former new hampshire governor john sununu and bob walker. thank you both. dp governor, let me start with you and ask you about the issue of turn out. newt gingrich's historical point he make that is in the one place he won turn out is up. turn out has been down. are you concerned about conservative enthusiasm and how they turned out overall and down 3% from four years ago. >> to look at a win in nevada where mitt romney got more votes than the other candidates put together as having a negative and they were certainly a pin effort by the opposition that did so badly. this process is a strong process. the timing is different than they were in the past. for example, when iowa and new

governor sununu, there is no tougher man out there. can you stand the winds coming from the west, colorado, missouri, and minnesota all three rejecting your guy? >> obviously you like to win them. you don't win every primary. you don't win every caucus. light turnout caucuses are always volatile. i think the big loser though ended up being newt gingrich. >> let's take a look at the numbers. the triple victory as i said for rick santorum. in colorado, santorum came up on top with 40% of the vote. romney at 35%. gingrich and paul trailed. in minnesota santorum won by nearly 20 points. he took 45%. ron paul came in second. romney down there at third with 17%. in the missouri primary where newt gingrich did not make the ballot, santorum won by a landslide, 55% to romney's 25%. now in missouri although it is what we call a beauty contest, no delegates at stake, there were 250,000 voters out there. a lot of people are going into the voting booth or caucuses, governor, in states where there hasn't been this pulverization of negative ads and v

tonight on "hardball," john sununu.tamron hall has a look what's coming up next on "news nation"ing. >> hey there, chris. coming up in our hour, a.b. stoddard and michael smerconish will join us. santorum spent part of his day in texas hanging with some pastors. meanwhile, romney's camp is desperately trying to move the conversation to his perhaps new narrative of being an every man, even saying that his dad was i an carpenter. plus, speaker john boehner issues a threat to the white house over the new contraceptive policy is under fire by some catholic leaders. we'll get the latest response coming out of the white house. wheeeeeeeeeeeee! whee! whee! wheeeeeeeee! ah heads up. wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. but does bringing a floor back to life really make us heroes? [ chuckles ] yes. yes, it does. ♪ call 1-800-steemer my dad and grandfather spent their whole careers here. [ charlie ] we're the heartbeat of this place, the people on the line. we take pride i

former new hampshire governor john sununu and bob walker. thank you both.governor, let me start with you and ask you about the issue of turn out. newt gingrich's historical point he make that is in the one place he won turn out is up. turn out has been down. are you concerned about conservative enthusiasm and how they turned out overall and down 3% from four years ago. >> to look at a win in nevada where mitt romney got more votes than the other candidates put together as having a negative and they were certainly a pin effort by the opposition that did so badly. this process is a strong process. the timing is different than they were in the past. for example, when iowa and new hampshire started so early because the move came in, everybody is starting earlier than they expected. i think you will see turn out increase as we move in. >> the calendar looks similar for those. iowa is the same as four years ago. only two days difference. florida the same day. >> last time you were chasing an open seat. >> look. why spin numbers when the real issue was issues. wha

i do think that that clip you played of john sununu was troubling, and that's very clear that that'sot the case because we still have a very competitive primary on our hands. but i would point to you two memos that the romney campaign sent out today and how they are explaining this. one says he's won all of the swing states where they've had primaries so far including new hampshire, florida and nevada. and then they say he's tried to trend toward the middle and get independent voters. but also "the washington post" poll that you were also referencing today, romney's pollster neil newhouse put out a memo and said there was something wrong with the poll. that new negative information was put forth before they asked the question about president obama versus mitt romney in a general election where president obama is now beating mitt romney where he was behind before. and they are trying to really talk about tactics and it's really on the margins where they are finding these problems. >> well, they didn't say that when they were ahead in the same poll. but help me out, steve. newt gingric

a fellow from new hampshire who has endorsed mitt romney is john sununu, i think you know him.as to why you switched your endorsement. he said i do understand that the criticism that has been levied on this vote, restoring voting rights to felons by some of the supporters of the romney camp is one of the reasons if not the biggest reason why mike dewine has decided to now be a supporter of senator santorum and apparently, romney's super pac, restore our future, has criticized santorum's support for a bill to restore voting rights to ex-felons which is a bill that you supported when you were in the senate with mr. santorum. anything to that, sir? >> no, just absolutely not true. you know, governor sununu with all due respect, that's not what he's talking bchlt i never saw the ad at all. what i was feeling frankly and what i was seeing in ohio is a great support for rick santorum. yesterday, he was in stubenville. this is democrat country. he had a great, great turnout. i think he's going to run very, very well in the democrat parts of the state of ohio in the fall. so it's a rea

. >>> sununu accusations in the death of jeff rice.who died trying to cover up his crimes. we told you earlier that rice was found dead in his hotel room with a large amount of cocaine in his stomach, leaving his family to believe that he was poisoned by some local thugs. the only problem is there wasn't any sign of a struggle either on rice's body or inside that room. one theory now is that rice swallowed all of those drugs thinking police were coming for him. rice's assistant also found in that room passed out cold. right now she's recovering in the hospital. but she's not talking. police say they'll keep her in the country until they decide whether to press any charges. >>> going to be an awful day to travel if you're going to the midwest or trying to get out of the midwest a. major snow storm slams the region. some areas in illinois expecting eight inches of snow. the storm moving south from canada, being called the saskatchewan screamer. major headaches are in store for air travelers, 200 flights to and out of o'hare in chicago ca