arkansas kentucky, texas pennsylvania maybe. he's got a slice of the electororate that has been cool to romney. wherever evangelical voters e dominant, he carries. >> not catholic voters. >> he lost catholic voters to romney in illinois. >> i think it was you who said last week that jerry brown was ththe analogy to santorum today. he chased clinton all the way to the nomination, winning a lot of late r races but not the nomination. the reason santorum what to do it is to establish himself to a force in the party. in the end, it is extremely unlikely to win the nomination. he then becomes a strong candidate -- >> does romney have to offerr h the no. 2 position? >>>> i don't think that isis ever going to happen. santorum said this week at obama would be preferable to romney -- >> i think he is right. how did this small colorado town get through tough economic times? freight rail. it attracted large companies, like vestas. we built four factories to make turbine blades towers, and generators. creating over seventeen hundred jobs. t

at to victory in louisiana as we do this on friday morning, as well as arkansas, kentucky, texas, pennsylvania maybe. he has that a slice of the electorate that has been cool to romney. wherever a evangelical voters are dominant, he carries. >> not catholic voters. >> he lost catholic voters to romney in illinois. he has lost them consistently to romney across the board. you who said last week that jerry brown was the analogy to santorum today. he chased clinton all the way to the nomination, winning late race is not the nomination. it is possible that santorum, the only reason he would do it, is to reestablish himself as a force in the party. in the end, he is extremely unlikely to win the nomination . still, he has a goal, and he becomes a logical front runner, or at least a strong candidate come in the next cycle. >> does romney have to offer him the no. 2 position? >> i don't think it is ever going to happen. santorum at this week said that obama would be preferable to romney -- >> i think he is right. [laughter] >> congressman paul ryan has a new budget. >> in order to keep the commit to

all the other big states coming up, texas, pennsylvania, wisconsin, all those places we're doing well, even utah, we'll be on the ballot there as well, so part of those really early on we were just a very small shoe string campaign and doing our best, a couple places didn't reach the level we had to, but the dramatic wins we had, double-digit wins, our campaign is bigger now, more sophisticated. we're not the romney campaign, but a much better campaign than we were and i think that's why we're winning so well. >> that dynamic you're talking about, the emergence of the campaign following the senator's success in these primaries, some of it unexpected, frankly, you talked the last time we talked, you talked about how excited you were in february you guys raised $9 million, a lot coming from small donors, your fundraising has picked up, we can see it, that said, you're still getting walloped in the spending race and this is just the primary, i know that's because mitt romney is richy rich, but you're not keeping up with mitt romney, why should people be able to think you'll keep up with

on the lawsuit he's working on legislation at least similar in fact in arizona nebraska texas missouri pennsylvania and idaho the one that's still not it he also advises romney on immigration actually he's a master high and mastermind behind this reasoning over time people will find it less attractive to be here if they can't find work here some are for the self deportation. now it is not to sound like an immigration policy that every american get behind let's all make americas so miserable for anybody who looks like they shouldn't be here and they don't want to be here in man that really sounds like a country that i want to raise my kids in but back to farmers branch it's obvious that they've fallen into callbacks self deportation trap keep the documented population from having a place to live and the leap i wonder if they knew that self-supporting the community there was going to cost them almost five million dollars so are being a pawn in kovacs nationwide war on undocumented immigrants and wasting millions of dollars in taxpayer money to fund legislation that is discriminatory unconstitutional

you know, texas, california, pennsylvania, a lot of big states left. >> shepard: there are. in one of them today, texas. that primary is set for the end of may. campaign carl cammeron is in new orleans tonight. rick santorum claims he is in this thing for the long haul, carl. >> and that's part of the reason for being in texas to signal that even though he is favored here in louisiana and the vote comes up on saturday, he is -- he needs to stay in the race and needs to come back a long distance and it will take states that vote well down the campaign trail from now. that said, santorum is facing renewed pressure from mitt romney. the latest allegation if the form of a memo from the romney campaign's political director saying in essence it's almost impossible, very steep hill for rick santorum to come back now the memo states like both jeb bush and jim demint the south carolina senator and tea party leader who said today that he is excited about the prospect of romney being the nominee and that others should back away it's time for san form to get out. that's what the memo su

this thing is going to go for quite -- you have huge states, pennsylvania, texas, california and certainly of them should have a say of who the republican nominee is. >> is it healthy for this battle to continue raging for another two, three months, possibly? or would it be better for the party if it got resolved quicker and you can get stuck into barack obama before the economy continues to improve to the extent by he has a real opponent, hey, look what i've been up to while you've been squabbling. >> the great unifier in this whole campaign is barack obama. regardless of who the nominee is, all of us will rally, all will be there. >> they agreed on the big wall street bail outs. romney doesn't have any foreign policy experience so we take that off against obama. cap and trade, we take that off. what we need is a candidate that can contrast with obama. that's why if you saw the poll that came out this week, rick santorum is actually doing better against obama than mitt romney. >> i mean, your man has to win 70% now of the delegates remaining in football terms, he's got everything to play

california, new jersey, pennsylvania, texas. big states, where you need a lot of money to do it.s. gingrich has none. i suant it might put them over the top -- i suspect it might put them over the top. >> dana: how is santorum going to do in pennsylvania, your home state? >> andrea: it's tough. this is a state he lost, and lost by double digits. by conservative democrat to bob casey, a pro-life democrat. i compare to unicorns. do they really exist? i think it's tough for him; particularly, when he doesn't have the money to be competitive. at any time you see the president in the polls you see the republicans get nervous. they say we have to end this thing. romney has to win the next upcoming states. >> eric: the only one you hear lately with the high profile endorsements are mitt romney. no one is lining up behind santorum or gingrich. >> bob: the other thing about pennsylvania, it's a moderate republican electorate. it's conservative, but those around philadelphia are moderate. more demographics that romney does well in. i would be surprised to see santorum win his home state. i

went to residents this states with the biggest growth in drilling in recent years including pennsylvania, texas, and the state of louisiana. the program is popular and it does not usually require a downpayment, and, as the financing has grown and credit markets have tightened, the program's loans have quadrupled since 2004 and the administration's decision will also affect the program that issued more than $1 billion in loans and grants to thousands of rural businesses last year. drilling for gas is more common using hydraulic fractures which has been a boon creating jobs and producing less dependence on foreign oil but raised environmental concerns and it is at a time of sky rockets gas prices. some banks have been having to account for the impact on drilling on property values. any changes to this could affect a lot of people, a lot of families and a lot of businesses. >>neil: in the meantime as the president prepares to kickoff what will be a four-state energy tour this week to defend his energy policies including stops in nevada, new mexico, and ohio, and oklahoma where the president will t

mississippi, missouri, puerto rico, illinois, louisiana, d.c., maryland, wisconsin, texas, connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania rhode island, indiana, north carolina, west virginia, nebraska, oregon, arkansas, kentucky, california, montana, new jersey, new mexico, south dakota, and utah. question, why are the republican primaries this year so protracted? >> because they changed the rules from four years ago and have more proportional primaries where delegates are awarded to all the candidates depending on the percentage of the vote. four years ago, they were mostly winner take all and john mccain was able to wrap it up. if they had the same rule told they had four years ago, romney -- it would be over. we would be writing it's over. this campaign season has been like a long psycho analysis of mitt romney. why doesn't he relate to voters? why can't he close the sale with the republicans? but in the end it's with are agent tick and there's a chance he may not have the 1144 delegates he needs by june. but he will probably wrap it up june 5, when california votes and new jersey, new jersey is winner take all. cali

. >> major primaries in new york, pennsylvania and texas, all coming up. california's primary is june 5th with the biggest prize at stake for the republican candidates, 172 delegates. >>> our election coverage continues on ktvu.com. just look for our politics page. >>> president obama is predicting a clean-energy future for the u.s. and lower gas prices. >> every year our cars and trucks will be able to go further and use less fuel. and pretty soon you will be able to fill up every two weeks instead of every week. something that over time will save the typical family more than $8,000 at the pump. >> in his weekly interstate address mr. obama pushed for american-made energy, such as solar, rather than more drilling for oil. he called on congress to end billions in subsidies, to oil companies. >>> california judges are hoping an upcoming decision will keep their financial information off the internet. a 2010 regulation requires state-elected officials not only reveal finances each year, but also put their statement of economic interests on the web. the judge

i believe the story out of texas just adds insult to injury from pennsylvania to arizona and back to law. what we have done is cut off the lifeline of health care to the state that has the largest number of uninsured persons period. now 130,000 women, 130,000 women, and more to come will now be denied access to health care. we're fighting against it. >> i think people thought that rick's perry damage was done once he left the presidential campaign. here is your governor, thursday on the subject of planned parenthood. listen to this. >> dwoents want planned parenthood and their affiliate who is are in the abortion business engaged in this process. it's pretty straight up. >> under federal law the money is not allowed to go to abortions under this program at all. >> well, we would rather be very sure of it. >> well, there you have your governor confused as ever. what is your response to what he just said? >> let's just throw the supreme court decision and federal law under the bus. first of all, the proposition was correct. federal law does not allow these moneys to go to any entities d

speakers include former house speaker newt gingrich and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. texas congressman ron paul and former massachusetts governor mitt romney declined to participate in the event. we'll have it tonight live at 6:30 eastern on our companion network c-span. >> at some point the federal government has to be able to say to a private business that owns critical infrastructure that we all depend on, that an enemy might attack, that we've got to be able to say to them, you've got to meet this standard of defending yourself and defending our country. >> in the year 2010 the estimate is that there were 3 billion cyber attacks on private and government computer systems. 3 billion. so this is a threat that is growing exponentialally and that we simply must address. >> senators joseph lieberman and susan collins, the chair and ranking member of the homeland security committee detail how their cyber security bill differs from other senate bills to be considered this spring. the communicators, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >>> c-span's 2012 local content vehicle ci

that romney also met with representatives from the congressional delegations of wisconsin, pennsylvania, and texasul ryan was supposedly on the list of folks from wisconsin who are going to be in the meetings. three big primary states coming up, perhaps the next three contests in that race. >> explain to us how romney and the campaign are tryingshake off the etch-a-sketch stuff. >> look, there are two parts. they think it's a complete distraction. you had ann romney on cnn laughing it off. then this morning the campaign spin on this has been look, you know our opponents are desperate when they are waving children's toys in the air. this is a distraction, it's an unwelcome one when they would rather talk about the big win in illinois. but it doesn't change the fun da men to narrative of the numbers in their favor. >> garrett, thank you. appreciate it. >> that's going to wrap things up for me. i'll see you back here tomorrow 11:00 a.m. eastern. until then, you can follow me on twitter. now with alex wagner comes your way next. oh! [ baby crying ] ♪ what started as a whisper ♪ every day, millions of

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democrats and eventually in march hillary clinton started beating barack obama in ohio and pennsylvania and texasdelegate board remained about 100 delegates in favor of obama. at a certain point do the states become less important than just the shear math of the delegate count take over? >> absolutely. this is all about delegates. even tonight. it's about delegates. in the end though, there are some other issues here. how is romney doing in the south? he he starts taking third in some of these southern states, you know, that's a -- that just shows weakness there i don't think it will matter much against obama in the fall, necessarily. but it does show that there may still be a schism in the party. >> on the other hand if gingrich takes third outside of georgia, then he is a home state candidate. home state favorite rather than a regional candidate. one other thing, you mentioned delegates. that's why virginia and ohio are so important. in virginia tonight, romney is likely to win of the 46 delegates who are up for grabs 41 of them and in ohio even if he has a narrow loss, in all likelihood becaus

we've got some good states coming up, louisiana will be favorable to rick, pennsylvania certainly will, texas, so we're looking at the states we have ahead, and the good thing what we're seeing is rick's message is resinating with people, we're having conservatives line up behind him. in illinois, the fact mitt romney didn't run further away from this is just astounding. he outspent rick 20-1 in the city of chicago, 21-1, and that's where many of the votes came from. we focussed on the more conservative areas outside the larger cities and did well in those areas, but the fact is, mitt romney is not energizing the people, he should be running away in every single state, but he's not. people are recognizing the fact rick is the consistent conservative in this race and we're picking up state after state and many delegates along the way. >> okay, what about wisconsin, and i ask you that for geographical questions, i mean, rick santorum did not win ohio, did not win michigan, did not win illinois, and in that part of the country where middle classers are big and labor and the kind of people that h

texas last night. that's a look at your national forecast. now ott your window -- a chance of thunderstorm in pennsylvania, not looking at too many chances of tornadoes, though. we still have a lot of warmth in texas after the heavy rain yesterday, houston today, 82. >>> weekend forecast coming up. not an april fools' day joke. it actually will snow in some of those areas. >> thanks, bill bill. >>> coming up, more good job news. a promise from iphone makers and how you can enjoy dinner on the titanic. sort of. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, could a follow-up tale about gods and mythical creatures knock off last weekend's box office record-breaker? >>> coming up, a rematch, scary moment for sydney crosby and derek fisher returns to l.a. you're watching "early today" o. >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. the house passed a $3.5 trillion republican budget mranl yesterday, largely along party lines. it would drastically change medicare and create only two income brackets. there's no chance of it passing the senate. >>> congressman paul rya

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and hillary clinton in 2008 where starting in march and april she started beating obama in pennsylvania and texas, in ohio and an awful lot of key states but because he had done so well in february in the caucuses, obama continued to have that lead of about 100 delegates. in the end it really is all about delegates. even if you are getting beat up in a bunch of places if you have got the lead in delegates in the end that's what they count at the end in the convention. the other thing it seems to me romney can say is, you know, all the states aren't the same. one could make the argument that oklahoma, tennessee, those are going to go to the republic nominee, whoever they are. observed, florida, -- on the other hand, florida, ohio, virginia, those are key states. those are states very much in play. those are all states that barack obama won in 2008 and it's going to be awfully important for a republic potential republic nominee to say i was able to win those against my fellow republicans and can i win them against barack obama. at this point, romney, of course, has already won florida, several week