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romney with 6% of the vote in doing well in idaho. in ohio, look at this. 70% now in, and santorum's lead is actually growing. it's more than 15,000 right now. 305,850 for santorum. 290,848 for romney. 38% to 36%. it's a significant santorum lead. only 30% of the precincts outstanding so far. we'll see if romney can overcome that 15,000-vote deficit. it's going to be increasingly difficult for romney to do so. we'll check back in ohio in a moment. i want to go to idaho right now where shannon traves is standing by in boise with more. you have a huge crowd there, shannon, behind you. where are you right now? tell us what's going on. >> right now, we're in the taco bell arena at boise state university. we were expecting this to kick off a little over an hour ago, but it's just starting now. to your point about huge, you can't get much bigger than this. i'm going to have our photo journalist pan the crowd. organizers are telling us, get this, 9,000 people in this arena. the arena itself, we're told, sits between 10,000 and 12,000 people. they're

ohio. look at this, mitt romney wins the ohio republican presidential primary. st made this projection based on all the voting that's coming in, where the outstanding voting remains, based on everything we have seen. mitt romney the former massachusetts governor wins ohio. it's a big, big win for mitt romney. if he would have lost ohio, would have been a disaster for him. it would have raised questions about his electability. there's no doubt this is a real, real important win for mitt romney. rick santorum to his credit he got very, very close. a lot of people are go to be second guessing should he have spent more money or more time in ohio today and in recent days fighting to get this win? presumably he didn't because he wasn't even on the ballot in some congressional districts and he wasn't eligible for some of the delegates. maybe that's why he didn't spend the money or time in ohio. let's show you what we know. nine of the ten contests so far on this super tuesday have now been resolved. the big win in ohio for mitt romney. we're waiting for alaska. we're wa

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ohio. look at this, mitt romney wins the ohio republican presidential primary. ting remains, based on everything we have seen. mitt romney the former massachusetts governor wins ohio. it's a big, big win for mitt romney. if he would have lost ohio, would have been a disaster for him. it would have raised questions about his electability. there's no doubt this is a real, real important win for mitt romney. rick santorum to his credit he got very, very close. a lot of people are go to be second guessing should he have spent more money or more time in ohio today and in recent days fighting to get this win? presumably he didn't because he wasn't even on the ballot in some congressional districts and he wasn't eligible for some of the delegates. maybe that's why he didn't spend the money or time in ohio. let's show you what we know. nine of the ten contests so far on this super tuesday have now been resolved. the big win in ohio for mitt romney. we're waiting for alaska. we're waiting for alaska to come in. we presumably will get some results from alaska very, very so

. >> if santorum can win in ohio, he will survive. >> if mitt romney wins ohio, he takes a giant stepsantorum can squeak this guy... >> if romney wins in ohio... >> santorum can't afford to lose ohio. >> if romney wins ohio. >> if santorum wins there, the whole omlette is up in the air. it may land on the floor. [laughter] >> jon: you have run out of metaphors. the omlette? what, are you staying at a hotel where an omlette bar? the omlette bar. ohio, huh? so that's it. so ohio is the decisive state. whoever wins that one, that's it. and if i'm not mistaken... >> romney delaird the winner in ohio. >> oh, okay. thanks for coming. that's a wrap. we're just going to sit back. show's over plsm romney, good luck in the general election. i'm going to smoke my pipe and watch book notes as i do unwinding after a hard day at the satire factory, unless... >> romney eked out the win in ohio. >> he barely won in the all-important state of ohio. >> mitt romney won the map but he lost the momentum. >> he could not deliver a knock-out punch. >> the republican race far from over, folks. [laughter] >>

let's talk about possible outcomes, zero in in ohio, mitt romney ends ohio in his back pocket means what for the race? >> i think it means he's in a position to start convincingly making the argument the nomination fight is over especially if he puts one of the southern states or western state in his column in addition to the ones that everyone expects him to win, massachusetts, vermont, and virginia a convincing argument it's time to shut the sucker down. >> another scenario, rick santorum running neck-in-neck, he wins ohio, what does that mean? >> we go on and march on to illinois and rick santorum points to michigan and says that was a home state fluke for mitt romney and that he is demonstrating, rick santorum is demonstrating strength in states that will be important battle grounds in the general election, he takes the fight to illinois as long as foster friese keeps writing checks. >> there is no knock out punch but rick santorum will carry on? >> in a fight where you need to get to a certain number of delegates not a knock out punch until you say you have the delegates locked up.

vamos a ver a newt gingrich, pero en el tema de los delegados, va muy por delante mitt romney, y a ver qué pasa con ohioganados el día de hoy, mitt romney 117, newt gingrich 59, rick santorum 50, rick santorum con 3 estados ganados tiene menos delegados que newt gingrich. >>> está interesante, y el gordo de la noche es ohio, todavía están virtualmente empatados, pero parece que mitt romney lentamente itnee más votos. >>> así es, josé, tenemos más del 90% de los votos contados, y como proyectaras muy bien, creo que mitt romney tiene el triunfo en el estado. >>> es una larga noche para saber los resultados en ohio, vámonos a boston, massachusetts, donde el precandidato mitt romney, hace pocos minutos habló y ahí está angie sandoval con los detalles. >>> qué tal, josé, mitt romney prometió que esta noche se iría a su casa con una victoria más y lo logró, ganó idaho, todavía tiene que esperar por ohio, en su discurso dio gracias a quienes lo ayudaron en la contienda de supermartes, también felicitó a newt gingrich y ron paul, pero no mencionó a su principal rival, a rick santorum, también habló del cambio d

ohio is too close to call. mitt romneytorum, separated by a few hundred votes, tight race, what is it now, britt? >> narrowed a bit. we are watching it every moment. next, why we can't call ohio yet. your finances can't manage themselves. but that doesn't mean they won't try. bring all your finances together with the help of the one person who can. a certified financial planner professional. cfp. let's make plan. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter job on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ helping you do what you do... are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. a

mitt romney won in ohio. he -- >> we're counting up the delegates for the convention and it looks good. we're counting down the days until november and that looks even better. >> with victories in five other states, he's already talking like the gop nominee. >> as president i will get our economy back on track and get our citizens back to work. unlike president obama, i actually have the experience to deliver on that promise. >> evangelical voters helped rick santorum finish on top in tennessee and oklahoma. he also put north dakota in his win column. >> we have won in the west, the midwest and the south and we're ready to win across this country. >> the candidates will divide up the super tuesday delegates. they were chasing the magic number to clinch the nomination, 1144. mitt romney leads. santorum's camp wants to frame this as ray two man contest with romney. saying he would rally behind him if newt gingrich calls it quits. last night gingrich easily won georgia. the state he represented in congress. the

romney has a lead now of about 5,000 votes. give or take, in ohio't give or take anything at this point. back to you. >> carl cameron just reporting that romney campaign were counties now coming in and pushing romney ahaechld taking a look at the map, are you seeing the same thing? that those are the numbers, those counties in which -- romney is gain something. >> you're dead on. this is hamilton county this, has been a republican strong hold for decades. they went with barack obama in 2008 for the first time voting for a democrat on the ticket since 1964. this is where you find the firgs congressional district in western ohio. you can find a lot of votes in hamilton county and a lot of republican votes there now, for years. and there is a bit of a difference complex in the north. you find a lot of numbers strong union vote with a long history z to make the point again this is where romney expected to do well to drive up numbers and offset santorum. >> yes. they're saying that that is the value of targeting campaign stops. and that could hech him to

romney pulled out a come from behind victory in the hotly contested state of ohio. romney also won in massachusetts where he was elected governor in 2002 and he won in the neighboring state of vermont. romney took the vote in virginia where his only competition on the ballot was ron paul. he scored victories in caucuses in idaho and in alaska, adding to his lead in delegates. rick santorum won for the first time in a month in republican strongholds of oklahoma and tennessee. santorum was also the winner of north dakota's caucuses. and newt gingrich won in his home state of georgia. tyler suiters is in washington with more. tyler, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. yes mitt romney won the most states and the most delegates on super tuesday. but for these candidates, victory is clearly in the eye of the beholder. mitt romney squeaked out a victory in ohio. he fought a tough battle with rick santorum to take the critical swing state. >>> we're counting up the delegates for the convention and it looks good. we're counting down the days until november and that looks e

mitt romney declared the winner in ohio. and what bay area experts have to say about romney's big night and santorum's strong showing. >> what a homeowner did right before a river of lava went right through his home. those stories coming up on channel 7. layer. >> up close to the lava. what you do is you get away. that is what he did. he got away. all right. start with the n.f.l., after 14 years peyton manning era is about to come to an end. colts will release one of the best quarterbacks in history and make the official announcement tomorrow. he is a living legend in indianapolis but he missed all of last season with a neck injury. if the colts wanted to keep him, they would have to pay him $28 million bonus that is due in two days. a decision had to be made. the colts are going to cut him and andrew luck number one pick in the draft. they flew into indy together tonight and reporters were waiting for them. >> are you both happy? >> sure. we're going to talk tomorrow. we're going to do it the right way tomorrow. >> we're go

but romney hasn't won in the south. we were all talking about ohio. o win in the rust belt. mitt romney did that. his next effort is to show that he can win in the south. he'll have that opportunity on tuesday. >> it's far from over. mark preston live for us. thank you. >> 4:33 on the east coast. we kept asking who's going to be able to deliver the knockout punch? can mitt deliver that punch? everybody is saying, no, not so much. here to talk about it from chicago, conservative columnist lenny mcallister. and from san diego, cnn contributor ruben navarrete. lenny, i was reading in politico a comment saying mitt has failed to claim the front-runner status here. at six states, what exactly was he supposed to do last night to be able to claim front-runner status? >> what he should have been able to do, what people wanted to see him do was win something he wasn't expected to win. we have to remember, even with ohio, santorum had a huge lead that he lost. when you're losing that lead in ohio, the guy with the money and the structure should be able to close

and in the most closely watched race tonight, romney and santorum are locked in a very close race in ohio. we have a team of campaign 2012 correspondents covering super tuesday. first we'll go to jan crawford with the romney campaign in boston. jan? >> reporter: well, scott, after spending most of the past week battling it out in that key state of ohio, romney arrived here this afternoon in his home state of massachusetts and he sounded optimistic when he talked to reporters about his expectations for tonight. >> i'm hoping for a good win here in massachusetts and what happens elsewhere i don't know. but i think we'll pick up a lot of delegates and this is a process of gathering enough delegates to become the nominee and i think we're on the track to have that happen. >> reporter: romney voted in his home state of massachusetts late today and is striking a confident tone. he's expected to win at least three states and he's closed the gap in ohio with a strategy that focuses on the personal and the president. >> good luck. >> reporter: on the campaign trail he told voters in ohio he dreame

romney? if he pulls out ohio? bad night for mitt romney?think in the end, campaigns are always about what happens today. and i think this is a bad night for mitt romney. if you had given him this night and say this is what's going to happen three days ago, or told everybody, that was a good night. as things went on, that did not meet expectations. as we talked about, he's got the math. the delegate math in his hands. he lost this moment. this was a moment he had, to begin to coalesce the party. to begin to unify the party. to say, i'm the one that's going to lead us against obama. he lost that argument tonight. he may be the nominee. he's the front-runner. but he's a very weakened front-runner after tonight. >> and the delegate math is essentially what the romney people are saying, that it's virtually impossible for rick santorum to get to the necessary number to win the nomination, because he'd have to run the table. so, they they he should give up, basically. >> i think what rick santorum's strategy is going to be, he's going to listen to

ohio which has proven essential to republican wins in the past. right now too close to call with 84% of the vote in, rick santorum leading mitt romney 38-37% in ohio. and in the rest of the primary newt gingrich and ron paul coming in a distant third and fourth. and virginia mitt romney wins big. 59% to 49% over ron paul. the only two names on that ballot. massachusetts a big win for mitt romney over rick santorum. 72-12%. other win for romney in massachusetts. and for neighboring vermont, romney again wins 40% to 25%. ron paul in second place. a good showing for him there. also in vermont, third and fourth place finishes those numbers coming up from ron paul and rick santorum. moving now to tennessee, rick santorum wins there over mitt romney. in tennessee romney thoughts he would do well. also in oklahoma 38% over romney. third and fourth going to gingrich and paul in that or the. in north dakota another win for santorum over ron paul in second place. mitt romney in third. newt gingrich in fourth in north dakota. in georgia a big win for newt gingrich who needed to win in his home state. third and fourth in georgia going to santorum and paul gin

ohio. no republican candidate has ever become president without winning there. mitt romney has won the primaries in massachusetts and virginia. newt gingrich has won in his home state in georgia. rick santorum has one in tennessee, oklahoma, as north dakota. we are in columbus, ohio. it is looking incredibly close. >> it is incredibly close to the point where the word out of the mitt romney camp is they think there could be less than 1000 votes and there is the potential that there may be no official call at all this evening. back is the situation at the moment. earlier in them evening, it looked as though rick santorum was ahead. the more rural counties seem to be reporting earlier. the counties for the three main urban centers were taking longer. there is nothing between them at the moment. we are waiting for this final counts. there is a suggestion that perhaps if it is that close, it will go down to recounting. the important thing is the delegate count. what we're looking at at the moment is that even if rick santorum won the popular vote, the bulk of delegates will pro

advertising by romney versus the rest of the field in ohio. >> that's a good question, keith. if you add in the romney campaign with the super pack and combine that number with the santorum campaign and santorum super pack, it's about four to one. depending on last minute spending, three and a half to $4 million on the romney sides, maybe a million on the romney side, but four to one. >> david shuster as columbus at the statehouse as the romney people look ahead toward what they figure is going to be a close but influential victory there. we'll get back to you as the hours continue. >> thanks, keith. >> governor, let me ask you about what we saw in michigan and may be seeing in ohio. within a fort night of each vote, rick santorum was significantly ahead. rick santorum has a lot of flaws as candidate. they came out with an interview from 1993 where he said government should have a proactive role in coming up with a health care. he's been bought out of the game. some people call this had presidential election an auction. is that a fair term? >> let me put it this way. certainly

ohio? well, romney got 456,000 votes, santorum got 445,000 votes. person who got the most votes in ohio last night was the candidate who wasn't running against anyone. president obama got 547,000 votes last night in ohio, which means that more voters in ohio left their homes, left work, got in their cars, came out, travelled to a voting place and cast symbolic ballots to renominate president obama in an uncontested primary than the voters who supported either mitt romney or rick santorum. ohio is a must-win state for republicans. no republican in the last 150 years has ever won the election without winning ohio. in ohio last night, mitt romney lost to people making under $100,000 a year, 70% of the people who voted in that republican primary. joining me now to drill down on the results of last night's election in the all important state of ohio is steve kornacki. i figure whenever votes are cast in ohio, study them. that's where john kerry missed the presidency by a flip of 60,000 votes, it would have been different. what did we see in ohio? i am hug

it is the case that if romney loses ohio it won't be as bad as if he lost michigan. it will be a wave of things. santorum fund-raising, gingrich getting out or being deflated. questions about romney, the calendar coming up for the next ten days not just those two southern states. caucuses in kansas and missouri, we're talking about. there's a period of hurt for romney unless he can win ohio, and the symbolism is such that he doesn't have to win it by more than a vote. whoever wins this is going to have a big leg going forward in the next ten days. >> that's excellent information for both of you. thanks for sharing that with us. it's an important point that mark is making about the calendar going-forward. alabama, mississippi and kansas and missouri. wait, didn't missouri just vote? yes, missouri had a fake vote. they had a vote they couldn't get off the state statutes that they were required to hold a primary, the republicans in the state said, don't hold any attention to what the results are here, when rick santorum won it anyway. he said pay a lot of attention to wh

donde romney planea festejar maÑana, pero hoy toda la acciÓn estÁ en ohio donde santorum le pisa losen 10 estados, pero los principales aspirantes pelean hoy por ohio y sus 66 delgados. romney impulsado por su triunfo del sÁbado en washington, criticÓ a obama prometio trabajo y reducciÓn de impuestos, segÚn encuestas romney que ayer rezo dio boi el apoyo de... y la ex primera dama bÁrbara busch le lleva dos puntos de ventaja a santorum, empate tÉcnico. >>> por eso tambiÉn en ohio este Último, lepe dÍapedÍa a los lece no hay skweern casa ni a las encuestas ni ly que eligieran u candidato que piensa que estados unidos es mÁs que un tema econÓmico. >>> contienda donde 10 estados se dedo den el mismo dÍa y santorum ya no tiene recursos. >>> maÑana en el sur tambiÉn elejirÁ, virginia tennessee, georgia con sus 76 delgados es el premio mayor y segÚn los analistas la Última oportunidad para newt gingrich ahÍ lleva ventaja de 19 puntos. y el que el ex-presidente de la cÁmara asegura que se llevara porque como dijo, dos veces, he ganado en las encuestas, yo siempre regreso. asÍ que santorum,

mitt romney declared the winner in ohio a short time ago. he was just beating rick santorum by one percentage point? we will have analysis and what this big win for romney means to the gop race for the white house. >> i stand ready to lead our party, and i stand ready to lead our nation to prosperity. >> we have won in the west, the midwest and the south, and we are ready to win across this country. >>> welcome back. 419 delegates on this super tuesday. let's see how things stand overall. mitt romney has 386 delegates. rick santorum is right behind with 156. newt gingrich has 85. ron paul has 40. of course 1,144 delegates are needed for the republican nomination. >>> looking ahead to what is next after super tuesday, 12 presidential contests from march 10th to the 24th. the big ones at stake, illinois and alabama to name a few. we go to the center for politics at the university of virginia. great to see you, larry. thanks for being with us. >> good evening. >> it ain't over until it is over at 11:44 without a doubt. so which are the ones you

ohio is also a big delegate prize. the romney campaign is saying after all the contests tonight romney will be so far ahead in that delegate math that none of his opponents can overtake him. the santorum campaign says that's not a very inspiring message. they hope to limit the delegates romney gets so he won't win the nomination, they'll fight him all the way to the convention. >> pelley: john, thanks very much. we're be following the super tuesday vote count from start to finish and have updates for you throughout the evening. president obama went out of his try steal some of the super tuesday spotlight from the republicans by picking this day to hold his first news conference in three months. one of the highlights was an answer to a question from our chief white house correspondent norah o'donnell about the president's republican opponen opponents. >> reporter: mitt romney has criticized you on iran and said "hope is not a foreign policy." he also said that you are america's most feckless president since carter. what would you

romney is georgia, favoring newt gingrich. ohio was won by mr. romney. and mr. romney was declared the winner of super tuesday by the washington times but it says that rick santorum has solidified his claim as the conservative alternative in the american heartland. get lots more on our web site bbc.com. updating the top stories on bbc world news. six british soldiers have been caught in a bomb attack in afghanistan. they have likely been killed. flags are flying at half mast. on the biggest day of primary elections, mitt romney has strengthened his position but failed to secure the nomination outright for the republican nomination in the united states. more on the events in afghanistan, six british soldiers missing, believed killed. it happened in helmand province in the south of the country? when there was a big explosion near an armored vehicle on tuesday. the families of the soldiers have been informed. that brings the total number of british soldiers killed during the conflicts in afghanistan to over? 400. jonathan beale reports. >> british troops have been

but heading into super tuesday now, mitt romney in ohio. that's the big crown jewel of super tuesday, is outspending rick santorum. mitt romney and his super pac i should say. outspending rick santorum 4 to 1. he comes in with momentum, he comes in with money. he's going to raise more money after this. you know, you have to say the obvious. >> he's got momentum, hilary, going into tuesday. >> he does. because he has a significant financial advantage, the stakes are higher for him. you know, the fact that santorum and gingrich are still ahead in a significant portion of these super tuesday states means there's still a nagging dissatisfaction with mitt romney and the fact that he is spending maybe 5 to 1 means that he's going to underperform if he doesn't win the states. >> he doesn't wrap anything yet but he's moving certainly in the rye direction. >>> stand by. we're going to continue our coverage. we have now projected mitt romney the state of the washington caucuses. much more of the coverage and analysis right after this. [ man ] gillette

ohio. conventional wisdom says if romney wins ohio he wins the nomination. where do we stand right now? >> reporter: well, we stand where we don't know. as the votes are counted on this super tuesday night and nbc news makes its various projections, ohio does remain the focus. romney and santorum. nbc news projects ohio is too close to call. mitt romney cast his ballot late this afternoon in massachusetts. and tonight notched his first super tuesday victory. nbc news projecting romney wins virginia. and projecting that newt gingrich wins his home state of georgia. but as voters cast their ballots on this super tuesday, in eleven states, ohio was the most watched. in this swing state, many republicans were un-enthusiastic. and many were split. >> i voted for mitt romney. >> mitt romney because of his business experience. >> people aren't feeling there's a strong person at all. but i think santorum could pull it out. >> reporter: can he beat mitt romney in ohio? the pressure is on rick santorum. >> this is a somewhat important day in my life today. >> reporter: he went to washington, spok

ohio. ron, i love the way mitt romney's political director described ohio.fight in a phone booth. >> reporter: hi, there, chris. it's a graphic description but it's pretty apt considering how hard those two gentlemen have fought here in ohio. this is a big state a big prize to win tonight. it's not got the most delegates up for grabs. georgia gets the honor for that today. but ohio is a bellwether for the fall. so president obama and the democrats will stop just as hard as the republicans and their nominee here to try to win ohio. if you can win ohio, probably have a pretty good chance at winning the white house. leading up to this, rick santorum has talked his blue-collar roots. he grew up in western pennsylvania, particularly why he chose steubenville, the eastern edge of ohio. he's going to meet with a lot of blue-collar workers here. he's sold that around this state. he's connected with those folks. ohio is very diverse. you have the urban and suburban centers. they are probably going to pull for mitt romney tonight. but smaller towns like this one and t

mitt romney a lot of money going into ohio. see more of the southern states, georgia, oklahoma, tennessee for newt gingrich and rick santorum. and then playing the ads which i always like to do. we'll play a mitt romney super pac and we'll play a rick santorum super pac. this ad aired in ohio for mr. romney. >> santorum voted to raise the debt limit five times, and for billions in waitful products. he voted zero to cut spending. >> this is one of my favorites, the whole debt ceiling thing. >> another one of those very positive ads we're seeing a lot of in the campaign. >> 95% negative. that isn't going to surprise you. because we like to be equal in our negativity or positivity let's play one rick santorum super pac put out about mitt romney also airing in ohio. >> how can mitt romney beat barack obama when on the vital decisions they're not much different? like obama, romney drastically increased spending, increased state taxes and fees. even worse, romney care is the blueprint for obama care. >> it's all very pleasant. >> all

romney winning a slim victory over rick santorum in ohio. in tennessee, rick santorum is the projected winner of the tennessee republican primary, and rick santorum also the projected winner oklahoma, and also the projected winner the north dakota caucuses. in the idaho caucuses, mitt romney won a decisive victory. in massachusetts, mitt romney is the winner. nbc news has allocated all of that state's delegates to romney, the former governor. newt gingrich is the projected winner in his home state of georgia and the two man race by the way, romney is the projected winner over ron paul, and newt gingrich and rick santorum did not make it on to the ballot. and timely in the green mountain state, mitt romney is the projected winner. and howard fineman, i love to get this from you, because you are a bottom line guy, and reporting all night. in addition to the bottom line where it looks like santorum had a good night winning three of this coming in where it looked like impressive wins and close loss up there in ohio, what else happened tonight? >>

strong night for mitt romney, who had wanted most to win ohio and does so. it is a imel whether, rust-belt state, adjacent to rick santorum's pennsylvania. not a home state for mitt romney. so tonight's victory gives him an opportunity to say that he can connect with blue-collar voters. ats one point, the romney campaign was pointing out with voters who made under $50,000, romney was exceedingly expect eggs and was leading santorum at one point with that block of ohio voters. romney has a big head of steam now, winning half of tonight's contests in the wake of five consecutive wins in the last five contests. romney has big momentum. so now, the battle moves on. when it does, it goes into southern states where romney is not said to be strong, alabama, mississippi and kansas, followed by alabama and mississippi on tuesday. there, watch for romney to thoroughly encourage a blood bath between santorrum and gingrich there. will be increased pressure by newt gingrich to get out of the race. the romney campaign loves the idea that gingrich and santorum continue to s

romney winning a slim victory over rick santorum in ohio. in tennessee, rick santorum is the projected winner of the tennessee republican primary, and rick santorum also the projected winner oklahoma, and also the projected winner the north dakota caucuses. in the idaho caucuses, mitt romney won a decisive victory. in massachusetts, mitt romney is the winner. nbc news has allocated all of that state's delegates to romney, the former governor. newt gingrich is the projected winner in his home state of georgia and the two man race by the way, romney is the projected winner over ron paul, and newt gingrich and rick santorum did not make it on to the ballot. and timely in the green mountain state, mitt romney is the projected winner. and howard fineman, i love to get this from you, because you are a bottom line guy, and reporting all night. in addition to the bottom line where it looks like santorum had a good night winning three of this coming in where it looked like impressive wins and close loss up there in ohio, what else happened tonight? >>