the new york times, romney appears to be ohio-- to be ohio winner, santorum strong with no knockout punch, a bruising battle plods on. washington post, drawnout battle goes on and usa today, romney ekes out ohio win. the coverage was kind of similar on the cable channels and the networks as well. and there seems to be this reluctance to call mitt romney a winner. >> well, i think that's kind of fair. >> and i think santorum would agree. i mean, look, romney's having a very hard time and actually i think his speech tuesday night was probably the best i've heard him give. but nonetheless the media are the enjoying the fight. >> that seems to be the focus, the republicans going after each other what the media likes to focus on. >> wouldn't you if you were rooting for obama? let's take a look at four years ago, these are some of the headlines after the democratic super tuesday four years ago. and look at these headlines, "the washington post," obama on super tuesday, our time has come. in the new york times, with issues of war and peace on their minds, voters make choices, the wall street jou

be. if they recall ohio tonight maybe it will be eight months before we find out which republican won the ohio primary. there's a lot of green counties where there's vote to be counted. in every instance so far, every time i think we're going to see a romney uptick, santorum overperforms. these exit polls, all undercounted santorum all across the country ton. >> the what does that typically mean? if people come out of the polling place, an exit poll you're supposed to be telling someone what you just did. in this case people who voted for santorum are not talking to pollsters or not telling them what they good? >> i'm going to throw a phrase, silent majority. we've seen this before where conservatives, particularly conservative republicans -- don't forget what the exit poll says, it knows they're talking to the media, and when you look at this pattern, and this has been a pattern in the last couple months where i noticed santorum just a couple points, everywhere seems to be a little underreported in these initial ex exits. it could be the conservative base of the party, they're going to k

is ohio going to be decided or is newt gingrich going to be talking first? op new newt gingrich is still talking and blaming. i think he's blaming us in alphabetical order and just about to mention me. enough of that. let's go back to columbus, ohio, and the state house to check in and see where things stand with correspondents dave shuster. >> good evening to your. the romney campaign is confident as the numbers are coming in as they had the organization and turnout they wanted. an interesting report by the columbus dispatch in columbus. for several days, we heard a lot of people saying franklin county, which represents greater columbus, the university and some of the excerpts is the best representative of the state as a whole in terms of republican voters, and the club dispatch is told by republican activists in this particular county the turnout was extremely low for the sort of election that they had today. keep in mind, it's not just the presidential primary, but there are also state and local primaries as well. so because of that, they figure, you know,

and ohio -- that does seem to be a fair point. look, ohio is going to be this proven ground for the two of them in ohio has always had this -- there's a social conservative side to ohio. there's that economic anxiety side to it. >> look, santorum's reality is that if you're going to shoot for the kill, you better kill him. he didn't do that. he came close politically in michigan because the great story line. he had momentum coming into that. he had an opportunity, really inflict a blow on romney, and romney survived. he doesn't come out beloved, but he survived. where santorum is lucky, he gets to go into a big general election one more time and basically run the same campaign. but the closed primary, different factors at work and, you know, maybe romney can improve upon how he campaigned and, you know, santorum's got to improve upon how he campaigned. i heard one republican pollster said he ended up campaigning against sex when he came in and against college on the way out. and that's ultimately what got in his way. >> in an inter

ohio and a democrat. senator brown, thank you very much for joining us. >> good to be with all of you. thank you, rachel. >> to that point that ed just teed up, how do you think that ohio's politics with john kasich, with the union stripping law being recalled by voters this by that huge margin, all the protests in the street there, how has that affected the way ohioans think about the two parties on a night when republicans are going to be picking their presidential preference? >> i think the answer to that is a couple of things, one a sing lar lack of enthusiasm in ohio during the season, partly because they are all against the auto bailout, partly because so much dissatisfaction with the legislature and governor that ran on the jobs 15 months ago and spent their time going after workers rights and voters rights and women's rights. the other thing happening here, my wife connie and i were watching -- we had the tv on the last several days, all you saw, you saw two kinds of ads. you saw mitt romney ads, both negative -- mostly negative, a few positive and you saw some of the $4 million

if he doesn't pull out ohio everyone is going to be back to where they were pre-michigan. >> if he doesn't pull out ohio, i mean everybody is expecting he has the momentum. but if he doesn't pull out ohio this just guarantees a much longer slog. doesn't it, susan? >> i think we are going to be going for longer. these candidates are not in there for the delegate count except for romney. the others are there for moral purposes and they are going to stay in as long as they are relevant. i think tennessee has to be watched. there is movement there. >> those are the two key states. and, you know, there was another poll that came out today that had the gingrich lead in georgia by only about 10 points which i thought was sort of interesting but i think it's too big of a gap to be able to close overnight. but in tennessee and ohio those are going to be very very interesting states to watch. we have the former governor of tennessee on in the last hour. he was predicting that he thought that romney was going to end up pulling it out which i think is, you know i think it's going to be very interestin

on super tuesday rick santorum will be in ohio. mitt romney will be in ohio. gingrich will be here and ron paul will be in the caucus state of north dakota. >> are they going to be where they think they will fare the best? >> i think so. >> good stuff. sorry your tie didn't make the trip. >> it's cool down here. i don't want a neck tie. >> it's warm down here. >>> cnn is the only place to be on super tuesday starting with the special edition of "john king, usa." . >>> israeli prime minister meets tomorrow morning with president obama at the white house. sunday he welcomed the president's remarks. mr. obama said that preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is in the national security interests of israel and the u.s. more on the speech and the monday meeting. >> reporter: president obama talked tough on iran and delivered new assurances to israel. >> whenever an effort is make to delegitimize the state of israel my administration has opposed them. so there should not be a shred of doubt by now when the chips are down, i have israel's back. >> reporter: w

yet fhe loses ohio, the headlines will probably be -- rick santorum stuns in ohio. >> yeah.. it feels like iowa all over again. you can make the argument that we have made throughout this process that organization doesn't matter as much as everybody thinks it does and organization matter ace lot. organization matters all the time because rick santorum's going to be ineligible for 18 delegates because he wasn't on -- he didn't file a slate of delegates in time. that's a huge problem, going to britt's pointer about how delegate count is ultimately what matters, tell affect him and the way this is reported if he ekes out a win. but on the other hand, you look at exit polls out of ohio, it's the same story for mitt romney. once again, he doesn't do as well among very conservative, self-identified very conservative voters, 31% of the electorate in ohio, santorum won nearly half, 48%. romney took 31%. same with strong tea party supporters, 28% in ohio and santorum wins 4-10 and romney wins 3-10. that's the story. if mitt romney is the general election candidate, in some respects,

the defining state may be ohio, where mitt romney and rick santorum are running neck and neck. a traditional bellwether state could play a key role in deciding which republican gets the nomination. >> it is a tough state for us only because of the fact of the money disadvantage, but we have a great grass roots campaign. >> in all, voters in 10 states will go to the polls tomorrow. 419 delegates up for grabs, and 1144 needed for the nomination. conservative radio host rush limbaugh apologizes to a georgetown law student over the weekend for insulting her. he suggested sandra fluke's support of contraception coverage it was a way to force americans to support her sexual the activity. he said he did not mean to notfluke and was trying to be humorous and chose the wrong words. it came after several advertisers pulled commercials from the show. the issue fired of some of our facebook fan. still to come, do your children snore? why it may make them more hyperactive on the are aware. wary about the teenagers save the when they are behind the wheel? a new device that will allow you to

deciding races may be ohio.itt romney -- >> government keeps on raising your taxes. >> and rick santorum running neck and neck. >> this is a tough state for us. we have a money disadvantage. with a great grassroots campaign. >> ohio has a large number of delegates and could play key role in deciding which republican gets the nomination. voters in 10 states will go to the polls. mitt romney got a boost with an endorsement from the house majority leader. >> mitt romney is the only candidate who was put forward a bold plan for the future. >> newt gingrich is counting on a victory in his home state of georgia. >> you lose all credibility if the folks who know you best repudiate you. >> ron paul needs a break. >> in alaska there's a chance we will come out with a majority of the delegates. in iowa and north dakota, as well. >> mitt romney is getting some help from former first lady barbara bush. she is sending out robocalls on his behalf in ohio and vermont. tara mergener, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a disturbing story. the

be in play that day. one of the biggest states, ohio. chief political correspondent carl ram ron is live -- cameron is live in cincinnati. good evening, carl. >> a little chilly. the buckeye state will be the battle ground. now romney has new momentum from his washington win as he heads down ohio's stretch. rick santorum today hammered mitt romney for a 2009 usa op ed suggesting the president would learn a thing or two from romney's massachusetts health care plan. >> whether it's health care, whether it's cap and trade, whether it's bailouts, whether it's just the role of government in your life, governor romney has a very, very bad track record of being for government type solutions. >> romney denies suggesting massachusetts be a model for health care. santorum is ineligible for 18 of ohio ace 66 delegates. >> what i can win is delegates and hopefully get the most here. you would like to have the support of the people of ohio. delegates is what it's all about. we're going around, getting the delegates we think we have a shot at picking u

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ohio. there, you can see he was just eject -- elected vote total is close in the end but the delegates may not beohio. there is at least 38 we think that. could be going up. this is the count. these are projected counts, we as associated press projection of where the delegates come out. there is romney 38 of. rick santorum, 156. newt gingrich, 85. and ron paul, 406789 it depends on the district county and state conventions and they think that their loyal followers will go through, to so that number they don't buy but that is the number we use in projection autos back now to washington. chris? >> thanks so much. you know, you have to say this race is going to go on for a while. romney didn't put anymore anyone away but he had a clear lead. let's talk about romney, what sweechb in his performance in the primary. and as an expert how he'd do against barack obama. talking about the fact he is strong among more educated voters and wealthier voters and not so strong among blue collar voters. sums up barack obama in 2008. so what happens if they face romney? >> if you have critical voter groups romney h

be in play that day. one of the biggest states, ohio. chief political correspondent carl ram ron is live -- cameron is live in cincinnati. good evening, carl. >> a little chilly. the buckeye state will be the battle ground. now romney has new momentum from his washington win as he heads down ohio's stretch. rick santorum today hammered mitt romney for a 2009 usa op ed suggesting the president would learn a thing or two from romney's massachusetts health care plan. >> whether it's health care, whether it's cap and trade, whether it's bailouts, whether it's just the role of government in your life, governor romney has a very, very bad track record of being for government type solutions. >> romney denies suggesting massachusetts be a model for health care. santorum is ineligible for 18 of ohio ace 66 delegates. >> what i can win is delegates and hopefully get the most here. you would like to have the support of the people of ohio. delegates is what it's all about. we're going around, getting the delegates we think we have a shot at picking u

be in play that day. one of the biggest states, ohio. chief political correspondent carl ram ron is live -- cameron is live in cincinnati. good evening, carl. >> a little chilly. the buckeye state will be the battle ground. now romney has new momentum from his washington win as he heads down ohio's stretch. rick santorum today hammered mitt romney for a 2009 usa op ed suggesting the president would learn a thing or two from romney's massachusetts health care plan. >> whether it's health care, whether it's cap and trade, whether it's bailouts, whether it's just the role of government in your life, governor romney has a very, very bad track record of being for government type solutions. >> romney denies suggesting massachusetts be a model for health care. santorum is ineligible for 18 of ohio ace 66 delegates. >> what i can win is delegates and hopefully get the most here. you would like to have the support of the people of ohio. delegates is what it's all about. we're going around, getting the delegates we think we have a shot at picking u

ohio, are we going to be able to make a projection in ohio? was leading for most of the night. the votes are still being counted. we'll update you on what we know right after this. people with a machine. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. imagine if you could always see life [music] in the best light. every time of day. outdoors, or in. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it is meant to be seen. maybe even a little better. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. >>> and welcome back. 92% of the votes now in in the state of ohio. mitt romney well ahead with 6,365. it has not -- we have not called the state yet for romney, although all indications right now seem to be looking good for the former governor. in terms of where the race goes next, what would you see down the road? mississippi, louisi

. >>> all eyes will be on ohio throughout the day today which is expected to be a close contest between mitt romney and rick santorum. let's go live to tracie potts. she's in columbus with more on the race there. set it up for us. ♪ >> reporter: both top candidates mitt romney and rick santorum spent their last full day of campaigning in ohio. >> we have been all over the state, from a to z, all right. akron to zanesville. >> reporter: despite the latest poll showing an unenthusiastic republican electorate -- >> i don't think the republicans have a viable candidate. >> reporter: romney insists he's winning last-minute voters here. >> i keep hearing people tell me they were undecided and now they've decided to join with us. >> it's gut-check time. who wants it the most? what do you say? [ applause ] >> reporter: rick santorum has a two-point edge in ohio, a virtual tie. last night he focused on romney's flip-flop on contraception coverage. >> he will be the weakest candidate we could possibly put forward on the most important issue of today. [ applause ] >> reporter: santorum's also lead

in just a few seconds the polls will close in ohio, and let's see what we can do, whether or not we will bee to make a projection or not, but guess what? ohio, ohio, ohio. the key battleground state. and as expected we cannot make a projection in ohio right now. it is close. the exit poll results though are in. let's share with you what the voters were telling us after they emerged from the polling booths in ohio these are the results from the cnn exit poll. 40% for mitt romney. 36% for rick santorum. 12% for newt gingrich, and 11% for ron paul, and you see a four-point spread. these are early numbers in the exit poll and they could change, but right now, these are the exit poll questions, and we are being transparent with you, with a slight advantage for mitt romney over "situation room" in the key battleground state of ohio. let's go to candy crowley who is covering the romney campaign in boston right now. and candy, this is is a moment that i am sure that mitt romney would love to say, i won ohio. >> absolutely. that would be the major headline and here are the three reasons they believe

it is great to be here in ohio. almost and pennsylvania. clothes. is great to be here in eastern ohio. let me thank you for that great introduction and his great service to the people of ohio over many years. thank you. and fran, i hear the same thing every time i go out on the road. we hear from her. they always say less rick, more karen. it is the same thing with mike. just his family alone is an army. it is great to have you here with us. thank you dale for your help and support and pitching in to help us in the state of ohio. i always talk about the early part of our campaign. all throughout 2011 when we were at 1% in polls. up until about september he did not even put my name on the polls. it was probably a blessing. it would probably discourage me if he had put my name on the polls. we went out and had folks who believe in us across the country and help us in states to get on the balance. a month or two before iowa -- ohio was one of those states. i want to thank dale and so many of you for being with us when the rest of the world had not quite

be seated sometimes today. opening statements will follow and the trial could go into next week. >>> a teenager accused of opening fire inside an ohio high school will be in court today. prosecutors say t.j. lane walked into the school's cafeteria last monday and started shooting randomly. five students were shot, three of them died. lane is charged with three juvenile counts of aggravated murder. he could still be charged as an adult. >>> this morning, it is not just advertisers distancing themselves from rush limbaugh after his controversial comments about a georgetown law student. kpuaam in hawaii is the first station to drop limbaugh's show from its lineup in the wake of those comments. the station said while it believes in free speech, it does not condone the personal attacks limbaugh made toward sandra fluke. limbaugh targeted the student in response to her stance on birth control insurance coverage. >>> a woman is suing paula deen and her brother for sexual harassment. lisa jackson was a general manager at one of the pair's restaurant in savannah, georgia. jackson says deen's brother repeatedly made sexually inappropriate com

i was going to be -- when i was little in ohio, every kid was going to be a doctor.hat is the biggest thing you can be in ohio. half of my childhood i was going to be a doctor. that is what my mother told me. then i was going to be a fire woman. and i wanted to be a choreographer. then i wanted to be a cartoon -- have voice overs on cartoons. but this whole time i was taking piano lessons, so i was learning music the whole time. tavis: 90 to figure of that music was really your calling? -- when did you figure out that music was really your calling? >> after college, my late 20's. i was a late bloomer. my boyfriend had a band and i joined the band and started singing. i do not know what that was. tavis: kind of happenstance? >> yes. it was addictive for me. tavis: no artists succeeds, no musical artists succeeds, if they do not find a following of fans who love their voice. i am not naive, but there are some artists whose voice is so essential to their success. they have this sound, and the minute you hear them you know exactly who it is. you have one of those voices.

ohio is going to be a close state.ing to go right down to the wire, but rick is going to win. he is going to win because the one ingredient in politics that is so very important is energy, is determination from the people who are out there supporting you, and romney doesn't have it. i'm sorry. he just doesn't have it. >> senator, you're the guy. all i know is what you can tell me. senator mike dewine, current attorney general. we appreciate your time very much, sir. all right, folks. let's go on. a bunch of washington beltway pundits are saying that the better economy necessarily means president obama has already won the election. unfortunately, i totally disagree. totally disagree. i think we're going to take a break and then come back with former dnc chairman howard dean. we have former rnc chairman michael steel. they're going to debate whether the election is already over or not. i'm kudlow. please stay with us. it ain't over, folks. hint, hint. my job is to find the next big sound. they sound awesome tonight. and

all of that moisture with that big storm system still reaches back in the ohio will be it -- ohio river valley. the upper part of the storm still have to come through. there is still more out to the west. it will take another 18-24 hours for this thing to move through the area. scattered showers and thunder possible. 52-58 the overnight low. like, easterly winds. mostly cloudy tomorrow. maybe a few sun breaks here and there. maybe some thunder. probably not quite as much rain as today and tonight, but still a chance for rain. northwest wind at 5-10. the statewide forecast -- everybody's still had that rain chance around the area. out in the mountains, slightly cooler off to the west of us. north winds will be like tomorrow. 5-10 knots. futurecast shows this rain finally beginning to pull out of the picture by early monday morning. the last of that leaving the lower eastern shore. then we dry out for a while. forecast -- seven days worked -- briefly but dry day sunday. chilliest day today. low down near freezing. rain chance is wednesday. temperatures in the 50's-60's the rest of this we

>> it will be romney's big night. ohio is the state to watch. loser in the end of this. you watched him in nores and michigan. people are going to watch him in ohio. he is on more battles -- ballots what rick santorum. if he can end this deal at the end and go on. unfortunately, it won't be wrapped up tonight. the numbers won't get him there. after this, it will be a drip, drip effect. but a more accelerated drip for mitt romney. much like michigan was for romney do or die, that is the same pressure that rick santorum feels tonight. he must perform well or people will ask him what are you doing in this race? >> bret: brit? >> we are past the point where we talk about momentum or perception. this is about delegates. more than 400 available tonight. 419 available tonight. at the end of the night, the way to look at it is not look to any individual state. some are larger and important but to look at how the totals, look at night to figure out wherfrom there who has a clear path to nomination and who may not. >> bret: steve, the delegate hunt is real

>> certainly going to be looking for ohio, and i think we'll be looking most closely to georgia and the from behind? >> i don't make predictions. i'm always wrong. >> how about you? what do you think the democrats hope in terms of ohio? that santorum wins and the process is prolonged? >> that's probably the hope. they want to keep this going as long as possible. ohio is a toss-up. i would agree with susan that romney is getting an edge here. santorum may have peaked. >> and what about tennessee? suzanne said tennessee she thought he would take it. mitt romney. >> yeah. i think romney could be stronger than we have been anticipating. rick santorum has gone too far in terms of emphasizing the social issues, and it plays into whether they think he can be electable in the general election. >> let me get the thumbs up and thumbs down from you. >> romney had the best week. santorum had the worst. >> okay. what do you think? >> i agree on romney. it's been a bad week for gingrich, too. because he's increasingly out of the conversation. >> you have a good week. rush limbaugh had the worst. >> d

super tuesday's deciding race may be ohio.t romney -- >> government keeps on raising your taxes. they blame the other party. >> and rick santorum running neck and neck. >> this is a tough state for us. we have a money disadvantage. we have a great grassroots campaign. >> ohio has a large number of delegates and could play a key role in deciding which republican gets the nomination. voters in 10 states will go to the polls. mitt romney got a boost with an endorsement from the house majority leader. >> mitt romney is the only candidate who has put forward a bold plan for the future. >> newt gingrich is counting on a victory in his home state of georgia. >> you lose all credibility if the folks who know you best repudiate you. >> ron paul needs a break. -- needs a break through. >> in alaska there's a chance we will come out with a majority of the delegates. >> mitt romney is getting help from barbara bush. she is setting up robocalls on his behalf in ohio and vermont. tara mergener, wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> now traffic p

be. if they recall ohio tonight maybe it will be eight months before we find out which republican won theary. there's a lot of green counties where there's vote to be counted. in every instance so far, every time i think we're going to see a romney uptick, santorum overperforms. these exit polls, all undercounted santorum all across the country ton. >> the what does that typically mean? if people come out of the polling place, an exit poll you're supposed to be telling someone what you just did. in this case people who voted for santorum are not talking to pollsters or not telling them what they good? >> i'm going to throw a phrase, silent majority. we've seen this before where conservatives, particularly conservative republicans -- don't forget what the exit poll says, it knows they're talking to the media, and when you look at this pattern, and this has been a pattern in the last couple months where i noticed santorum just a couple points, everywhere seems to be a little underreported in these initial ex exits. it could be the conservative base of the party, they're going to keep it to

ohio. but it will be close enough that romney walks away with more. he may get the lion's share. ntorum doesn't have full slates of delegates in ohio. he's only competing there are 63 available tomorrow. he is only competing for 4r5 of th -- 45 of them. organizational failure. >> he didn't get into the precincts they had to get into. >> similar problem in virginia. >> he we heard what rick santorum needs to do to secure a win. his focus is on mitt romney and newt gingrich. >> let's define what a big night is. we will have lots out tomorrow night. there's a chance tomorrow night romney could come out with a strong mrurality of them up for grabs tomorrow night and the contest last saturday in wyoming. there's a chance he could come out with an absolute majority. if he wins a majority of the delegates and at least half of the contest. either half tomorrow night or half the 12 that vnl have been last saturday and the others are all split up, this could be a very strong inflexion for the campaign. speaker gingrich in my opinion has got to not only win georgia, but he also has to win el

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santorum should be kicking butt in ohio. he really should be. his mention about manufacturing at least, he seems like he understands the pulse of the rural voters the blue-collar voter, evangelical christian and yet for whatever reason he has still not been able to seal the deal. as an organizer, christine, what grade would you give him? >> well the grady give romney is probably a b minus because he started with an a and he has been going down ever since. i would actually give the same grade to santorum. i will tell you why. he started with nothing. he didn't think he was going to win. he was coming out of nowhere. >> that's why i can't give him a failing grade because he might win on the message. here is his problem, as bill clinton used to say. democrats wants to fall in love and republicans want to fall in line. right now, the republican party is they want to fall in line behind romney the people who vote for him last week they said elect ability was the number one factor. they are in love with santorum. they are thinking can't we vote with o