the ohio country consisted of parts of what is today the state of pennsylvania as well as ohio. in fact, the most strategic region at the time was in western pennsylvania, particularly at the forks which make the beginning and mark the beginning of the ohio river where the allegheny and the monongahela rivers meet to form the ohio. and there the french established a fort in 1754 called ft. duquesne, and the british colonials in virginia were very concerned about that. they would not easily tolerate that. virginia claimed boundaries stretching to the south sea based on its charter from the crown back in 1609. the virginians were very much expansionists. and leading men of virginia had already formed a land company which got british permission to colonize this area. and if a certain number of colonists could be situated there, let's say 100 families, that company, by right from the king, could receive a grant of up to 500,000 acres. so there was much at stake. it was not only in the interests of ordinary british colonials in colonies such as virginia that were at stake, but also th

as we look at the results of ohio the come in, i want to show you something about the state of ohio. is a big question, who is in touch with the tough economy and the struggling economy and in touch with the blue collar voters? and the analysts? and who understands the problems, and 32% said santorum, and 18%, gingrich, and paul, 19%, and romney 23%. so a split there in who the ohio republicans think are best in touch with them. and who is the best important candidate quality, and in ohio, more than 1 in 10 said can defeat president obama in november. and big for governor romney among those who say it is the most important. but for electability, good for romney, and then you will see santorum very, very strong, and we will be there in ohio counting the votes quite some time. >> well, they close the polls in ohio in about five minutes from now and we can go to the exit polls and make a projection and looks like it will be very, very close. we will be going to ohio right after this. look! the phillips' lady! we have to thank you for the advice on phillips' caplets. magnesium, right? yo

state of ohio here. thecannot be understated i want to tablet viewers that mitt romney's political director called ohio a gif fight in a phone booth and said in the romney camp, it is a must win for santorum, suggesting it will be very hard for rick santorum to get money and momentum, to continue on for much longer if he doesn't win ohio. look at the number there is. it is way too close to call. that's too close to call -- way too close to call, according to the decision desk. those are my words, but that's essentially what they were telling me. bill has been tracking the billboard. bill, why can't we come close? >> it's a browns/bengals game. this is like waaaay. 81% reporting, santorum with a 1.-point lead, 38-37%. you can look at the state based on the country of ohio, the countryside of ohio and the city and the big-city votes here. this is franklin county, capitol city, columbus located here. have you a little more than half the vote in. this is where mitt romney really wanted to run up the score. he ha

they think they can still win the state ohio. i just got off the phone with a romney strategist who said big vote in cuyahoga county. about half the vote in cuyahoga is in, romney leads by almost 9,000 votes in that county. he's got to do better if they're counting on cuyahoga to do it. this race is clearly going to go on, even if mitt romney manages to win ohio. i also talked to the santorum strategist tonight. they said they have a million dollars cash on hand, they're beginning to buy tv time tomorrow in kansas, alabama and mississippi. having won in the south, having competed on near even terms in ohio. maybe even winning ohio. they have an argument to keep this thing going. and one of the questions is going to be, does newt gingrich stay in having won georgia. he's hoping rick santorum may be able to beat romney. >> in terms of how it's better for romney when it's three or four people in the race, rather than just him and one other person. is the romney campaign going to make a bigger deal out of this thing that the candidate

ohio. they feel with newt gingrich of the race, they would have won ohio. ck to michigan look at that margin of victory in michigan. they would have won michigan. they also point out look at the map in terms of their victories tonight. yes, they won in the south. in tennessee. yes, they won out west in oklahoma, but they won out in north dakota. mitt romney played very heavily for north dakota. made a stop in just the last week up there. was sending his son josh romney up there a couple of times over the last week or so. so they feel like they have mitt romney on the ropes right now. you heard rick santorum earlier in the night going after mitt romney on healthcare reform and the individual plan date. they're going after that over and over again. in the campaign stops coming up in kansas, mississippi and alabama. >> a week from today. let's go over to peter hamby. you have spent a lot of time in the south looking at these various races. does romney have a significant opportunity in either mississippi or alabama or should he just forget about those southern s

this is the key state, ohio. rick santorum maintaining his lead, about 14,000 right now. 289,000 plus for santorum to 275,000 for mitt romney. 38% to 36%. 15% for gingrich, 9% for paul. look at idaho. nie 5% of the vote is in. but romney has a significant lead in idaho. 76% there. ron paul and santorum tied for second with 10%. 4% for gingrich in idaho. it's a very, very close in ohio. we're watching it very, very closely. a lot of people are wondering if this goes on and on and on, could it actually going all the way until the end of august when the republicans will convene their convention in tampa? tonight, tom foreman is taking us on a virtual convention to give us a sense of how the delegate count may play out. >> earlier, we looked at the array of forces, of delegates for each candidates here in our virtual convention floor in tampa. it's easy to see how mitt romney was leading in the delegate count before tonight's votes came in and still far from establishing an insurmountable lead. now let's see how the b

this is the key state, ohio. maintaining his lead, about 14,000 right now. 289,000 plus for santorum to 275,000 for mitt romney. 38% to 36%. 15% for gingrich, 9% for paul. look at idaho. nie 5% of the vote is in. but romney has a significant lead in idaho. 76% there. ron paul and santorum tied for second with 10%. 4% for gingrich in idaho. it's a very, very close in ohio. we're watching it very, very closely. a lot of people are wondering if this goes on and on and on, could it actually going all the way until the end of august when the republicans will convene their convention in tampa? tonight, tom foreman is taking us on a virtual convention to give us a sense of how the delegate count may play out. >> earlier, we looked at the array of forces, of delegates for each candidates here in our virtual convention floor in tampa. it's easy to see how mitt romney was leading in the delegate count before tonight's votes came in and still far from establishing an insurmountable lead. now let's see how the battlefield is

let's focus back on the ohio political scene for more on the g.o.p. race in ohio. g to former democratic governor of the state, ted strickland, national co-chair with president obama's 2011 reelection campaign. thanks for your time. >> great to be with you. >> great to have you. what do you think is the key coming out of ohio tonight whether romney or santorum wins or whether some of the numbers we're hearing about lower turnout and these late decisions that seem to be less than enthusiastic on the part of republican voters? >> well, i think they're both losers as far as tonight is concerned in ohio. i mean, the ohioans just don't simply like these guys very much. even the republicans don't seem to like them very much. regardless of who emerges as the ultimate winner by a few hundred or a couple thousand votes, this election in ohio today has demonstrated that the republicans are not enthuse entc about either one of these guys and that bodes well for president obama going into the fall. mitt romney opposed the auto bailout as did santorum. that's really important fo

here's the front in the ohio and tennessee valleys and moving on to the east. we expect a moderate risk in parts of tennessee and kentucky and ohio. this is roughly the same area they had some bad weather a couple of days ago appeared the rain chances will extend eastward into the mid atlantic region. increasing clouds today or becoming mostly cloudy. the sunshine will be a morning event. maybe some thunderstorms overnight. we will be in the 50's today. southeast winds for boaters in the bay. the rain chances will increase on the bay. here we see by 3:00 p.m., the computer indicates rain shower activity to the west. tonight, into tomorrow morning, we do see the rain in the area. by noon, it will start to palau. this is a night time and saturday morning event. we could see some sprinkles in the atmosphere and some snowflakes in the forecast. 56 today. temperatures into the near 60 range. rain chances to mark and tapering off late in the morning. we could see a sprinkle -- rain chances tomorrow. 30's 4 highs. a bit of a warming trend with dry weather next week. >>

the state of ohio too close to call right now. d rick santorum neck and neck for the lead there. >> bret: fox news can project wide margin leaving mitt

ohio tonigh tonight. nbc news is declaring the race in ohio too close to call in ohio. the polling heading into ohio couldn't have been closer and so far, too close to call in that state. in north dakota, we will no have the a characterization until later in the night. the caucuses there. in vermont, too early to call but we can report that mitt romney has a lead in vermont. right now, too early to call in ohio, chris. >> ohio is the big enchilada tonight, all going to learn a lot. i think the headline will be tomorrow morning in the paper who won ohio? because it is, no matter what anybody says, the end of the rick santorum campaign. he has no more rationale if he loses in ohio, right next to pittsburgh, where he is from, it is the classic blue collar statement i was looking at the results from the polling tonight. people are scared about the economic future there. blue collar people worried about their own lives, worried, concerned about the federal government and its misdirection as they see t these are republican voters them should you can perfect for rick santorum.

the race is tight there in ohio. d and on the issue of israel and iran with a meeting at the white house, prime minister nettan yahoo and the president. your thoughts? >> well, i don't think we're that much different today than we were 48 or 72 hoursing ao. the president wanted a commitment from net yawna hue. he didn't get it. and he want aid commitment from the president he would back an israeli military strike. he didn't get that. and the president did everything he could to distance himself from that possibility. so i think that the political fact of life is that israel is going to do what it needs to do to defend itself. >> ambassador this, afternoon when the president had a press conference he took aim at republican candidates who had been vocal and suggested they were too casual when it came to going to war with iran. it's been so in the news lately. and the prospect of going to a military conflict is something folks pay attention to. your thoughts about the g.o.p. field we're watching tonight? >> i thought it

the state of ohio too close to call right now. d rick santorum neck and neck for the lead there. >> bret: fox news can project wide margin leaving mitt romney and rick santorum second place. fox news projects newt gingrich will win the primary in georgia. >> fox news projecting that mitt romney has won the state of vermont. those are the standings as we know them. five seconds now to thene

but we need to bring the ohio replacement in. it's important. it's the survivable piece of the triad as you said and the department's been pretty clear on that to us in general. >> changing subjects from ballistic missile submarines to attack submarines, a constant theme, the virginia class within your budget is doing two year, and i thank you, gentlemen, and your predecessors, you know, for working that, it took many years, but we're slipping one or both. and that causes problems. it causes problems i think in the overhaul course of the program. and let me ask either the secretary or the cno whether you would concur that would add additional cost to the program over time, and then what steps you might take to mitigate, for example, if we could include an additional ship in the multiyear contracts, allowing long-term purchases. that might be the most effective way to deal with that. so, either the cno or -- >> there's an operational cost that i'll quickly allude to. there's the requirements of the global combat and commanders and we have a defici

he's covering the campaign in ohio. night is heading for santorum in ohio. we heard from one of the senior advisers for the santorum campaign. he said the santorums are getting ready to leave their war om here in steubenville, ohio. it was the high school weight room, as the campaign told us earlier this evening. but they were in that war room earlier tonight, watching the returns come in. alice stewart, the press secretary tweeted out a picture of santorum watching the votes come in. earlier, not too long before the announcement, we were told by alice stewart, that santorum, there was a possibility he could come out here later tonight and talk about what is happening here in ohio. they advised us to keep the camera focused on the podium behind me just in case, but now they're telling me that's not going to happen. rick santorum will not be making another speech here. they're heading home to get some rests. >> jim acosta in steubenville, ohio. looks like the santorums are leaving the high school over there. let's go back

santorum scores the highest. in ohiople are satisfied with santorum as the nominee than anyone else. >> i think that you are also going to have another possible headline, and that is let's say that romney does pull this out, will there be a coalescing of the conservative forces. you see, i don't think that he not only didn't close the deal, but i think that now we, with this new move to get gingrich out, the subheadline is going to be that he lost to the combined figure of his opponents, because even rick perry was on the ballot and got a few thousand votes tonight. if they can consolidate that going into alabama and mississippi next week, we may be sitting here late next week as well. >> who is newt gingrich going to listen to? i mean, if someone goes to newt gingrich and says, look at this, you have south carolina and georgia and maybe another southern state, but mitt is going to come down here and money bomb this whole thing, and who is going to sit down to make the call to have is an impression on newt gingrich to sa

the warmer air is moving into the mountains and the ohio valley. as the storms and counter the cooler air here, they will likely weaken. just a trace of rain at the airport. the highs today were below normal. that is rare this year. 59 is the normal high. we were pulled short of that. -- we were 12 short of that. it is warmer out west. some of the ohio valley warrant is pushing into western maryland. -- some of the ohio valley warmth is pushing into western maryland. cloudy skies most of the night with close -- lows around 40 or 45. this will bring us scattered showers tomorrow. the second system will drop south and east by sunday evening. there are shower chances in the weekend forecast. it will not be raining all the time. the best chance of rain tomorrow is in the morning. a little sunshine midday on sunday. sunday evening, here comes the next system with more scattered showers. we will call it mostly cloudy on saturday. east wind it 5 to 15. temperatures will be cooler than normal for most areas. northeast wind on the bay gusting. in western mar

the fact is ohio may be the whole ball game tomorrow. ne who plans on winning in november better take ohio seriously. former governor tim strickland gives us his inside view it's super tuesday with live coverage and analysis from keith olberman. >>that's what we're here for. a special edition. countdown, super tuesday, with keith olberman. only on current tv. >> 97% of those services that help women are going to be hurt. a lot of people won't get those exams and might get breast cancer. it's widely counter productive. anna, thank you for doing this story. we appreciate it. >> when we come back, we're going to celebrate the life of don cornelius. we'll tell you things about him that you might not know, when we return. we want to have the latest results, analysis, and what it will mean for the winners and losers. join me in the war room. >> from georgia to ohio so there are two new polls out of the buckeye state today. both show a race that are too close to call. let me give you an eyeball of that. this is the public policy polling, romney

in the east and the race in ohio is over. mitt romney an apparent winner after a close race that has taken all night. that is the race that we will be tracking throughout the night. romney winning a slim victory over rick santorum in ohio. in tennessee, rick santorum is the projected winner of the tennessee republican primary, and rick santorum also the projected winner oklahoma, and also the projected winner the north dakota caucuses. in the idaho caucuses, mitt romney won a decisive victory. in massachusetts, mitt romney is the winner. nbc news has allocated all of that state's delegates to romney, the former governor. newt gingrich is the projected winner in his home state of georgia and the two man race by the way, romney is the projected winner over ron paul, and newt gingrich and rick santorum did not make it on to the ballot. and timely in the green mountain state, mitt romney is the projected winner. and howard fineman, i love to get this from you, because you are a bottom line guy, and reporting all night. in addition

ohio. fox news predicting romney won the state of ohio. we're going to go to chris wallace to have them way in on that right after the break. >> tonight, it's clear, it's clear. we won places all over the country. against the odds. when they thought ork he's finally finished. we keep coming back. "why did i roll over my i.r.a. to scottrade?" "for starters, it didn't cost me anything." "and i got a one-hundred dollar cash bonus for rolling over by april 16th." "i like bonuses." "plus at scottrade, there are thousands of commission-free investments." "and if i need help, i can find it online, by phone or at one of over five-hundred scottrade locations." "it's why more investors with i.r.a.s are saying.." "i'm with scottrade." ♪ [music] and most importantly, its lobster. it's the tastiest, the sweetest, the freshest. nobody can ever get enough [ male announcer ] it's lobsterfest at red lobster, the one time of year you can savor 12 exciting lobster entrees like lobster lover's dream or new maine lobster and shrimp trio. [ laura ] hot, right ou

analyzing the exit polls. why is ohio so close, antfy? >> well, scott, no republican has ever won the white house without winning the state of ohio in the general election. so so who is the most electable republican candidate? well, overwhelmingly ohio voters told us they think it's mitt romney by a 51% to 24% margin. but ask the same voters who they think best understands the problems of average americans and rick santorum comes out on top by a 33% to 22% margin. that division between electability and relatability, if you will, is one reason why the race in ohio remains so close. scott? >> pelley: anthony, thanks very much. bob schieffer, the anchor of "face the nation" the joining us, along with john dickerson, our political director in ohio. bob, what do you see in this super tuesday so far? >> i think if we were at the horse races we'd be feeling pretty good right now because we'd have a good chance to win the big six. everything is coming out the way the polls suggested they were going to come out. newt gingrich won

in the east and the race in ohio is over. mitt romney an apparent winner after a close race that has taken all night. that is the race that we will be tracking throughout the night. romney winning a slim victory over rick santorum in ohio. more results now. in tennessee, rick santorum is the projected winner of the tennessee republican primary, and rick santorum also the newt gingrich is the projected winner in his home state of georgia and the two man race by the way, romney is the projected winner over ron paul, and newt gingrich and rick santorum did not make it on to the ballot. and timely in the green mountain state, mitt romney is the projected winner. and howard fineman, i love to get this from you, because you are a bottom line guy, and reporting all night. in addition to the bottom line where it looks like santorum had a good night winning three of this coming in where it looked like impressive wins and close loss up there in ohio, what else happened tonight? >> well, what happened tonight, chris, is that the notion t

the fact is ohio may be the whole ball game tomorrow. and anyone who plans on winning in november better take ohio seriously. former governor tim strickland gives us his inside view of ohio, something you will only get on current tv in the war room. it's super tuesday with live coverage and analysis from keith olberman. a special edition. countdown, super tuesday, with keith olberman. hershey's chocolate syrup. stir up a smile. lots of data and lots of trending. [[vo]] get the final analysis from election central. >>that's smart politics. >> from georgia to ohio, so there are two new polls out of the buckeye state today. both show a race that are too close to call. let me give you an eyeball of that. this is the public policy polling, romney with 37. santorum with 36. obviously within the margin of error. another poll rasmussen, 32-31. within the marchin of error. very, very close. just some facts about ohio. there are 66 delegates. they are awarded proportionately. again, as all of the rest of these states are unemployment rate at 7.9% w

in the east and the race in ohio is over. mitt romney an apparent winner after a close race that has taken all night. that is the race that we will be tracking throughout the night. romney winning a slim victory over rick santorum in ohio. in tennessee, rick santorum is the projected winner of the tennessee republican primary, and rick santorum also the projected winner oklahoma, and also the projected winner the north dakota caucuses. in the idaho caucuses, mitt romney won a decisive victory. in massachusetts, mitt romney is the winner. nbc news has allocated all of that state's delegates to romney, the former governor. newt gingrich is the projected winner in his home state of georgia and the two man race by the way, romney is the projected winner over ron paul, and newt gingrich and rick santorum did not make it on to the ballot. and timely in the green mountain state, mitt romney is the projected winner. and howard fineman, i love to get this from you, because you are a bottom line guy, and reporting all night. in addition

, the key battleground state. >> 63 delegates are at stake in ohio. no republican has ever won the white house in november without first winning ohio. whoever wins ohio will walk away with something very, very important. let's see what we can do, whether or not we'll be able to make a projection or not, but guess what, ohio, ohio, ohio. [laughter] >> jon: so you're saying ohio. with a 12-foot digital clock behind you and repeating the word ohio. now watch closely as this enormous balloon that has been inflated before our very eyes turns out to be a whoopi cushion. >> ohio, ohio, ohio, the key battleground state. >> and as expected, we cannot make a projection in ohio right now. [laughter] [cheering and applause] >> jon: are you not... are you not under-tained? there goes my whole night. sorry, kids, daddy can't read you a bed time story. he has to watch john kick [bleeped] ohio on a screen to find how differently catholics voted in adams county this time versus '08. and get your thing off cuyahoga. you're welcome. blitzer's enthusiasm is so pure, it mu

the guy wins six states. mitt romney pulls off ohio, and he pulls off six big states in super tuesday, and still we're having this conversation that he hasn't delivered the knockout punch. why? >> because rick santorum actually came out with three big wins. and rick santorum neither has the organization nor the money right now in this race for the republican nomination. although we shouldn't underestimate the fact that mitt romney did have six wins. he did win ohio last night. had he lost ohio -- or i should say had he lost ohio just a couple of hours ago, we would now be talking about how mitt romney would be in trouble for this republican nomination. however, we're talking about how mitt romney is going to try to go on and try to collect delegates and close out this very, very divisive fight for the republican nomination. >> divisive fight, but if you look at the delegate count, romney is a shade below 400. 396 delegate. rick santorum is a long way behind with 158, and then you've got newt and you've got ron paul. to the average guy

general kehler, if i could begin just briefly following up on a remark that you just made about the ohio class submarine which you have said is going to be of strategic vital importance as far as we can see into the future, i probably am paraphrasing you, not quoting you directly, but i agree completely, and i wonder if you could speak to the significance of the ohio class submarine replacement in terms of what its value is, how does it add value to our strategic force and why is it so important to continue building it without further delay, i should stress? >> senator, each of theme nucle brings something unique to the mixture and the strength of the overall deterrent has always been in the sum of its parts. so as we look at this today, and as we go to the future, the inherent survivability of the submarine based deterrent has been of great value to us. it continues to be of great value as we go forward at many levels, strategic stability is really built on survivability. the understanding that neither side possesses an overwhelming advantage to strike first, that even in the event of t

now to the reason we're here in cincinnati tonight. ohioseen be many as the crown jewel of super use. ten states will hold primary or caucuses tomorrow. they represent a cross section of the country. account 419 delegates at stake. chief political correspondent carl cameron starts our coverage tonight. >> reporter: on the eve of super tuesday, mitt romney has digit-digit lead in the national polls and bellwether of ohio he recounts his business experience over his rivals. >> other people in this race debated about the economy, they read about the economy, they talked about it in sub committee meetings but i have been in it. i have worked in business. >> it has romney up 11 points over santorum nationally. for the first time in months he has clear average in ohio polls, too. romney is up over santorum. virtual tie in margin of error. but that is a step-point shift to romney in the last week. santorum's lead among self-described ohio conservative is a 35-33 tossup. it's a virtual tie among men. romney is up nine points among women. romney is

the danger zone stretches from the ohio hi valley into the deep south, including towns still reeling his week's storms. >>> classes resume at that ohio school where three students were gunned down earlier this week. the suspect, t.j. lane, is now charged in the murders. he confessed to shooting the victims at random. >>> there's no plans to beef up security at the philadelphia international airport after a jeep smashed through a fence and got on to the tarmac. >>> rain in the northeast and along the gulf coast. >>> and finally, pachyderm puzz puzzler. >> you're so smart. >> word power. a texas couple is appealing for help after their beloved elephant disappeared. >> someone made off with it in broad daylight. janet st. james of wfaa explains. sfwlit was sitting in that area right here. >> reporter: that's where gene and his wife last saw their beloved elephant. >> it was well anchored in. >> reporter: chained to the foundation. before as the sign says, it wandered off. >> my husband has been checking the neighbors, to see if they smell like peanuts. >> reporter: that couldn't happen.

the odds. here in ohio, still too close to call. but just like the folks here in steubenville and throughout the ohio valley and all the valleys of this country that are the heart and soul of this country, they worked hard and they overcame odds. that's what we are here to talk about. that's why we came to steubenville. that's one of the reasons i am so proud to have my mom and my father dismaw mother-in-law up on stage with me. they're part of the greatest generation of america. nawpz. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> they preserved liberty to keep this country free from despots. ladies and gentlemen, it's a different battle than we are engagedin today, but it's no less a battle for the basic liberties that this country was founded upon. we have a group of people in washington and in other places around this country who believe that the elites in washington are the one who is should be making the decisions for all of us. and they have system atically gone and grown the size and scale of government to beyond where it wa

to the latest nbc news/marist poll. on now two ohio's largest newspapers. cleveland plain dealer and the cincinnati enquirer putting their support behind mitt romneyment the former governor locked up the endorsements of two key conservatives. tomko burn and house majority leader eric cantor. they are hoping it will give their candidate a boost for conservative voters. >> mitt romney is the only candidate who has put forward a bold pro growth, pro jobs plan for the future. you know, a lot of things that he's talking about in his plan we're working on in the house of representatives. and that's why i look to super tuesday. i look to mitt romney winning all of virginia's delegates. in fact, i cast my vote already. >> a new nbc/wall street journal poll just released this morning shows romney leading the republican field by six points. this is a nationwide matchup. rick santorum in close second at 32% support. when matched up against president obama, all four of the contenders fall short. mitt romney the closest, six points behind. santorum t

the headline they were looking for, at the end of the night, they won ohio. they go five out of ten if they don't win alaska later this evening as well. it's the time of night when they turn into glasses. most hustled home. it was remarkable how quickly the senior advisers, the strategist, disappeared from this room as soon as mitt romney was done with his remarks of several hours ago now. frankly they usually come and turn around to the reporters in the back of the room and try to spin us. they ran upstairs to get in front of the televisions and the computers to see exactly what the number look like tonight. as they go forward, they're well aware of the challenges with march through the south and for santorum trul, it is a senior adviser said to me earlier, he said we were down 10 or 11 points in this state of ohio about a week ago. we look like we're slightly ahead. if that's the case, that's the expectation, they beat it. clearly they have a lot of work to do. i should conclude by acknowledging, having been with romney from akron to zanesville, the alphabet

for romney, ohio is the superest of all super tuesday states. and ohio is pretty much up for grabs with only four points separating romney and rick santorum in the quinnipiac poll released on friday. so if you were a candidate like romney, what do you do with a problem like ohio? do you talk about the economy and try to argue that the recovery isn't really much of a recovery, that, yeah, things are better but not as good as they should be? or maybe you try to revive a culture war, one that just might have worked eight years ago. remember in 2004 had when ballot initiatives to boon same-sex marriage in states including ohio were supposed to drive up conservative turnout. the former manager of george w. bush's former election campaign is now reflecting on the wedge issue. and this is what he told salon.com on friday. quote, at a personal level, i wish i had spoken out against the effort. as i have been involved in the fight for marriage equality, one of the things i've learned is how many people were harmed by the campaigns in which i was involved.

the republican presidential primary contest in ohio? , romney got 456,000 votes, santorum got 445,000 votes. the person who got the most votes in ohio last night was the candidate who wasn't running against anyone. president obama got 547,000 votes last night in ohio, which means that more voters in ohio left their homes, left work, got in their cars, came out, travelled to a voting place and cast symbolic ballots to renominate president obama in an uncontested primary than the voters who supported either mitt romney or rick santorum. ohio is a must-win state for republicans. no republican in the last 150 years has ever won the election without winning ohio. in ohio last night, mitt romney lost to people making under $100,000 a year, 70% of the people who voted in that republican primary. joining me now to drill down on the results of last night's election in the all important state of ohio is steve kornacki. i figure whenever votes are cast in ohio, study them. that's where john kerry missed the presidency by a flip of 60,000 votes, it

north america is sufficiently important that we have to stop the french possession and capture of the ohio country. we cannot tolerate that. it's strategically important to us to be involved here. and the man who was appointed the head of the two british regiments was a veteran soldier, a veteran general, general edward braddock, and here we see a portrait of braddock. braddock entered the american scene very confident thinking that his regulars would carry the day. and not only he thought take ft. duquesne but march onward to niagara and other points and defeat the french. this was braddock's conception. no doubt he was overconfident. he landed -- where did his troops first come? they came to virginia and then moved into maryland and then northwestward toward ft. duquesne. accompanying him were virginia militia men. and george washington was at the head of those virginia militia assisting general braddock. so here we have colonials, british colonials from virginia working with the british commander general braddock. braddock didn't find everything easy. he found that the colonists weren't