saying the big boy, but you ve got to play to win, whatever you are. sure. i think virginia hurts more because it s his home state. missouri has kind of a convoluted system. rick santorum is not on the ballot therein an he s campaigned there. i m not sure we know what s going to happen yet in missouri. the key for newt is texas to west virginia. if you look at the delegate counts in these states, here s one example. mitt romney won 50 delegates last night in florida. north carolina has 55. alabama has 50 delegates. those are winner take all states. so what newt gingrich has got to do is get mitt romney down in the south, the real south, not the more metropolitan diverse south. if you look at the exit polling last night. you re talking south as in south carolina, that kind of south. yes, that kind of south. here s something that your viewers should keep in mind looking through a general election. one-fourth of romney s vote of last night came from palm beach, broward and miami-dad
i think what it says is you re dealing with a state that has only 2 delegates that are proportional allocation. where their nomination is going to be decided, the republican party is a southern party. if you do the delegate math, i count at least 600 southern delegates that i don t believe arithmetic mitt romney can or will win. the path to him getting 1144 delegates before the convention i don t think is a coronation. i don t think that s the case at all. if i m newt, i m going to go from texas to west virginia and build a fence around the south where they have huge delegate states and i m going to try to stop mitt romney there beginning on super tuesday. bottom of our screen it says gingrich 46 or bust. many have noted when he says 46, that s not accurate. he s not on the ballot in missouri and virginia. does that is also hurt him a little bit? as you pointed out, you know, you ve got to play, i don t like
newt. obviously he took a pounding yesterday. he did not do well with women especially. he didn t do great with men either. but he really got beat up from women voters i might say, just toe so speak here. what does he need to do in nevada? i think what newt s got to get back to, he s got to get back on offense. i think there was too much talk about how much he s being hammered, all the negative ads very reminiscent of the last time he surged as the front-runner position. he at his best when he is playing offense. you know, newt is sort of the charles barclay of political candidates. barclay once said i ain t on this league to play defense. newt is best with the ball in his hands dribbling towards the basket. when he s trying to get back on defense, that s not his best. he s got to get back on offense and get back on offense in those southern states where romney is going to have a lot of trouble winning delegates. did you see any indication of that happening with his speech
well, yesterday, sheldon adelson s daughter some of his children pumped about another $1 million i believe it was into the super pac. it s anyone s guess whether the adelson money been continue to flow into that super pac after nevada. but i think an important thing to note here is that sheldon adelson has been a big gop donor in this state for many, many years. and obviously, he s supporting and backing newt gingrich as things sand right now, but i think any republican candidate whoever the nominee is can depend on financial support from the adelsons. let me get you back in, a.b. santorum is out with his bashing of newt today saying he supported wall street bailouts, he came out and said he was for it. some of the things we ve heard from santorum before when he s gone after nug. but to elizabeth s point, listen, we cannot forget about ron paul. he did not obviously show up well in florida but he was ahead of everyone else headed to nevada, and he can at least be a
greatly appreciate it. thank you, tamron. appreciate you having me back. i ve got to to you about this number. 38% want to see someone else run. they went in, they voted, they came out and spoke with our exit poll people and said they want someone else in this race. you re a conservative. help me understand, who are you looking for in maybe not you because you like newt. who are these people looking for in. well, i this i what they re looking for is someone that doesn t have to resort to scorched earth tactics to win but can actually run on a conservative record and can communicate it in a way that actually rallies the nation to conservative values and issues and also has the resources to show that they can put a professional organization on the ground. and i think that will everything i just mentioned, there s a few candidates that represent a couple of the facets of the composite that the people want, the ideal composite, but since that ideal composite is not there, you have so