of north carolina at chapel hill. north carolina, of course, hugely important for democrats in 2012. senator obama beat john mccain back there in 2008. that was the first time a democrat carried north carolina in a presidential election since jimmy carter back in 1976. the obama-biden campaign fought very hard for every vote. you remember the night before the election in 2008, the night before the election barack obama was in north carolina. it was an outdoor speech in the rain. you may remember that mr. obama s grandmother who raised him had just passed away that morning. he addressed them with tears in his eyes that night. after 21 months after a campaign that has taken us from the rocky coasts of maine to the sunshine of california, we are one day away from changing
colorado. with 46% of the vote and santorum in the lead. 901 votes ahead of mitt romney. 31% to 30%. and ron paul in fourth with 13%. a lot to talk about in the hour ahead. we ll check in with santorum headquarters and the other camps as well. we ll hear from the candidate, from rick santorum himself. we ll talk to our panel about how much this changes the landscape and how significant a win for santorum or a close finish to romney in second place would mean for the former senator. let s take a look right now at some of the highlights from the candidate speeches from earlier tonight. conservatism is alive and well in missouri and minnesota! your votes today were not just heard loud and wide across the state of missouri and minnesota, but they were heard loud and louder all across this country. and particularly in a place that i suspect maybe in massachusetts they were heard particularly loud tonight. this was a good night for rick santorum. i want to congratulate senator
we re going to fight for the principles that taxpayers should not have to subsidize the largest abortion provider in the country, namely planned parenthood of america. it will trip women of everything, from access to blirt control to cancer screenings. it s all-out war on women. we have to fight back. joining me now is the fighter, senator barbara boxer, democrat from california. she s recently launched a campaign to help fight for women by getting more women elected to congress called win with women 2012. senator boxer, thanks for joining me. thank you so much. why are they attacking women? you would have to ask them that, because that may be a deep psychological question, but i don t care why they re doing it. the fact that they are doing it is harming more than 50% of our people.
in the united states senate where i differ from michelle is really a matter of proven leadership. real life rocky times two. victor ortiz in the fight of his life. i m taking my title home. that means the victory as well. and the great oscar de la hoya life lessons from a tentime world champion. it can ruin your life. it almost ruined mine. this is piers morgan tonight. joining me now is rick santorum, one of the crowded field of republicans who aim to challenge barack obama in 2012. senator, thank you for joining me. thank you, piers. good to be on. i don t want to start on a defeater s note here but the cnn poll on monday had you at 1% of the vote to be the republican nominee. i don t really care what the national poll say. they don t really matter at all at this point. the polls that matter are in iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina. those are the first three states. folks from new york and california don t have much of a say at this point and wheth
i ve done this for 12 years in the united states senate where i differ from michelle is really a matter of proven leadership. real life rocky times two. victor ortiz in the fight of his life. i m taking my title home. that means the victory as well. and the great oscar de la hoya life lessons from a tentime world champion. it can ruin your life. it almost ruined mine. this is piers morgan tonight. joining me now is rick santorum, one of the crowded field of republicans who aim to challenge barack obama in 2012. senator, thank you for joining me. thank you, piers. good to be on. i don t want to start on a defeater s note here but the cnn poll on monday had you at 1% of the vote to be the republican nominee. i don t really care what the national poll say. they don t really matter at all at this point. the polls that matter are in iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina. those are the first three states. folks from new york and california don t have much of