newly elected president obama faced the american people and i said, look, if i can t turn this economy around in three years, i ll be looking at a one-term proposition, and we are hae here to collect. romney s big win in florida definitely cat at that pults it into a hefty lead in the count. he now has an estimated 84 delegates, more than three times the number collected by gingrich. santorum and paul, once again, left in the dust. gingrich says it s a two-man race now. we are going to contest everyplace and we are going to win and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. well, the candidates are now taking their campaigns west. but before boreding his plane romney took a few minutes to talk to us. cnn political editor paul steinhauser is in tampa. what did he say, paul? reporter: well, kyra, he said he realizes this still could be a long road ahead to winning the republican nomination on cnn s starting point. soledad o brien asked him about newt gingrich and w
let s go outfront. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, herman cain s pain. dropping 11 points in the past month after four women claimed he sexually harassed them. he s now polling at 14% among republicans, down from 25%. that is pain. and his pain was not mitt romney s gain. romney also dropped 2 percentage points, although he s still in the lead. the man who s getting the game, newt gingrich. he is the only candidate up and it is big time. it s better than when i was at 4. this is the most volatile race of my lifetime. you can say that again. gingrich went on to say, who knows what the polls are going to be two months from now. and there s something to that. before there was cain, there was rick, who dropped from 32% to 12. a drop of 20 percentage points. and before there was rick, there was michele. she dropped from 14 to 6. tonight, herman cain is betting that someone he s known for 46 years can turn it around for him. that s his wife. to hear such graphic alle
we have breaking numbers tonight. herman cain dropping 11 points in the past month, after four women claimed he sexually harassed them. he s now polling at 14% among republicans, down from 25%. that is pain. and his pain was not mitt romney s gain. romney also dropped 2 percentage points, although he s still in the lead. the man who s getting the game, newt gingrich. he is the only candidate up and it is big time. it s better than when i was at 4. this is the most volatile race of my lifetime. you can say that again. gingrich went on to say, who knows what the polls are going to be two months from now. and there s something to that. before there was cain, there was rick, who dropped from 32% to 12. a drop of 20 percentage points. and before there was rick, there was michele. she dropped from 14 to 6. tonight, herman cain is betting that someone he s known for 46 years can turn it around for him. that s his wife. to hear such graphic allegations and know that that would
women claimed he sexually harassed them. he s now polling at 14% among republicans, down from 25%. that is pain. and his pain was not mitt romney s gain. romney also dropped 2 percentage points, although he s still in the lead. the man who s getting the game, newt gingrich. he is the only candidate up and it is big time. it s better than when i was at 4. this is the most volatile race of my lifetime. you can say that again. gingrich went on to say, who knows what the polls are going to be two months from now. and there s something to that. before there was cain, there was rick, who dropped from 32% to 12. a drop of 20 percentage points. and before there was rick, there was michele. she dropped from 14 to 6. tonight, herman cain is betting that someone he s known for 46 years can turn it around for him. that s his wife. to hear such graphic allegations and know that that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of her as a woman, and i know that s not the