today the candidate has no campaign events. newt gingrich has five. rob and paula, back to you. in case you re wondering why florida is so important, one, it s a very politically distinct state, but secondly this is the first state that will award all of the delegates. it s a winner take all system. the winner gets all 50 delegates from the state of florida. the match number for the republicans is 1,044 delegates. 50 is a nice chunk and a momentum boost. and you heard about the numbers differentiating the two, romney and gingrich. and earlier in the spin he said we just conducted a poll and in one we re neck and neck. but it s amazing at the start of the campaign nine days ago gingrich had a five percentage point lead over romney and he certainly has stumbled. twists and turns. and today the biggest poll of all. the poll that counts. be sure to tune in to abc news tonight as we bring you the results of the big florida primary. diane sawyer, george stephanopoulos, of course will b
the largest haul yet. the winner takes all of them and seizes momentum as the clear-cut front-runner. so if the polls are right, mitt romney could be coasting to an easy win. cnn s john zarella is at a polling place in tampa. john s, how s the turnout been? reporter: real good. this is actually the largest republican precinct in hillsboro county, the tampa area. about 3800 registered republicans here, and turnout has been very good this morning. a lot of people going before work. a lot of families coming before dropping off their kids at school. so quite a good turnout. there s 232,000 registered republicans in hillsboro county. i talked to the election supervisor a little while ago. he was telling me that they expected a very good turnout counting all of the early voting and the people that are likely to vote today could be 40 to 50%, he said, of that 232,000. so he expects quite a few people to vote today. here, kyra, is an example of the ballot we were talking about earl
located, it was all about who the winner was. first question, if we have had these requests, and the winners from outside of the united states have happened, we hold back as we do for all winners, taxes. trace: the lawyer says in next that he has no idea who the person is who actually won this, but to resolve it, that winner was willing to donate all money to charity and the iowa lottery says no chance. shepard: trace, thank you great los angeles. the g.o.p. presidential candidates have one last debate before the big florida primary, and with the race as close as it is all the challengers were look for the one line that could get them noticed noticed and we wilt how it went next. and san sap has not had much of a showing but hes is he has not finished and he could have the momentum to keep going for some
today s reporter roulette. here we go. jojahn, straight to you in miami where newt gingrich is interest to hold a big event there. last night he had a bit of a weaker showing. what is his tacamp saying about that today? the first observation i have to make is the candidate looking a little tired here in south florida. a long slug down from jacksonville after the debate. now here? south florida, pu now here in florida, pushing for the hispanic vote. he s wishing certain questions had been asked in certain ways. meanwhile, the speaker, as i said, reaching out to the latino voters here in south florida, really making a big play over h support of his portion of the dream act that will allow military who are immigrants to go on to become american citizens. hoping that plays very well with the immigrant community here in south florida. as we move into the weekend, newt gingrich is planning just a flurry of activity across this state to try to drum up support. because, frankly,
allow employees known to have used fake or stolen identification to go free, to duplicate the fraud again. when ice is not following up on those aliens, you have a situation where those aliens can be going down the street to get another job. and that s really just moving the problem. the vast majority of the workforce here has not committed any crime. worksite enforcement is important say experts because jobs drive illegal immigration. bush aides will say that those high profile aides deter both employers and detierees and punish both for breaking the law. others say they did little more than anger latino communities and advocates plaintiff obama s approach say paper audits are cheaper and more efficient way of turning off the job magnet. in los angeles, william la jeunesse, fox news. bret: pro-lifers get a big wish in one state and a live preview of tuesday s big florida primary. stay with us.