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[ female announcer ] travelocity. get great deals on all kinds of beach vacations. >>> it is supposed to be the central question in every primary campaign. can our nominee beat the nominee in november? they made electability a big part of the sales pitch. here is romney focusing sharply on the general election. >> three years ago this week, a newly elected president obama faced thuamerican people and said if i can't turn the economy around in three years, i'll be looking at a one-term proposition, and we're here to collect. >> governor romney a big winner tonight. the question is do the hard numbers suggest he would be the likeliest republican winner in november. john king has some of the numbers at the wall. >> let's start with this. show the viewers at home so they don't say they're crazy. 46 states to go, as the gingrich campaign says, but romney has the lead. if he can pull this out, let's go to the map. this is the 20008 map, obama winning, but let's take tonight's state, florida. north carolina, virginia, a toss

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