this was a train wreck. president obama s health care law could be on life support. it may also be a plane wreck. and down goes social contract! eight, nine, 10, it s over! thank god that the disaster of that wasn t captured by cameras, as lady liberty just took oh, my god! biden. good morning. it s friday. can you believe it s friday? happy friday. it s finally friday, march 30. welcome to morning joe. with us on set, msnbc and time magazine senior political editor mark halperin. and richard haass is with us as well. hi. good morning. what s the breaking news today? tweet, tweet, please tell me wedding crashers 2 is coming out. no. i can t top yesterday. we had the lead story of the week, the month, the year, anchorman 2. massive. all right. can i just get right into news? kind of boring. no, please. i d rather kill hamlet in the first act is. that ok? i ll tell you what the story is, megamillions. $540 millions. it s gambling. i
eight, nine, 10, it s over! thank god that the disaster of that wasn t captured by cameras, as lady liberty just took oh, my god! biden. good morning. it s friday. can you believe it s friday? happy friday. it s finally friday, march 30. welcome to morning joe. with us on set, msnbc and time magazine senior political editor mark halperin. and richard haass is with us as well. hi. good morning. what s the breaking news today? tweet, tweet, please tell me wedding crashers 2 is coming out. no. i can t top yesterday. we had the lead story of the week, the month, the year, anchorman 2. massive. all right. can i just get right into news? kind of boring. no, please. i d rather kill hamlet in the first act is. that ok? i ll tell you what the story is, megamillions. $540 millions. it s gambling. it s going to get up to about $600 million by the time it s said and done. get yourself a lump at about $375, take out taxes, get $190. everybody wins.
bay packers, you do not just feel confident, you act confident, and we will see romney looking like an nominee. they think that is where he is headed. they expect an uphill race against president obama. they are under no illusions, and they say they cannot wait. they think after getting the nominee, it will help him become a nominee. the more he focuses on obama, the more it marginalizes santorum and newt gingrich, and they think the momentum and a math will take care of itself. the polls have just closed in alabama and minnesota and mississippi. how can naysay it is a big how can they say it is a big night for him? that does not seem to me like an emphatic endorsement. it seems like a weak front runner going on to the next day where he will squeak out another victory. later we will play the tape for you and me will say we did not see anything about a big night. we said after tonight the romney folks are feeling good because tonight is not an existential threat to the
nomination. 23 states have now weighed in on the republican race. and romney has won a come bind 3.2 million votes or 39%. rick santorum is a distant second at 2.1 million votes or 25%. but there is no rush for the exits or for a romney coronation. we have a great opportunity. in the next few weeks and this primary season. to stand up to the establishment. to stand up to all the money, to stand up to all the power brokers, stand up to all the lobbyists who are organizing the favorite campaign. and have an insurgent candidate. senator santorum now gets a week that plays to his advantage. conservative-dominated contests in kansas, then mississippi and alabama. but what he won t get is a clear shot at romney. newt gingrich says santorum doesn t deserve it. we ll try to fix the audio on that and bring it to you later. joe johns on the trail tonight with rick santorum. the senator told the rally a short time ago he not only needs to win but win big. how much of that is a refle
the news nation is follow og the loudest calls yet for newt gingrich to get out of the race and let the two front-runners battle it out. romney took seven states and the most delegates last night but barely won in ohio by just one point over rick santorum. despite spending four times as much money as his rivals in that state. santorum picked up victories in other big races, that one being tennessee as well as north dakota and oklahoma. with just one victory for gingrich in his home state, by the way, santorum s super pac declared today it is time for mr. gingrich to step away saying with gingrich exiting the race, it would be a true head to head race. newt has become a hindrance to a conservative alternative. let s bring in the political panel. michael smerconish is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and contributor, a.b. stoddard, columnist for the hill and we have with us steve days, nationally syndicated radio show show host. still holding on to endorsing newt