? what is your take away? >> if we say in the passage of time mitt romney will be the nominee, i will put a couple of bucks on the square. they are going to sleep tonight with this book about how barack obama the hillary clinton in 2008. everyone calls it a split decision that was really a delegate win for barack obama, the night that he got the nomination. romney is praying this night is for him. in 2008, the democrats had to

candidates, you drove home that most could imagines as the nominee. both incredibly attractive personalities, i think each side can't believe they could be the nominee. if you're a santorum voter, you don't want romney and vice versa. it is basically two to three weeks of santorum wins before improbable -- a probably romney win. they don't want to nominate him, but they may have to because of a process of elimination. that is a story line that is crushing both now and heading into the fall. >> keep your heart out networks, you'll never have that camera. give us the final thoughts as you start to wrap up.

i want to offer my sincere thanks for everybody participating in giving us all some feedback, the mailing edit text -- emailing and texting. it has been on radio and at work and getting so much feedback. it is one of the best channels on cable because you can see everything. we hope we have delivered authentic tonight. the stuff doesn't happen without people behind the scenes. all of the producers, working the cameras. you never knew how many people it takes to pull this off and it is because of them that we don't look stupid. thanks to everybody at wjla and politico the helped put this together. >> i love j-mart talking about

charlie brown and the football, romney not closing the deal. a romney person said, i feel like we can't get ahead of the story. we can't get on top. the goal posts keep moving. he wasn't blaming anyone else, he recognized it was their problem. we thought florida was going to be the tiebreaker, we thought ohio would be the tiebreaker. it is a groundhog day race, and as proof of that, they moved the story with the headline, palin leads door open to white house bid. >> just in time for a game changer tomorrow. i think this is the primary that will keep on going. i think it is a good night for governor romney that will be seen that way because of

coverage. this has been a momentum-less primary. this is not the same night as obama-clinton in 2008. it was literally wrapped up. this is a mathematical highly unlikely hud, but it is not the same thing as an impossibility. these guys have a reason to keep going, it will be harder for party members to argue that santorum needs to get out. >> as we get ready to wrap things up, looking at the 93% reporting, governor romney with a narrow lead. you can go to politico, i have feedback on the application as far as using technology in these

maps, you can go to the site and have all the information that you need. a big night for mitt romney and rick santorum. new gingrich,for we haven't talked about ron paul but whatever. >> it is proving to be more expensive than they thought. they did not budget for it to go this long, they will have the cash on hand problem. >> to have a candidate that has a lot of cash on hand in his own hands. there is growing expectation that he may have to write his own check. it doesn't send a great message. it will be taken as a huge concession. rick santorum raised $9 million.

bet there is a chance it was on par or that rick santorum lead him. it was a potential problem. >> that what momentum means, momentum is what matters. money follows momentum. if people are looking for clarity, you're not going to have it yet. there'll be a long time before we have certainty in the numbers. if people start writing to get out of there so that it is a to- person race, which might be sitting here four months doing this show. >> literally months. >> because we love america. >> we will be able to call alaska. [laughter]

>> that's right. i think the money flow problem is a real one. i think they have not spent wisely. but mitt romney sort of left money on the table and they are really regretting it now. >> watch the conservative reaction tomorrow. it is more important what is happening on the right and what is happening in conservative media. if they are down on romney, cool to gingrich, you might have a different dynamic. hopefully if that happens, we will have the of the live show. people think we are just a washington publication, but we are global. >> the whole northeast corridor.

>> will report 95% with ms. romney -- mitt romney .7% ahead. >> maggie will be doing her thing at the top of politico breakfast. that's it. >> we will have more about the primary in ohio that we are hearing is to close to call on "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern. road to the white house coverage continues saturday with caucuses in kansas, the u.s. virgin islands, and guam. in american somoa and alabama, and mississippi. this summer's national convention -- and primaries in pr and illinois.

now to georgia where the republican presidential candidate newt gingrich won the primary and his honesty today. he spoke to supporters in atlanta. [chanting "newt"] >> it is great to be back in atlanta, what an exciting evening. we are so proud of the many volunteers that have worked diligently here and throughout the state of georgia. thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. you have made this evening possible and we are very grateful. we have truly enjoyed being back in georgia throughout this campaign and are humbled by your overwhelming support and prayers. newt and i are engaged in this

race because we believe america is at a crossroads and care deeply about the future of our country. there are only a few months left in the for the most important election in our lifetime. our only opponent is barack obama. we are committed to removing him from the white house. [cheers and applause] this campaign is far from over, and tomorrow will bring another chapter in the race for the nomination. [applause] newt is the only candidate with the experience and knowledge necessary to rebuild the america we love. [cheers and applause] he has a successful national

record of creating jobs, balancing the budget, and reforming the government. today, we need a leader with old solutions to create a better future for all americans. [applause] i believe that leader is my husband. [applause] please welcome former speaker of the house and the next president of the united states, newt gingrich. ♪

[cheers and applause] [crowd chanting] [cheers and applause] >> you know, this is amazing. i hope the analysts in washington and new york who spend june and july explaining our campaign was dead will watch this tonight and learned a little bit from this crowd. and from this place. [applause]

we survived the national league's effort to kill as in the summer because of you. because of people who said we are not going to allow the elite to decide who we are allowed to nominate. and so, with your help, -- thousands and thousands of people came to newt.org, and with your help, we survived the two most difficult months of a career that goes back to august 1958. june and july were hard and it was precisely because the national elite especially in the republican party had decided that a gingrich presidency was so frightening that they had to kill it or leave it. you would not let them do it.

with your help, and the power of large solutions and big ideas, and clear communication in the debates, by december, according to gallup, i was the front runner by 15 points and according to rasmussen, i was the firm winner by 21 points because you believed in the power of ideas. he believed that people can make a difference. wall street money can be beaten by mainstream work -- main street work. wall street money decided that only relentlessly negative $5 million campaign in iowa would work and they did reduce my support from 36% to 14% in three

weeks of unrelenting negativity. the media said i guess this is over, finally. you said now. at the depths of the establishment rejecting it, thousands of more people came and signed up. the result was we won a historic victory, carrying 43 out of 46 counties. pretty sure that tonight we have a number of the south carolinians who helped us win who were here and came over to help celebrate this great victory. [applause] at that point, the forces of wall street figured out they were in real trouble. as the "new york times"

reported, they held a meeting after a primary and said we have to destroy gingrich. one of them was quoted as saying we have to id disarrayed him. which i felt was a fairly strong word in a republican primary. i would expect obama's people to do that, but i thought it was a tad much having spent my entire career building the republican party. and so, they piled on $20 million and we were still standing. we call it -- carried all of north florida. everywhere we were, when we won, the vote went up. when wall street one, the boat went down. -- vote went down. at that point, once again, they began to say maybe he is going. some mr. santorum did something clever. he went to three state nobody else was in and he won them. the news media suddenly said now we have the person who's going to be the non-romney.

i would say for the performance they get outta me they're the most underpaid debate coaches in america. member when it was tim plenty that was going to crummy addax -- tim pawlenty that was going to beat me? then it was herman cain the first time. and for a brief moment, it was donald trump, almost. and then it was rick perry. and then it was herman came as

german king in the second time. now it is santorum. it is all right. there are lots of but a rabbit to run through. -- money rabbits to run through -- bunny rabbits to run through. i am a tortoise. [applause] i have always tried to be very candid. i think this is how i want to live and do things. i said at the peak of the santorum surge if i cannot carry my home state for people know me i will have no credibility. how many of you have noticed

negative ads? there's a wall street and the to comment. it is a total lie. this is what we're up against. it is one thing to have a lot of money. is nothing to live. i said let's go home and tested out. i will go home and crisscross the state. kathy and jackie were a great help. the governor did a tremendous job. i have to say they did a tremendous job and worked very hard. [applause] terming mccain stepped up to the plate in march very hard. -- hermann kaine stepped up to the plate and worked very, very hard. todd palin made phone calls. we basically put people power against money power. in tennessee, fred thompson was tremendously helpful. in oklahoma,as you saw, at the very first -- in oklahoma, j.c.

watts was extraordinary. in the very first race -- race they called tonight about 15 seconds after the polls closed and so i am here first of all to say thank you to each and every one of you. you are the reason we survived every effort of the establishment to stop this. being here at the waverly brings back many memories. in in 1994, this is where we learned that for the first time in 40 years there would be a republican speaker of the house. all the elliotts thought we were crazy.

-- elites thought we were crazy. we ran a positive campaign. we did all the -- all the elites thought we were crazy. we ran a positive campaign. what would you go to all that trouble and have all those ideas? we did not spend our time and lots and lots of negative ads. we spend our time communicating hope to the american people. the result was the largest one party increase in american history. in an off-year. the american people want a chance to have hope again. [applause] tomorrow will bring another chapter in the race to the

nominations. it is a chapter in the fight for the soul of the republican party peer it is a chapter for the very nature of america. it is a chapter defining who we are as a people. let me be very clear. i believe that i'm the one candidates who has the ability to debate barack obama decisively. [applause] let me be straight. i do not believe the romney technique of outspending your opponent with negative ads will

work against barack obama. there is no possibility any republican will outrace the incumbent. you cannot follow that strategy. you have to have somebody knows what they believe, understands how to articulate its of a customer all the media, offsets the bias of the elite media who had the guts to take on the president every single time he is wrong. >> where is your teleprompter? >> we run a very frugal campaign and we could not afford one.

i have already promised that if the president will agree to 73 our debates in the lincoln douglas tradition he can use a teleprompter if he wants to. i will get to that in just a second. i want you to know that in the morning we're going on to alabama. we are going on to mississippi. we are going on to kansas. that is just this week. an hon still this afternoon -- in huntsville, we are starting up this afternoon. if you compose something as simple as new = $2.50 a gallon under facebook.

we run a very straightforward campaign. i want to give you one example of how profoundly different we are from the other candidates and the president. i would love to debate this president about. that is one that a number of your holding signs for. i want us to have an american energy policy so no president will ever again bowed to a saudi king -- bow to a saudi king. [applause]

i want you to imagine a debate this fall. the president was right the other day. please so nervous about gasoline prices and energy. i thought today in one of the most shallow and self-serving comments by president in a long time, he said i'm really worried about higher gas prices because it will make it harder for me to get reelected. i did not make this up. it is nice to know that the president has managed to take the pain of the american people and turned it into his own personal problem. the fact is i would love to debate this present. when you read the speeches, and they are so does lusciously info here.

strategy one is drilling. the strategy number two is drilling. this strategy 3 is a drilling. mr. president, this is one of the rare occasions where i can say you are right. the president said we have to be practical. then he offered his practical solution.

does anyone remember what it was? housing. as gas prices keep going up, one of our campaign techniques should be having people go to the gas stations with a jar of algae and say would you rather have the been reached solution of the drilling more oil are would you like to put this in your gas tank? i am surprised soured nightlife has not taken the speech and turned it -- saturday night live does not take in the speech and turned it into a skid. -- a skit. did the president explains how he had this great breakthrough of national gas. that we now have over 100 years' supply of natural gas. and that we're going to create 600,000 new jobs in the next

decade. i am still waiting for one of their reporters to come out of their comatose re-elect obama stance and ask the following question. how does the president think we discovered the natural gas? of course, the answer is -- >> "drilling" >> i give up the proposal to make sure there could be better future in practical terms. i propose to dollars and 50 cents a gallon. -- i proposed $2.50 a gallon.

herman said, no, that will not work. i asked the oil experts what is the price will have continuous exploration. my goal is we are free of the middle east. [applause] when the iranians practice closing the straits of hormuz for which one out of 5 barrels of oil flow, the short-term answer is the u.s. navy and the u.s. air force and the ultimatum to closing the streets would be an act of war and their government would cease to exist.

the long-term solution is to create american energy independence so we could say that china, india, and europe, you have a problem in the straits of hormuz. we hope you can solve it. we're not in charge of it. [applause] now, the fact is, $2.50 is a tenable. governor romney came to town and said i was pandering. by picking a number. i want to explain to the governor, this is called bleeding. -- leading. [applause] leaders create large goals. leaders create a vision of a better future. leaders arouse the american people to go out and do great

things. leaders believe the american people could easily achieve energy independence if the government got out of the way. [applause] so, if your friends ask you why we are emphasizing to $50 and is a practical, first of all, you can go to newt.org. we have a 30-minute speech that outlines why it is doable and practical. i read a book in 2008 and we did a movie called "have the power." this is clearly doable. in addition, we point out three numbers to them. the price of gasoline when i was speaker was $1.13. the price of gasoline 1 barack obama -- when barack obama

became president is $1.89. all this gigantic increase came from his policies. finally, if you remember the national -- natural gas story the president is proud of, we have developed so much natural gas that supply is out running demand and the price has fallen from $7 -- $7.97 to around $2.86. translate that as a percentage decline and this is within an 11% increase in production. they have not doubled it. they have not got to 25%. and 11% increase changed the whole equation of supply and demand. if you had the same experience with oil, you would end up at $1.13. $2.50 is a long way from a radical number.

$2.50 as a practical, cautious, durable number. my goal over the next few weeks is to drive home to every american, we do not have to be trapped in the department of department of anti-energy. we did not have to be trapped with an epa that destroys jobs. we do not have to be trapped with a president refuses to reopen the call for refuses to develop alaska. with your help, we are going to get enough people to sign up. we have 173,000 donors. 95% give less than $250. we have a place where you come in and give one newt gallon, $2.40. with your help, we're going to go on to tampa and win the

nomination. [applause] thank you. goodluck, and god bless you. -- good luck, and god bless you. ♪

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>> ron paul at a republican caucus in north dakota. the state held its caucuses on super tuesday. >> thank you. thank you.

thank you. [applause] thank you, thank you. what a delight. thank you very much for that very nice reception. is everyone going to vote tonight? are going to win? -- are we going to win? we always went. the cause of liberty is on a roll. this country is ready and ring. we will send a loud message to the rest of the country. i have said so many times the american people are way ahead of washington. washington is sound asleep. we're on the right track. make sure they hear our message all the way to d.c. [applause] and that message is not complex.

most people realize we're having problems. we spend too much money now and then. we borrow to much money now and then. government grows. leaps by leaps and bounds. one of the things they have done over these last 100 years that has been detrimental especially in the last 40 years is they want government to grow and leslee. we do not have the money. they run out of borrowing power. guess what they do? they start printing money. and of course that leads to more problems. the world is facing a debt crisis. a debt prices of consequences -- debt crisis of consequence. they have not done a good job. it took a dollar of 1913, it is worth one penny. it is time we celebrate next year the 100th anniversary of

the federal reserve by repealing the federal reserve act. [applause] a lot has happened in the last four years. these problems have been going on for a long time. it would be great if we could blame one person or one administration. so many young people here, you are realizing you are getting a bad rap for what you are inheriting. you would like a much better deal. the better deal can be found in less government and only sending people to washington who has -- who have read the constitution and will obey the constitution and take their oath of office seriously. [applause] which would do so many wonderful things for us. take, for instance, if you are

tired of the wars, i hope you are sick and tired of the wars. what if we had the return to the constitution? the founders major in the document in the constitution that the wars would only occur not by the executive branch, but only by the people through their representatives in congress. that is the way in all wars should be declared. if necessary, they should be declared and get them over with and come home. that is the way we're supposed to do that. [applause] but since alderwoman to we have gone to war without a declaration -- world war ii. we have gone to war without a declaration. just in the past 10 years, these wars were fighting in the middle east come over 8500 americans have died. 44,000 have come back with serious injuries and amputations and all kinds of problems.

hundreds of thousands looking for help because of posttraumatic stress syndrome. at the same time, economically, it has been damaging. it has added $4 trillion to our national debt. that is what you are inheriting. this is the reason why it is important if you are talking about peace and prosperity. you have to change the constitution and have less war and make a more sincere effort to promote the cause of peace. [applause] this has been going on for a long time. both administrations have been doing this. this is the reason that the message of liberty brings people together. individuals see that the parties are not doing a very good job. they want one party to cut the spending and they raise the debt. another job -- party is supposed to do the job. you look at the candidate, there is very little difference except

for one. -- candidates, there's very little difference except for one. the rest of the candidate's support the status quo. monetary policy does not change. there is no challenge to the federal reserve system. most of all, there is no desire to protect personal liberty. personal privacy. protect us from the intrusion -- intrusiveness of the federal government. to protect your rights to use the internet. these are the kind of things that are so important to so many people. unfortunately, that is not offered. i believe it is the offering up of a program that emphasizes personal liberty, the constitutional, sound monetary policy and a sensible foreign policy is the reason momentum is building and the reason why we're getting such a great reception in north dakota. [applause]

we're in the midst of a financial crisis. a financial crisis, the biggest one in the history of the world. there was a time when we were a creditor nation. we would have ups and downs but we were a creditor nation, and we had a lot of productivity. we had a lot of wealth, and we had borrowing power. today we're and debtor nation. debtor nation. we create no significant new jobs. there is never a lack of desire for more spending. what we should be proposing and what i propose is in the first year, to cut the budget in real terms by $1 trillion. [cheers and applause] the proposal by others is to cut the proposed increases. the proposed increases, called

baseline budgeting. they assumed the budget will go up by $10 trillion plus over the next 10 years. they're cutting about cutting $100 billion a year of proposed increases. there are zero cuts. what i am talking about are real cuts. cutting but you cannot do this unless you change policy. if you expect to have the entitlement system, have welfare benefits from cradle to grave, free housing, free food, and free medical care, and free education, you cannot do it. if you expect to be the policeman of the world and advocate pre-emptive 4 and going into countries and occupying countries, if you want that kind of foreign policy committee cannot do it. in a what will happen if we do not change policy? we're going to end up in a financial crash. there will be a dollar crisis. we will suffer the consequences. it is in our best interest not only of the younger generation but everybody. we're not passing this on to the younger generation pri we pass

it on to the current generation. that is why it is vital we understand what liberty is about and what the constitution needs and why limited government and personal liberty and property rights is the road to peace and prosperity. [applause] it has been said that no army can stop an idea whose time has come. the idea of returning this country to the principles of liberty, that idea is alive and well. alive and well and growing by leaps and bounds. that is why this country is changing significantly. the message is loud and clear and growing exponentially. i am optimistic to believe that we can turn this around. we have to cut the spending. a lot of people say you are going to cut this, this, and this. i actually have a transitional program. i want to cut $1 trillion but i want to have priorities.

i want to start with the overseas spending. overseas spending and welfare and the occupation, we ought to agree that spend the money here at home if you have to, but not overseas. [applause] therefore, i want to protect certain budget problems -- programs. for instance, we made promises to the elderly, they are dependent now. medical care and social security. my plan would protect those individuals. what about protecting the infrastructure, protecting the states and parts of the country that need money for the intercoastal canal and flood projects? would i vote for that and what i advocate. by adding more debt and borrowing? i would not. let me tell you how we could do it. by cutting spending overseas to such an extent you cut the deficit and put the money that

you want to for some programs back here at home. not to raise taxes and not to raise the debt and lower the debt to and do not increase the spending. we can do that by working our way out. a few years ago, they build an embassy in baghdad. an embassy -- it was close to $1 billion. that was the beginning. this year the appropriation for that embassy was nearly $5 billion to operate it. need a project here at home. why can we not cut that $5 billion out, forget about that embassy in baghdad. take it and cut it in half. $2.5 billion of the deficit and spend it here at home on projects that we need. [cheers and applause] there is no doubt it cannot have

economic reform and economic growth unless you look at the monetary policy. financial bubbles are cause for reason -- are cause for reason. they come from excessive spending by the federal reserve system. if we want sound economic policy, we have to address that subject. you know, if we do all these things, we still have another major problem. that is the ultimate responsibility of the government. the real purpose of the constitution. the real purpose of what a republic should be about. it is not to have welfare from cradle to grave. it is not to be the policeman of the world. a limited government we should have at a constitutional republic should be designed to protect our liberties and nothing else. that should be their responsibility. -- of the responsibility. this and includes a strong

national defense. but not an offense. it should be a defense. we should defend our country as necessary. if we go to war, the wars have to be fought, they should be fought, get them over with and get the troops home as quickly as possible. there has been a steady erosion of personal liberties in this country. that is what we have been so careless about. that has been going on for a long time. it got bad in the last 10 years durso. 9/11 helped create the spread that was a terrible day. the assessment was wrong. the assessment was it had something to do with iraq. therefore, they used 9/11 as an excuse to go to iraq might invade iraq, fight a war there as well as -- as well as afghanistan. al qaeda was not in iraq. they had no weapons of mass destruction. that at it -- attitude is continuing soap -- because there are people who think we cannot

wait until we go into iran. that makes no sense. it will not give us more defense. [cheers and applause] we have been careless about the protection of our civil liberties. after 9/11, they passed a bill which was absolutely misnamed. they called the patriot act. it should have been called the unpatriotic act. that bill would have been properly named and called -- the repeal the fourth amendment act, it would never have been passed. [applause] it is the patriot act. it allows government agents to invade our promises and invade our e-mail and whatever they want to look at without a proper search warrant. something, the founders

explicitly fought a revolution on, the right of privacy. we have it turned upside down. we do not have privacy. we have too much secrecy in government. we need much more openness in government and protection of our privacy. [applause] as frustrating as it might get, we do have victories. we had one here recently in the last month. there was a bill floating around, the stock online piracy acts. this was an effort to take over control of the internet. a lot of people like you got word of it and sent a message in washington. the house and the senate, once they heard from the people, they whipped through the bills and they took them off and they are not pushing them through congress. the people have to be heard.

how are we going to spread our message without the internet? since that time we haven't had other things that are discouraging as far as undermining personal liberties. the president announced it was legal for him as president and the commander-in-chief that he would now be allowed to assassinate american citizens without a trial or without charges. to prove that point, he has done it on three occasions. that is the law according to the president. when they asked him about this, where does it say in the constitution's you can assassinate american citizens, he said i can do anything i want except those things that are denied to me in the constitution. he has that twisted around a bit. the president only has the authority to do the things he has the explicit authority to do. the rest he is not allowed to do. [applause]

which means of president, i promise to be that type of president. i will not legislate by executive order. i will use the exec of order to repeal those executive orders. it is not only the president that is undermining our personal liberties. the congress laid it on a platter. they passed the national defense authorization act. this is a bill that means the president has the authority to use the military to arrest an american citizen any time he so chooses if he wants to. no charges, no trial, no attorney. held in a secret prison indefinitely. that is not what america is all about. the bill needs to repeal. we can solve our problems by

finding the people who will read the constitution, obey the constitution, emphasize personal liberty. liberty will bring people together. we are divisive because all we're doing is fighting over power. who will control the money? which faction will control it? they all support the same monetary policy, the welfare system and the deficit. they fight over control and who will get the benefit. true liberty brings us together. people get t is the liberty the way they see fit. it is your life, you should do what you want. as long as you do not hurt other people. if we carried that got through, if our life and our liberties come from our creator, we ought to have the natural right to keep the fruits of all of our labour also. [cheers and applause] but if we say people -- see

--uld not be punished all this should come together. no matter how diverse we are. just because there will be a difference in how we use our liberty. how we want to spend our money. what our social values are. what church we go to. it should come together in the defense of liberty. government should butt out of our lives and out of our work. [applause] so, this is where we have the good news. this message is coming out loud and clear. people are joining us. i am delighted to see the young people. they are energized by this but there are many who are not so young but young in spirit. they know this, too, and they know the status quo is not working. the financial system. keynesian economic theory is not working. we have to do something better. we had the best example of a

free society and we have the largest and richest middle-class ever and we are now, unfortunately, letting it slip away. we have to recapture this. this is emphasizing personal liberty. the constitution. sound money. property rights. second amendment rights. and also, a sensible foreign policy of national defense. that is the only alternative of what we have today. if you seek as i do peace and prosperity, it can be found by restoring the great values of this country. if we do that, i tell you what, the whole world will benefit. so often today they believe we are -- so many want to promote our presence around the world. they say we are an exceptional nation. we are and we have been. but you cannot push for exceptional ism on other countries by force. you cannot go and invade -- invade and bomb people and say we have -- you have to live the

way we do. [applause] but, if we set a the standard of individual liberty and prosperity and peace, the rest of the world will notice. then, they will want to emulate s. it is much easier to promote our cause through peaceful besness. we do not have to go backwards. we pick up the pieces and move forward and refine the understanding of -- understanding of liberty. it has been tested a short time in this country. a lot of times they will accuse us of wanting to go backwards. those who accuse us of wanting to go backwards are going backwards toward tyranny and we do not need to go in that direction. [applause] so i do not think it is difficult to define the problem. the answers can be found. this is what we are all about

today. today especially because in an election, i want to make sure that everybody tonight goes out and votes and it makes a statement for this cause. because if we truly want to promote the cause of liberty and restore its greatness, we can find it very easily in the cause of liberty. i want to thank you for joining me tonight and joining us in this effort to restore liberty to this great country. thank you very much. [cheers and applause]

>> no remarks from rick santorum in ohio. the former pennsylvania at senator won in oklahoma and tennessee and spoke to supporters in ohio. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. well,