guy named henry barbour, you may not have heard of henry barbour, there is no reason you have heard of him. henry barbour is the nephew of former governor haley barbour and the national committeeman for the mississippi republican party. and even though rick santorum won mississippi last night, even though he won the popular vote there, barbour boosted romney to 13 delegates because he is a super delegate. his vote is one delegate. that made it a tie. they have two more super delegates, he will have eeked out a win in delegates despite losing the vote and counties. the same was true elsewhere last night as well. in terms of how many delegates were awarded, mitt romney won more than rick santorum did. chuck todd counted 42 delegates for romney, 38 for santorum. that means romney won the night or part of the night he needed to win in order to move closer to the nomination. now, romney hasn't always seem so strong in the primary he has won a lot of nights like that one. he is way ahead in the delegate count. it isn't even close. now, that is part of the new truth in the republican primary.

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barbour machine. less that way in alabama. >> where's haley? >> henry, the nephew who basically is the family's politics operationally, he's with romney. >> let's go to michael. these are white people, basically, white southerners, evangelicals, we know their views. not particularly in love with mormons. recently, accepted catholics as christians like them. i'm being brutal here. wait until you see these numbers. most don't believe in evolution. they have conservative views about our culture. what do you think is the situation down there? can romney win down there? >> i think romney can. i think mississippi could be a good playground for romney, quite frankly. it's a fairly new political environment for them in terms of, you know, the way their primary is set up. so you still have romney tied to the barbour clan. has the opportunity to use that network to get that vote out. but this is, you know, one of those situations where i think even if romney wins mississippi tonight and newt or santorum takes the other, it doesn't change really the dynamics in te

. >> you are having people like henry barber who is the nephew of haley barbour. they are treating, it would be a long night. mitt romney needs to run strong. you have a little more insight into this. what is interesting for now, the vote is coming in slowly. it is coming in a bit faster in mississippi. >> we are going to go to ginger before that i need to say hello to laura jordon in florida, and jeff jones of the american eagles. good luck. newt gingrich, we just had mike allen tell us he is hearing from officials in mississippi that newt gingrich could finish third in both states. are you hearing that from the newt gingrich people? >> they just make a pass through to the ballroom. his spokesman was joking with reporters and teasing them. laughing about his new hair cut he got this afternoon. a lot with his chief of staff who is the key factor campaign manager. they came through and were not giving signs of defeat. he said it gingrich is going to chicago in the morning and they will keep pressing on. if they were surprisingly happy. >> the think that was real ha