>> pennsylvania, we have to win pennsylvania. >> over the weekend, i know you said you will win in pennsylvania can you guarantee a victory in your home state? >> oh, absolutely. >> you're saying that you guarantee a victory in three weeks? >> oh, no question about it. >> pennsylvania is not only a must-win for the rick santorum campaign, it is a guaranteed win. no question about it! but what if rick santorum does not win his home state of pennsylvania in three weeks? he's still ahead in the polls in pennsylvania, but his lead has shrunk norenormously in recent weeks. in a franklin and marshall poll taken in february, santorum led, but now only leads by two points. this is the state that did vote him out of office in 2006 by 18 points. as the folks at the "national journal" put it, "the makeup of the republican party in pennsylvania gives mitt romney a chance to win there," a chance to beat rick santorum in his home state. the pennsylvania demographics are a lot like other midwestern states, like ohio and michigan, where romney pulled out narrow victories. even when it comes to the conservative

pennsylvania we know we can win. we know that the month of may is rich with delegates and strong states for us. states like texas and arkansas and kentucky and indiana and west virginia and north carolina. those are the states we know we can get this right back to where it was now, which is a lot closer to what mitt romney and the pundits are spending. by the end of may we expect this race to be close to even. >> this is a very close race by the end of may we'll be close to even. rick santorum would like you to know he's in this race until the end or until may. he think he will have a great may. in may mitt romney may have some trouble. mitt romney may face some states that may make this year's long slog of romney still longer and sl sloggier. we bring in john and steve. thanks for being here in in maryland and washington good night for mr. romney. he's leading in wisconsin. it's too early to call there. rick santorum is talking about may and future contests. that's in part to say i'm not leaving, don't call for me t

he is is pledging to fight on in pennsylvania and beyond. >> pennsylvania and half of the other people in this country have yet to be heard. and we're going to go out and campaign here and across this nation to make sure that their voices are heard in the next few months. the clock starts tonight. we have three weeks to go out here in pennsylvania. and win this state, and after winning this state, the field looks a little different in may. in 1976, ronald reagan didn't get out of the race, and won the state of texas, which we have every intention of doing. >> but does he still think he can win this is or is relishing in the roll of spoiler and trying to help chances of running in 2016. both of my guests are msnbc political analysts. robert, we're a couple of pennsylvania guys. at the end of the show tonight, i'm going to do a commentary and argue that what i think is going on is senator santorum is trying to erase his 17 point lost to bob casey, beat romney, and he will not be the guy that got beat on his home turf, and more that he beat romney in the 2012 cycle. am i wrong? >> no, he

let's see what happens in pennsylvania. but there's no doubting that as you correctly point out that california and new york state, the two largest states, they have a clear advantage for mitt romney. texas may have a little bit of an advantage for rick santorum. so the game will continue. let's see what happens. >> let's go to tom foreman. tom, take me to your magic wall. it's all about the delegates, as always. how significant will tonight be in terms of delegate count? >> well, you know, piers, it's been this incremental process we've been through quite some time. you get 42 delegates here. as you move through these other states, you'll get more and more people to add into the equation and it will make some difference. i do want to point out something about the delegate count that i think is important consider in all of this. if you look at a state like maryland here, for example, where rick santorum seems to be doing okay out here in garrett county, here's the problem. if i bring in a look at -- the way it's broken down

in pennsylvania, i'm told that pennsylvania landfills take about 1 million tons of drill cuttings per year. and hydraulic fracturing. that's what we hear on the news all the time. water concerns about hydraulic fracturing procedure. a lot of the issues i hear involve the amount of water used, which is considerable. the chemicals that are used along with the water and sand. what happens to that water when it's injected in the ground and what's the quality of the water when it flows back to the surface. i'll touch briefly on those issues. the amount of water used for hydraulic fracturing averages 4.5 million gallons per well. most of it is from surface water, mainly streams. and even the 32% water that comes from public supplies, which is purchased from water purveyors, most of that is from surface water supplies too. so very little ground water being used in pennsylvania for hydraulic fracturing. here you see a holding pond that is being used to -- they're filling it for use for hydraulic fracturing. that pond holds 5 million gallons of water. each one of those trucks in the picture do

then the reality in pennsylvania. there was a quinnipiac poll taken right before the wisconsin contest showing rick santorum actually leading just by 6 percentage points in his home state and the robo polls that were taken after that that showed him possibly even losing to mitt romney. so having, losing to mitt romney in your home state would have actually marred all the things that he's accomplished. the 11 contests that he's won so far and the fact that he is actually, the person out of everyone else who is running for president who emerged as mitt romney's chief rival. >> to your point, you name a laund relist of things that rick santorum could tout his accomplishment. the snl jokes had him in the basement when they parodied the debate that he was so far out, of the cost petition, that he was that even on stage. i'm just getting the news. mark, nbc news has confirmed that rick santorum is suspending his campaign. so there's the news that many were expecting today. that he is now suspending his campaign and many wou

they'll take him out in pennsylvania. i think at the end of the day, he won't be able to hold his head quite as high. now is the time to step aside. >> bret: carl what about the message for mitt romney? you heard his speech, what messages he's hit goinging against the obama campaign? >> about the economy and jobs and how to get stronger growth and emphasize his credentials and sharply contrast tone with the president by saying if you're attacking business you're attacking what makes our economy. i thought it was good remarks tonight followed a good speech he made last week. question is now, can he continue to make the pivot for the general election and sharpen those contrasts without adding sharp tongue that the president had over the past couple days. if i can add one more thing about the current situation, i think it's odd that rick santorum, and i agree with joe and ed, both, how well he's done, it's amazing his campaign is saying the home state of pennsylvania is make or break not only for santorum but also for mitt r

fall on a lot of deaf ears. >> you know pennsylvania politics. can rick santorum pull this out against mitt romney? >> no. he would lose his home state. i think the reason he is taking five days off is so that he can contemplate how he might exit this race. i think the primary race for the republicans has been entertaining, but i think its come to -- it's run its course. >> i want to talk about the general election in pennsylvania. it is one of the swing states, president obama in the latest gallup poll performed better than he had in fall. james cargill said it is philadelphia and pittsburgh with alabama in between. those alabama voters aren't big fans of president obama. do you see from this point now enough turnout from philly and pittsburgh for president obama to win in november, or can mitt romney play well in main line areas with suburban swing voters. >> we'll go through normal motions. pennsylvania will be in play until the last 30 days of the race, then the democrat, in this case barack obama, as was the case for john kerry, gore, clinto

clearly, what they'd most love to do is win in pennsylvania. they're going to make a very big play there, i can tell you that. they think the other states look friendlier. if they can take pennsylvania, they do think that's a knockout blow even though it doesn't necessarily mean that rick santorum or newt gingrich or ron paul will actually get out of the race. they may dial it back as gingrich has done, but they don't necessarily believe they'll get out, but they do believe it will be apparent to republicans, after this clean sweep tonight, that this train has actually left the station, wolf. >> candy, stand by. i want you to continue with our panel. political analyst gloria borger, ari fleischer. the romney campaign and the super pac that supports romney, they're going to be spending millions of dollars in pennsylvania to try to nail it down. >> they are because they would love nothing more than to defeat rick santorum in pennsylvania and make that be the final death blow to rick santorum's campaign. what could occur, wolf, could be a split de

they'll take him out in pennsylvania. i think at the end of the day, he won't be able to hold his head quite as high. now is the time to step aside. >> bret: carl what about the message for mitt romney? you heard his speech, what messages he's hit goinging against the obama campaign? >> about the economy and jobs and how to get stronger growth and emphasize his credentials and sharply contrast tone with the president by saying if you're attacking business you're attacking what makes our economy. i thought it was good remarks tonight followed a good speech he made last week. question is now, can he continue to make the pivot for the general election and sharpen those contrasts without adding sharp tongue that the president had over the past couple days. if i can add one more thing about the current situation, i think it's odd that rick santorum, and i agree with joe and ed, both, how well he's done, it's amazing his campaign is saying the home state of pennsylvania is make or break not only for santorum but also for mitt r

i think pennsylvania -- i'm sorry?oing to say, hogan, obviously in all due respect, i know you have to say that. communications flack to communications flack. you couldn't say if the plan is to get out after pennsylvania. >> no, but look -- >> right now that's the plan. >> everybody knows on this show rick santorum's an italian kid from a steeltown. he doesn't start every fight but he finishes a lot of them. his plan in his mind is let's gets till somebody gets 1144. this isn't a corefation, it's an election. for mitt romney to say well for me to get it, rick santorum has to get out. yeah, if romney got out, we'd get it. he that's silly. you have to win the elections and the dels in order to win the nominati nomination. >>ings, if santorum and romney got out, newt gingrich would get it. >> hogan gidley, thank you as always for your time, patience and insize i be witt. coming up, we will hear from the obama re-election's campaign ben labolt joining us ahead on "now." ♪ ♪ why do you whisper, green grass? ♪ [ all ] shh! ♪

they'll take him out in pennsylvania. i think at the end of the day, he won't be able to hold his head quite as high. now is the time to step aside. >> bret: carl what about the message for mitt romney? you heard his speech, what messages he's hit goinging against the obama campaign? >> about the economy and jobs and how to get stronger growth and emphasize his credentials and sharply contrast tone with the president by saying if you're attacking business you're attacking what makes our economy. i thought it was good remarks tonight followed a good speech he made last week. question is now, can he continue to make the pivot for the general election and sharpen those contrasts without adding sharp tongue that the president had over the past couple days. if i can add one more thing about the current situation, i think it's odd that rick santorum, and i agree with joe and ed, both, how well he's done, it's amazing his campaign is saying the home state of pennsylvania is make or break not only for santorum but also for mitt r

i'm going to win pennsylvania in november. >> is he going to win pennsylvania in november?to say no. it is going to be close. >> i think democrats can't see anything for granted. your cnn poll shows the president's lead increasing. when he is a nominee or if he becomes a nominee, which is another question, it will be a jump-up. however, toss ball. however, right now typically as a challenger, if you look at where kerry was over bush and where dole was over clinton in this period, you want the challenger to be leading and to be ahead. the problem is, he is not. his favorables are now under war. it becomes really problem matt tick. i'm very excited to hear t romney say that, because winning pennsylvania, doing well in the northeast, implies a whole set of decisions and choices that i think would be welcome across the country. pennsylvania is a state republicans have not won in a long time, but it's always within reach. if they focus more on states like pennsylvania, like california, too, california may be a little harder to reach, but that would push the republican party towa

after all, santorum lost the last time he ran in pennsylvania. the only reason that pennsylvania matters that much is whether you can get santorum out of the race and you can go on. if rick santorum wins pennsylvania, he's going to go on apparently. and romney just wants to end it so he can focus. what i thought was interesting today, wolf, we had -- if you compare the obama speech earlier today and the romney speech tonight, you have i think a portrait of the campaign that's coming. you know, romney is making a very, very different argument. he wants to talk about how you create jobs in the private sector. he's running as a pro business republican. >> he's addressing women. the first few words out of his mouth, donna brazil, women, moms, they have a huge stake in what's going on. do you believe as some romney supporters believe, if he spends millions in pennsylvania to try to beat santorum that's a good investment, so money spent now in pennsylvania to support mitt romney could have an effect down the road in a general election in november again

he has a plausible argument if he can win pennsylvania.ut there are so many more that matter for romney. so there is no delegate math that works for santorum. >> put gingrich and santorum aside, i'm going to ask you to do something very hard when we come back, you probably don't ever want to vote for a mitt romney. if you were his advisor what would you tell him to do to bridge this chasm that now exists with female voters. >> their solution seems to be putting out ann romney. i think at this point he is psyching himself up so much. this is a man who once bought planned parenthood's endorsement and now wants to defund it. i would say relax -- >> are you suggesting he has not come across as a natural campaigner? >> don't get crazy eliot, he is not in the least bit robotic. >> right. we'll see how this plays out. mitt romney i think will become the nominee but will become be meaningless if 200,000 jobs are created, there are so many fizz fissures between mitt romney, i don't think he will be able to get the votes. >> the women that came out

he will spend a lot of money in pennsylvania. iowa and florida wants to crush santorum and end this. they don't have to deal with this. arkansas and kentucky could do well. what we have seen is they closed some of the gap in pennsylvania. he was behind in wisconsin and he closed that and won tonight. santorum lost the last time they ran in pennsylvania. the only reason they mattered that much. they can get santorum out of the race and if rick santorum wins, he will go on apparently. romney wants to end it so he can focus. what was interesting is we compare the obama speech earlier today and the romney speech, you have a portrait of the campaign that was coming. romney is making a very, very different argument and saying i don't want to talk to you about a budget, but how you create jobs in the private sector. he is running not as a conservative, but a pro business. addressing women and the first few words out of his mouth, were they the huge stake in what's going on? do you believe as some romney supporters believe, if he spends

that plan was hatched up here in pennsylvania. some in the other camps of the race said all of the significant people have spoken in this race so far. see, general washington knew in fact not all of the significant people are those elites in society. those who are the general and ranked officers. what general washington understood some of the best ideas and some of the best plans. in fact, what has made this country great, is that we have listened to real significant voices of everyday americans. and he did, and that is why he crossed the delaware. surprised the haitians. and turned the tide of the revolution. ladies and gentlemen, pennsylvania and half the other people in this country have yet to be heard. we're going to go out and campaign here, and across this nation to make sure that their voices are heard in the next two months. [ applause ] >> we know who we are. here in pennsylvania. we know who we are. we know the stock that we are made of. we contributed a lot. great things have occurred here. great pennsylvanians have co

in pennsylvania he is well-known. as dana is pointing out this could be a real ego loss to him because of the fact that there is is, you know, potential to win it but it's a bigger disappointment to lose. >> it's a huge risk. it's also beyond ego. it's the end of his story. if he loses pennsylvania, he loses his home state. it's a horrible ending to w45 you mentioned earlier, ohio being able to go out there. i mean, iowa, excuse me, going out there and going door to door and came back and started this grass-roots campaign in spite of all the odds. if the door gets shut on him in pennsylvania, that's really not a good way to end his story when he does have a future ahead of him. >> doug, the president would love to see rick santorum and newt gingrich stick around politically. mitt romney all of the way up to tampa. the primary is nearing this finish line. what is the president's re-election team need to fine-tune over the next two months? >> well, i think that they need to zero in on a couple of key states where the pr

of the mountains of pennsylvania had 5, 6 inches.you the day planner. 44 right now in washington under mostly cloudy skies. we'll become mostly cloudy later on. highs should make the low 60s with a breeze out of the west, southwest at 20 miles an hour. gusty at times from that. we are looking at that storm system spinning over western new york, northwestern pennsylvania. there's still blue on the map. snow still flying up here. the clouds will break up some as we get later on into the morning and before we turn mostly cloudy this afternoon. 39 in culpeper, martinsburg, hagerstown. 43 in cumberland. 38 in gaithersburg. annapolis is 45. we're at 44 so windchills this morning down in the 30s with afternoon highs today anywhere from the upper 50s north to the low 60s d.c. and points south. monika santami, tuesday morning looking pretty light so far. >>> nothing like yesterday no repeats of yesterday with that accident on the outer loop north of town. this morning you basically just got construction all over the place, especially in virgi

the former pennsylvania senator rick santorum is bowing out. why? why didn't he mention mitt romney? we have answers. the winning mega millions lottery ticket in maryland has surfaced. my goodness, it wasn't in sweet swine pork rind hat. check your 401(k), stocks down for a 5 the -- 5th straight day. that is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." >> breaking news as we begin this afternoon. rick santorum is no longer in it for the long haul. rick santorum moments ago suspended the presidential campaign making it impossible for anyone to beat romney in a three-man race toward the republican nomination. this come as day after his three-year-old daughter, bella, left the hospital after contracting pneumonia, and she has a rare chromosome disorder, and the decision also comes after a growing list of high profile republicans called for him to drop out as it appears more unlikely the former pennsylvania senator could catch up to the substantial lead in the delegate count. rick santorum today said he will continue to "fight

pennsylvania will be important, but also texas.ll also in north carolina and arkansas. but we're looking to the future and expect the things ahead, wolf. >> alice stewart, thanks very much. let's bring back our panel, gloria, david, donna, ari. ari, rhett me stalet me start w. what do you think of the case she made? >> i don't think much of it. voters do think about the things she said but they go ahead and vote for mitt romney. what she says saying is not being proven out by the voters. rick santorum needs to get hot, stay hot. he got hot and then fell backwards and hasn't recovered. that's the fund mental dynamic of the race. it's hard to see it stopping. at a certain point every candidate needs to say at what point am i doing damage to the party and the chances of winning the presidency. i think rick santorum has the right to fight through pennsylvania. i don't think he has much beyond that if he decides to go that far. >> there's no doubt president obama became a better candidate because of the stiff competition he got from hil

that plan was hatched in pennsylvania.ome have said that all of the significant people have spoken in this race so far. [boos] general washington knew that not all the cigna began people are -- significant people are those elites in society. the where rank officers. what general washington understood, some of the best plans for what made this country great. we have listened to real significant voices of everyday americans. he crossed the delaware. he turned the tide of the revolution. ladies and gentlemen, pa. and tap the other people in this country have yet to be heard. -- and have the other people in this country have yet to be heard. we're going to go out and make sure they are heard. [applause] we know who we are. we know who we are. we know the stock we are made of. we have contributed a lot. great deeds have occurred here. great pennsylvanians have been born here. i represented the state and the community for 12 years. [applause] i went to every one of those counties every year. all 67 andi understand the greatness

santorum should win in pennsylvania.ays, they're trying to build up expectations for that april 24th date, hoping that really is the end of the road for santorum before may, where he could find success in north carolina and texas. they're hoping to defeat him, adding new staff and opening an office even in the state of pennsylvania. kris? >> all right, peter alexander. thanks. mitt romney has been on the campaign trail answering questions, and sometimes he gets questions like this. take a listen from yesterday's town hall. >> are you worried about women voters? >> i'm worried about all voters. i want to make sure we win them all. >> if his poll numbers are right here and his poll numbers have been that he is losing women voters, how does he win them back? talking about ann romney as his secret weapon. >> ann romney is not a secret anymore. she is a very potent and capable advocate for mitt romney, and she will continue to be so. in pennsylvania, you're going to see her all around suburban philadelphia continuously and an