joining us is paul stein highser. a lot at stake. 419 delegates. the candidates spending i guess the last few hours in some particular pivotal state this is. >> yeah. i guess not all states are created equal on super tuesday. the 419 delegates, more than a third of the delegates you need, 1,144 to clench the nomination. this is more than we've had on all the nights so far put together. that's why this is important. and where are they spending their time important states like ohio, georgia today, mitt romney in georgia, not far from here in atlanta, tennessee, even oklahoma. i think those four are standing out more than the rest. >> there's new polls that are out indicating it's still a tight race in some portions and then others there may be a break through. >> let's start with ohio. brand new poll from nbc news/maris and this is about as close as you can get. rick santorum at 36%, mitt romney at 32%. another poll that came out in ohio had the same story. santorum had a little lead in ohio it is gone and dead even. such an important state. not only