rick santorum with 33, newt gingrich 31, mitt romney at 30. in alabama, similarly a thr three-ray race. newt rick santorum at 34, gingrich with romney at 28%. >>> here is a reality check, we're not quite halfway through the republican primary season. what? yeah, there is still more than three months of primaries and caucuses on the republican nominating calendar. also, we have not yet even begun to kibitz on the question who will be chosen for the number two spot on the republican ticket. by whoever ends up in the number one spot on the republican ticket. people used to ask bob mcdonnell about his prospects all the time. then he got involved in forced ultrasound policy making and people mostly ask him about forced ultrasounds and vaginal probes. indiana governor mitch daniels used to be on everybody's short list, then his secretary of state the top election official in the state was convicted of six felonies including voter fraud and mitch daniels said he hoped to still be able to have that guy run the state's elections. what? so the veep stake

mitt romney, 32 delegados se disputan en ese lugar, así que, mitt romney tendría 4 estados el ex gobernador de massachusetts, así se pinta el mapa, en esta noche, mitt romney con celeste, rick santorumr naranja newt gingrich, vamos a ver cuáles son los estados que han ganado cada uno de ellos, mitt romney ganó hoy, (información en pantalla), vamos a ver los de rick santorum porque el ex senador de pensilvania ganó (información en pantalla), 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 ohio, vamos con los delegados ganados 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

--soy blanca garza, que >>> mitt romney es el aparente ganador de ohio, que se ha impuesto a rick santorum, que ganó otros 3 estados (información en pantalla), ahí los tienen, los triunfos de mitt romney en el supermartes, por otra parte, rick santorum apuntó 3 estados, pero la diferencia en delegados es amplia, mientras tanto newt gingrich, el ex presidente de la cámara de representantes se apuntó una victoria en georgia ,para seguir en la campaña, así queda el mapa electoral, los estados en verde para mitt romney, son 5, 3 para rick santorum y 1 para newt gingrich, los delegados ganados hoy (información en pantalla) >>> pero, josé, como podemos ver, en el número de estados y delegados, mitt romney es el gran ganador, tenía 119 al principio del supermartes y llegó a 323, más de 210 votos de diferencia, con respecto a newt gingrich, que tiene 105, rick santorum tiene 101, y ron paul se queda con 24, parece que la diferencia para mitt romney es amplia. >>> el gran ganador de la noche sin dudas, rogelio mora tagle, muchas gracias. >>> en uno de los estados donde mitt romney se impuso fue mas

santorum. 50,000 to 100,000, mitt romney lose sz to santorum. how do you tie at best or lose every single income bracket in the state and still win the state? mitt romney clean rickantorum clock aohio voters making more than $100,000 a year. mitt romney tied or lost every other income group in ohio, but when it came to the wealthiest sliver of the electorate, he won big and that is how he won. in michigan, same thing, voters making under $30,000 a year, mitt romney loses. 30-50,000 a year, mitt romney loses. 50-100,000, mitt romney loses. how do you win a state when you loose every single income bracket in the state? oh, again, mitt romney wins among the wealthiest sliver of the electorate. that is the only group that mitt romney won that is the only group of voters mitt romney won in michigan or in ohio. he lost the primary or at best tied with voters in every single income bracket in both states, except for the wealthiest sliver of the electorate. how do you win a state when you were only winning the wealthiest sliver and losing everything else? ah-ha. mitt romney is not just appealing to the rich people in these states. he is inspiring the rich people in these

y mitt romney se unan de la mano y formen una alianza. >>> rick santorumecer a la gente de illinois, si ven lo q pasó hoy, también ganamos áreas conservadoras. >>> a pesar de la victoria de hoy en illinois, mitt romney mira a louisiana, estado que llevará a cabo las primarias republicanas a finales de semana. >>> muchas gracias, por la información, una tragedia en la florida ha desatado polémica nacional, un vigilante voluntario atacó a un joven afroamericano e estaba desarmado. >>> qué tal, muy buenas noches, es un caso que se inició en la florida y tuvo eco en el departamento de justicia en washington que tomó cartas en el asunto, donde legisladores piden la información para que se juzgue al responsable de un asesinato de un menor. >>> raymond martín fu0e asesinado mientras caminaba a la casa de s padre, el vigilante voluntario de este vecindario dijo a la policía que mató al menor en defensa propia. >>> zimmerman llamó a la policía para reportar al menor como persona sospechosa >>> zimmerman termina peleando con la víctima que estaba desarmada y una vec

this whole, i think, beseen sort of in the beltway or at first glance is a big defeat of rick santorum over mitt romney. this is a big defeat of newt gingrich by rick santorum. going down south, theying this is your strategy, your justification for staying in the race, you can win in places like this and i can't. look where i beat you, i beat you in the place you're supposed to be strongest. this makes it hard to understand how newt gingrich stays in the race. you saw that with his pitiful stretch in his speech talking about how him and rick stantoru won a big majority and together one two-thirds of the delegates.

that is a compelling argument for women to vote for rick santorum. >> mitt romney is confident that will change. >> rick santorum is that the desperate and of his campaign is -- and is trying to boost its prospects. >> in the meantime, the newt gingrich campaign seems to be heard the most. he says he will stay in the race and he held a campaign rally outside of chicago tonight. >> as for the incumbent president obama and the first lady welcomed david cameron and his wife for a state dinner in their honor. 360 people were invited to the white house including george clooney, warren buffett, harvey weinstein, and richard friend tim. -- richard brantron. still to come, the tea as a is about to make a security change. e-mail like you here. find out if it will effect the. -- the tsa is about to make and other security change. you may like it here. ♪ ♪ [ slurps ] [ laughs ] ♪ ♪ oh! [ chomps ] [ slurps ] aah! [ chomps ] ahh! [ male announcer ] it's all that cinnamon and sugar that makes those crunchy little squares so irresistible. cinnamon toast crunch. part of this good breakfast. [ slurps ] [

looking at this current republican primary, mitt romney has not been able to gain that support of the base. you know, as you said, newt gingrich and rick santorum really don't like mitt romney. could you see that kind of divide in the republican party? >> good point. >> excellent point. yes. the better gingrich and santorum do, the more delegates they accumulate, the closer it gets to what we saw in kennedy, carter, reagan and ford. if you look at the exit polls and put them altogether of the primaries and caucuses, romney's getting about a third of the voters whose self-idea is conservative and very conservative. i just don't see how he wins the nomination, which is why i say you never get those people. they'll vote for you, but they're not enthusiasm. they're not going to get out and work for him. it's going to be a depressed vote, obviously. that's why i say he ought to game change and go for the independent votes that are a whole lot more than a third of the whole kuncountry is independent. and forget about pandering to the social conservatives and very conservative voters in the republican party. that's the game changing gamble which i say

mitt romney is -- excuse me, "situation roo rick santorum is an imperfect candidate, and ron paul is quickly turning into an asterisk, and with that withstanding, mitt romney has not made that much more progress toward achieving the majority, because both rick santorum and newt gingrich have piled up a fair amount of delegates themselves. >> well, howard fineman, you have coined the new term for how to think about this race. it is the big queasy. that is a big important race that is taking forever and that mostly just reflects up ease. howard, thank you for that. i appreciate it. mitt romney, i should reiterate and underscore what we said a moment ago the dynamic shift that we just saw in the results in ohio, and still watching the results coming n and it is too close to call. but right now with 86% in, and look, mitt romney is ahead, and we have seen this margin rise and rise and rise as we have seen this shift happen moments ago and right now mr. romney ahead under 6,000 votes. still, it is essentially tied in ohio. that is a difference of 6,000 votes among 800,000 cast. and right n

rick santorum and mitt romney, running neck and neck in the buckeye state it was the closest race since the first contest in iowa. >> what is amaze is that rick santorum two weeks ago, had an 18-point lead in the state of ohio. it circumstancey vanished. it simply vanished. >> interesting to see how many people turned out for each candidate. we want to take a look at the other super tuesday states for you. mitt romney has won his home state of massachusetts. really, gregg, no surprise on massachusetts. we are showing that now because he was the governor there. it was a race that wasn't considered that competitive. but it is a win, nonetheless. romney also won vermont, a state that none of the g.o.p. candidates visited, still important. it's a state where they had new rules for the first time, that required a majority win or the result would be a proportionate delegate award. and former governor romney claiming victory in virginia. remember this controversy, gregg? only romney and congressman ron paul met the requirements necessary to appear on the ballot. some think, gregg, i know you w

mitt romney has won. mitt romney below the total vote with 48%, rick santorum with 35, ron paul and newt gingrich both in single digits. we've heard from mitt romney and rick santorum tonight. we don't expect to hear from either mr. paul or mr. gingrich. neither of them is planning on giving a speech. it's interesting, though, mitt romney putting bain capital, his experience at bain right in the center of his campaign. rick santorum not apparently working from notes, certainly not working from a teleprompter, coming right back at mitt romney saying a teleprompter coming right back out. mitt romney saying america does not need a manager in washington, d.c. we need someone to pull up by the roots and throw it out in case the contrast wasn't clear enough. nbc's coverage of the republican presidential primaries continues now with lawrence o'donnell on the last word. good evening, mr. o'donnell. >> hey, rachel. we heard a lot from the rick santorum and mitt romney but those guys took up all of your time. i've got an empty chair over here. why don't you run across the hall. i'm sitting here all alone. >> it wil

mitt romney. the less populated areas going for rick santorum. this is tight as a tick right now. it could not get any tighter than this. do you feel this is looking good for mitt romney? >> well, he's clearly closed the gap from about 15,000 down. i'm interested to hear the candidates talk about the silver medal analogy. i'm making that up. you win or you lose, i think coming down to this couple thousand votes is if rick santorum prevails here, it really resets the race in a fundamental way. if mitt romney prevails, i think it's a close race, but at the end of the day, i think he's got a head of steam -- >> is that true even if it ends up being a draw, very close in ohio? or does the win make a difference? >> norgs i think the win makes a difference at this stage in the race. >> i think they still continue to -- >> i think president obama is clearly the winner in this most important swing state where no republican could make a compelling case to this electorate with this economy, that this president has to carry into this election. right now as it stands this is an obama win tonig

mitt romney is 14 points ahead of rick santorum. y has more money to spend, highlighting the endorsement in 2008. >> if you want a conservative as the nominee of this party, you must vote for mitt romney. >> rick santorum says that is a different race and those worked against him. moronic hoping illinois it does not give pricks santorum that number. >> what will it mean if rick santorum wins illinois? >> he will say that i've picked up some conservative states and now i've come from behind in a big midwest state where mitt romney was expected to win. as we said, he has a big uphill battle tonight if he is going to accomplish it. >> thank you. mitt romney is heading to maryland tomorrow at of the state's april 3 primary. he will attend a town hall event at the american legion hall in arbutus at 4:00 p.m. no tickets are required. other possible stops in the state have not been announced. >> 20 cents by 2020 is the new proposal by the mayor to bring more families back in baltimore city. kim dacey is live with the details of the plan. >>

presidential nomination, -- >> in the republican race for the presidential nomination, mitt romney has edged out rick santorum. >> mitt romney claimed victory in six states including ohio. even though it was not a knockout blow he was hoping for, he has extended his lead in the primary race. >> this was billed as a decisive night in the republican primaries. the series of victories would have established mitt romney as the republican front-runner once and for all, but for all their enthusiasm, his supporters could only support a partial when. the former governor and business man took six out of 10 states, one of them, ohio, by a whisker. >> your support means everything to me, and i will not let you down. i will get this nomination. >> to clinch the nomination, are on the first test to beat rick santorum, who won three states and remains in the running. >> we have one in the west, the midwest and the south, and we are ready to win across this country. [applause] >> santorum persuaded many republican hard liners to vote for him, as many said they were impressed by his views on religion, gay marriage, and abort

. >> meanwhile, the illinois primary is a face-off between mitt romney and rick santorum. mitt romney needs to beat santorum after failing in michigan and ohio, but today he made another mistake campaigning against obtrusive government. >> it does not matter to me. might campaign does not hinge on unemployment rates. what kind of conservative says the president runs the economy? >> he says he does not care about the unemployment rate and that does not bother him. i do care about the unemployment rate. it does bother me. >> santorum did try to take a step back, saying of course he did care about the unemployment rate but he did not want his candidacy to focus on whether the employment rate goes up or down. 64 ballots -- 64 delegates are at stake. follow along on our special election coverage that wbaltv.com. >> will and new school be built on mayes chapel park? it in a few -- in a few hours, we will find out. some are livid about the plan. >> i will have the story coming up. >> the broncos expectations after the arrival of peyton manning. a little later in sports. >> we're t

mitt romney and rick santorum are expected to speak shortly to their supporters. we're going to bring it to you. stay with us. >>> we're looking at a live picture here of mitt romney and his wife speaking to their supporters in illinois, which is west chicago. mr. romney has been projected the winner of tonight's republican primary in the great state of illinois. the polls closed at 8:00. it was not yet 9:00, not even an hour been nbc news was able to project that result tonight. usually as these things go in terms of election night speeches, mrs. romney will do the heavy lifting in terms of thanks the state based volunteers and staff for the campaign as well as some of the national staffers. she will name the names and mr. romney will step up and make a prepared speech. as mr. romney is about to start speaking to his supporters, we're expecting rick santorum to be addressing his supporters tonight. he's not giving a victory speech but we can expect mr. santorum to be focusing on the next campaign, the next contest which is this upcoming saturday in louisiana. righ

a big night for mitt romney and rick santorum. mney to start closing the deal proving he can win in big mid western states. a chance perhaps one of santorum's last to deal the romney forces a hard right hook. wolf blitzer joining us. john king running the numbers at the magic wall. glor gloria borgen here. the polls are about to close. and we will of course go to wolf blitzer as soon as the polls close to try to call this race or know how soon we may be able to call it. gloria, in terms of what you're looking for tonight, what should the people at home watch? >> i think we want to see if mitt romney first of all can win this state by a large margin. i know in the campaign they really want to do that. >> that would give a sense of inevidentability. >> it would give a sense of momentum at least. louisiana's right around the corner. so rick santorum might be able to do well there in the south. i'm going to look at women voters and see how they are with mitt romney versus rick santorum. the big thing we need to look at and see if mitt

this will move mitt romney closer to that. even if rick santorum were to win here in ohio, mitt romney would still look like the man to beat. it would still be a blow to his campaign. >> mitt romney has been speaking in boston, massachusetts. he told his supporters what the campaign and their support meant to him. >> i have said this before, and i will say it again, this campaign is not as about a name on a ballot. it is about saving the soul of america. it is driven by an optimism that lies within the heart of every american citizen. we know that our future is brighter and better than these troubled times. we have been knocked down, tested, but we do not accept that america has limits. america is the land of opportunity. we still get up every morning and thank god that we are americans. >> usa! usa! usa! >> we also know that with cardboard and strong leadership, with a president that will tell the truth, our greatest days as a nation are ahead of us. tonight, we have taken one more step towards restoring the promise of tomorrow. tomorrow we wake u

mitt romney may have a million more votes than rick santorum and newt gingrich. mitt romney may have more delegates than the other candidates combined, but when you come to tampa, anything goes. we need somebody who can beat president obama. guest: rick santorum needs to prove he can when. if mitt romney loses, it is a huge loss. either way, they will wind up splitting these delegates. it is not winner-take-all. it is a big prize. >> we talk about -- rick santorum did not have the money to file and the organization to file in all 18 congressional districts in illinois, even if he does very well, he will be shut out in several districts. guest: this has happened to him before. he was not on the ballot in virginia. this is a big problem. it demonstrates how mitt romney is out financing and out organizing all of these candidates. if you were to get rid of newt gingrich all of those voters would come to rick santorum. that is not necessarily true because if you look at some of the polling that has been done, it suggests that only some of the vote for gingrich would go

rick santorum and mitt romney started the day in that state. santorum casting himself as the underdog while mitt romney focused on last night's pitch of the economy. if the latest polls hold up, it's likely to be a photo finish. a long night for all of us. romney and santorum in a dead heat. the latest cnn poll has both candidates tied at 32%. terry casey joins me live. thank you for joining us. let me get your feeling about your state tonight. >> well, one key thing is the turnout appears to be pretty light ju light. just before i went on the air i talked to one of top officials, and the word across ohio it's a pretty light turnout. part of that is because ohio only had a one-week window between the candidates getting finished if michigan and coming to ohio. the other thing is traditionally ohio has been a big player in the fall. it's not normally had a meaningful say. >> do you think that's the only window? it's a short window but they knew the candidates were coming. this is not a surprise party. it's super tuesday. >> until december we didn

rick santorum's campaign a lifeline. yet in the all-important delegate race, mitt romney still holds a big lead with 496 delegates. romney has twice than rick santorum and is almost at the magic number. but our headliner this morning has been on a roll, former senator rick santorum joins us now, good morning, senator. >> good morning, jonathan. >> senator, front page of the "new york times" this morning, the republicans are girding for a floor fight. you have been saying, basically that nobody can get a majority of the delegates before the convention, are you saying that your best chance of winning this nomination is a fight on the convention floor? >> well, we still believe that there are plenty of delegates out there to do what we have been doing which is actually going out and winning the tough states and battles. with pretty overwhelming odds. to deal with congressman, speaker gingrich who is in this race, and being outspent, you know here in illinois, when i was just there yesterday, by 10 to 1, yet we're hanging in there, we're fighting. we're climbing. we got the best message, the best contrast with presiden

regional favorability for these candidates, but right now, it is still a good night for rick santorum. had mitt romney lost ohio to mr. santorum, i think that it would have been seen as a spectacular night for rick santorum. the states that he won the night included north dakota, tennessee and oklahoma, but in the end, not ohio despite having been close all night. this has been a heck of a night. super tuesday tonight, and we are waiting for some of the results from alaska. which, you never know, might end up being definitive at any point. >> and sarah palin voted for newt. >> did she? >> sarah palin voted for newt so anybody who tells newt to get out, she will be all worked up about that. >> well, mitt romney owes thank you letters to newt gingrich and ron paul without whom he could not have won ohio. >> and no question that going for ward a vote for newt gingrich is a vote for mitt romney. so it is wise for the santorum campaign to start articulating that and see how much pressure they can bring, because they don't have much of a path with gingrich in in the race. >> how do you do that? where does t

in terms of the arguments being made by mitt romney and rick santorum, mitt romney was trying to present himself as a man of the people, the man who could feel the pain of the workers that have lost their jobs or that are struggling. he seems to have ditched that argument now and has presented himself more as the man with a proven track record. his appeal is that if you trust me, i will bring jobs back to states like ohio. and rick santorum and more credibly claim to be somewhat of a man of the people. he comes from the rust belt in pennsylvania. he has the coal and steel industry running through his veins and he does feel he is the right man to generate jobs whoever wins that argument will garner more votes here. icollects will be speaking to hm through the course of the evening as the -- >> we will be speaking to him through the course of the evening as the results come in. perhaps no politics matter more than what is to be done about iran posing nuclear ambitions. there has been a heated discussion over what the next steps should be. >> there is a new mood music on iran spent nuclear

in terms of the arguments being made by mitt romney and rick santorum, mitt romney was trying to present himself as a man of the people, the man who could feel the pain of the workers that have lost their jobs or that are struggling. he seems to have ditched that argument now and has presented himself more as the man with a proven track record. his appeal is that if you trust me, i will bring jobs back to states like ohio. and rick santorum and more credibly claim to be somewhat of a man of the people. he comes from the rust belt in pennsylvania. he has the coal and steel industry running through his veins and he does feel he is the right man to generate jobs whoever wins that argument will garner more votes here. icollects will be speaking to hm through the course of the evening as the -- >> we will be speaking to him through the course of the evening as the results come in. perhaps no politics matter more than what is to be done about iran posing nuclear ambitions. there has been a heated discussion over what the next steps should be. >> there is a new mood music on iran spent nuclear

regional favorability for these candidates, but right now, it is still a good night for rick santorum. had mitt romney lost ohio to mr. santorum, i think that it would have been seen as a spectacular night for rick santorum. the states that he won the night included north dakota, tennessee and oklahoma, but in the end, not ohio despite having been close all night. this has been a heck of a night. super tuesday tonight, and we are waiting for some of the results from alaska. which, you never know, might end up being definitive at any point. >> and sarah palin voted for newt. >> did she? >> sarah palin voted for newt so anybody who tells newt to get out, she will be all worked up about that. >> well, mitt romney owes thank you letters to newt gingrich and ron paul without whom he could not have won ohio. >> and no question that going for ward a vote for newt gingrich is a vote for mitt romney. so it is wise for the santorum campaign to start articulating that and see how much pressure they can bring, because they don't have much of a path with gingrich in in the race. >> how do you do that? where does t

mitt romney always thinks he's going to win. will romney did not win in alabama or mississippi. both stateses being called by nbc news for rick santorum. in both cases at this hour, mitt romney is not even just losing to rick santorum. in both of these states, mitt romney is running third. joining us now at great peril to hid e and eugene robinson, and our political analyst. thanks for staying up and being with me. i appreciate it. >> happy to do it. >> john, you said earlier a bad night for newt gingrich in alabama or mississippi might render him a nonfactor in the race after tonight, fine he didn't formally drop out. no that it looks like he came in second in both states, does that still seem true and what are you looking at to figure out if that's happening? >> what other conservative leaders say over the next couple of days. i heard earlier in a television interview, a spokesman or deputy campaign manager for gingrich being asked about, is he dropping out? and the answer was -- well, mr. gingrich said he's going to tampa. it didn't sound like the campaign was all in that scenario. so we'll see. the speak has had the conflicts in t

and mitt romney will decisively beat rick santorum in states, he's going to outspend him. im in ohio by 4 to 1. if you can keep mitt romney by outspending you 3 to 1, you're going to win. >> eric, rick is trying to play it forward. he won't grant us the actual facts of the votes we've counted. and he wants to talk about the votes that are months away. eric, what rick is essentially saying is okay, hey, everybody, let's just keep playing, seems pretty clear to us, that even romney isn't going to get the delegates he needs in the election process to go into the convention with the nomination. so we will all show up in florida with our delegates and then we can talk. and if rick santorum's way ahead of newt gingrich, maybe there's some kind of deal to be made. let's just wait until florida. what's wrong with that? >> i think they really believe that. it's hard for me to tell them not to do that. i don't believe that. i think that -- listen, a lot of the votes for romney are pragmatic votes. a lot of people don't love romney, but they would vote for him. i'm certainly one of th

regional favorability for these candidates, but right now, it is still a good night for rick santorum. had mitt romney lost ohio to mr. santorum, i think that it would have been seen as a spectacular night for rick santorum. the states that he won the night included north dakota, tennessee and oklahoma, but in the end, not ohio despite having been close all night. this has been a heck of a night. super tuesday tonight, and we are waiting for some of the results from alaska. which, you never know, might end up being definitive at any point. >> and sarah palin voted for newt. >> did she? >> sarah palin voted for newt so anybody who tells newt to get out, she will be all worked up about that. >> well, mitt romney owes thank you letters to newt gingrich and ron paul without whom he could not have won ohio. >> and no question that going for ward a vote for newt gingrich is a vote for mitt romney. so it is wise for the santorum campaign to start articulating that and see how much pressure they can bring, because they don't have much of a path with gingrich in in the race. >> how do you do that? where does t

it was a big night for rick santorum and not so good night for mitt romney. next, karen finney, eugene robinson and richard wolffe on rick santorum's big night with working women. stay tuned. >>> welcome back to special republican primary election coverage here on msnbc. "the ed show." rick santorum winning both alabama and mississippi tonight. and he wins with working women in alabama. i am joined again by msnbc political analysts karen finney, eugene robinson, and richard wolffe. santorum did particularly well in alabama among working women. even after sending out a mailer with a quote from rush limbaugh. karen, you were in alabama. can you explain this one? >> you know, i'm stunned. the only explanation that i can come up with is, and i think this would be a question i'd want to go back and ask these women, for these women, did race or in other words conservative values, that's the code, right, trump gender? you know, it's still a very conservative state. the racial issues are alive and well in alabama and mississippi. remember those polls that we saw wher

that is the place where mitt romney has to beat rick santorum to preserve his claim as the inevitable nom knee. newt gingrich expected to win his home state of georgia. that might keep him in the race for now. mitt romney row jected as the winner in virginia where only he and ron paul were on the ballot. romney also the projected winner by nbc news now in vermont. >> welcome to our special super tuesday your money your vote coverage. i'm maria bartiromo. >> and we're i'm john harwood. 424 delegates are up for grabs tonight in 11 states across the country. >> all this happening on a day when your money went on a wild ride. stocks posting their biggest losses of the year today. dow jones down 203 points, more than 1.5% on the day. the s & p 500 down nearly 21 point, also more than 1.5%, and the nasdaq down 40 points, 1.4%. >> we've got an economic task force here to break down whether or not our economic recovery is at risk and what impact this race for the white house will have on housing, jobs the price at the pump. >> the ceo of kimberly-clark willway in on taxes, regulation and a lo

rick santorum. connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania, we talked about, rhode island, friendly for mitt romney. may could be kinder. places that would be good for rick santorum. >> june, utah, cherry on top for mitt rom knney. nobody in wisconsin is paying attention to this primary. they're all so focused on the recall. there are 21 offices set up for governor walker. there is one mitt romney office in state of wiuof wisconsin. to act that the state is a tell-all is kind of silly. >> sorry, rick walker, scott walker, la-la, there has been some sort of verbiage out there that the recall effort will mirror what happens in november with president obama and wisconsin voters being a bellwether for maybe the rest of the country. we will of course see what happens. >> as steve said, for rick santorum to continue. he has to upset the apple cart. wisconsin a place, having lost in michigan, ohio, and illinois, a place where if santorum could win there, i think people would regard that as significant. allow him to say he won in a part of the country he hasn't won before. he has got a very, got to survive

mitt romney 36%. and newt gingrich, 28%. and rick santorum, 6%. with 6% of the vote in mississippi only 17 votes separate mitt romney and rick santorum. watch that. that's pretty amazing what's going on. 6%, still very early, but we're watching it. the exit polls showed a very very tight race in mississippi as well. in alabama, fewer votes have come in, only 1% not even but tight. 34% for romney, 30% for santorum, 26% for newt gingrich. 6% ron paul. this is really early we're watching. we have our ballot cameras and reporters watching. we will be bringing you the numbers first before anyone else. we have cameras in birmingham, alabama. those are inmates walking to the car. they've been asked -- they've been told actually -- they're going to carry the boxes of the votes into the election headquarters, jefferson county jail in birmingham, alabama. this is their job for the night. they're serving time in the prison there, one of their responsibilities is to help out and do manual labor. that's exactly what they're doing. pascagoula, mississippi, we h