colorado. and later, newt gingrich holding a rally in reno, nevada. mitt romney s win in florida follows a brutal and bitter campaign already, but it paid off for romney who won by 46% of the vote compared to 32% for gingrich, and rick santorum got 13% of the vote as ron paul got 7%. on the starting point, mitt romney said it didn t bother him that newt gingrich didn t call to congratulate him. as said long ago, politics ain t bean bag, and we are battling to become the nominee, and he will do it the way he thinks is best, and i will do it the way i think is best. so far my process has given us a good start, and we will go on, but i am feeling good at this point. newt gingrich leaves florida defeated, and defiant. he didn t mention the supporters by name, but he said that he will stay in the race all of the way to the republican convention in august and he gave his take on what the results in florida meant for him. it is now clear that this will be a two-person race b
a new front in the battle for the republican presidential nomination, nevada, which holds its caucuses this coming saturday. mitt romney is there along with newt gingrich and ron paul. instead of relishing his victory, a huge victory in the florida primary last night, romney and his team are now in full damage control mode after something romney said right here on cnn. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash is in las vegas with us. she s watching what s going on. what s going on with mitt romney, dana? reporter: well, wolf, i think we ve auld had something like this happen to us. you say something, it doesn t quite come out like you mean it, but when you re the front-runner in a presidential campaign, you can t afford to be the one who trips yourself up. making the morning show rounds, mitt romney inadvertently handed opponents an eight-word give on cnn i m not concerned about the very poor reporter: to be clear that made for a bumper sticker line was only
politics in-depth. i m wolf blitzer in florida, you re in the situation room. the dust is settling here in jacksonville, florida, after our very exciting cnn republican presidential debate last night. and there s new evidence that mitt romney is gaining support four days before florida puts its stamp on the republican race for the white house. the new poll shows romney nine points ahead of gingrich among likely gop primary voters here in florida. the survey was taken tuesday through thursday entirely before our debate last night. gingrich was leading romney in florida earlier this week. right after he won the south carolina primary, but in the last couple of days, he clearly lost some of that momentum here in florida. and he s now trailing romney. newt gingrich came out swinging in debate here in jacksonville, but some campaign watchers think he was off his game last night. our chief political analyst gloria borger listened to every word of the debate. she was here in jac
when she was almost 16, i went to a party at a friend s house, and she was there. i noticed her in a big way, and she d come with someone else, and i said to him, i said look, i live closer to ann than you do, can i give her a ride home for you? mitt romney talking about the moment that he first noticed his wife, ann. we continue our real wives of the campaign trail today with a closer look at the former first lady of massachusetts of the joining me this morning, political reporter for the washington post. nia, good to have you back with us as we discuss ann romney, who a lot of people are watching as she continues to crisscross the country and the south with mitt romney. as we know from mitt romney, their camp planning to release the 2010 tax return this week, but here s something ann romney said during a rally in florida last night. take a listen. i understand mitt s going to release his tax forms this week, and i want to remind you where
question. final question. have we heard anything from the murdoch empire in response to this? we don t have an official statement yet, but they said at least here in the uk, they will cooperate with the investigations. they don t want to look like they are impeding investigations. they want to continue to affirm as they have all along that the executives of this company did not know what was going on in news of the world. they repudiate it and closed down the paper and they want to move beyond it. the question remains in the papers that are outstanding is how much those executives knew of this situation. when did they know it. do they have any responsibility and culpability for it. martin? stephanie from london, thanks very much. back to the debate in florida last night. i m joined by my colleague who