and he got the lion s share of those delegates. we could tell you the delegate count right now for those of you with your abacus at home. romney has 454. the numbers keep changing and they re awarded strangely and santorum, 217 and newt gingrich at 107 and ron paul at 47 and the bottom there, 1,144 are needed to win. strange to hear romney talking a lot about the delegates along the campaign trail and you don t often hear a candidate go that direction. that s not a rallying cry. it gets your fire burning and working so far so i have been going rogue the last hour and trying to figure out what the numbers mean in terms of how far we ve come in this race so i go to my ipad, white board, rogue style. 1144, the total delegates you needs for the nomination and how far we ve come. 829 delegates have been awarded so far and folks, that s only 36% of the total delegates awarded so we re not
trail, mitt romney and rick santorum have gained some momentum heading into the southern primaries. romney picked up 38 delegates saturday with wins in several u.s. territories and wisconsin. that brings his told to 454 delegates. rick santorum ha added 33 delegs from kansas. newt gingrich stands at 107. ron paul has 47. a candidate has to get to 1,144 delegates to win the g.o.p. nomination. and recent polls show it s going to be a close race in both mississippi and alabama this week. former house speaker newt gingrich and former senator rick santorum made stops on the sunday shows to talk about strategies for the southern states. receive sensteve sentsteve cent. reporter: newt gingrich needs to perform well in two southern state primaries, alabama and mississippi, or it could become difficult for him to continue in the g.o.p. race, but that is not the way gingrich was talking this morning on fox news sunday . i think we ll win both. we re exaipg very aggressive
people have already watched it. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. rk vk captions by vitac www.vitac.com all that coming up, but now we get the latest on the kansas republican caucuses. i m don lemon at the cnn newsroom. kansas takes the spotlight in the republican race today. cnn is projecting that rick santorum has won the kansas caucuses. here s the totals here, check them out with nearly all the caucus votes counted, santorum won easily there. he has 51%. romney has a distant second at 21%. kansas is a conservative state with a strong evangelical vote, both playing to santorum s strengths. we bring in chief political correspondent candy crowley joining us live from washington. big picture here, romney and gingrich pretty much let santorum have kansas so his luck holds here. is this an important win? you know, i hate to sound like everybody else but the fact of the matter is
first point. the democrats bundled them together. right? doctor fix. unemployment benefits. the amt. the one issue i think that you are right about is unemployment insurance. republicans have a big p.r. bat 8 on their hands there. at the holiday season again. very nice and sneaky of your bob, you and your friends. to try and box republicans in there. but the doctor fix, dr. marc seigel will tell you this. if you cut reimbursement for medicare, imagine doctors saying uh-oh. forget it. bob: last i checked you had majority of the house. pass the thing by itself. dabs the house you worked on capitol hill. the house matter as much? they pass 20 bipartisan and the senate doesn t pass any. [ overtalk ] bob: see them show their courage. kimberly: blue collar democrat support for obama. disapproval rate is 454% approve 54% approve and 44%.
andrea: i disagree on the first point. the democrats bundled them together. right? doctor fix. unemployment benefits. the amt. the one issue i think that you are right about is unemployment insurance. republicans have a big p.r. bat 8 on their hands there. at the holiday season again. very nice and sneaky of your bob, you and your friends. to try and box republicans in there. but the doctor fix, dr. marc seigel will tell you this. if you cut reimbursement for medicare, imagine doctors saying uh-oh. forget it. bob: last i checked you had majority of the house. pass the thing by itself. dabs the house you worked on capitol hill. the house matter as much? they pass 20 bipartisan and the senate doesn t pass any. [ overtalk ] bob: see them show their courage. kimberly: blue collar democrat support for obama. disapproval rate is 454% approve 54% approve and