mitt romney in all 50 of the delegates beat newt gingrich by a wider margin and beat him in south carolina. the former house speaker let his lecturn do the talking. 46 states to go. seven states are up for grabs. the caucuses in maine goes on for a week. wolf blitzer was watching it all last night great election coverage once again. dominating florida, some might look at the comments that he made, certainly to our soledad o brien. he told soledad, i m not concerned about the very poor. she pressed on it. let s listen to what she said and then i want to ask you about it. my campaign is focused on middle-class americans. you can focus on the rich, that s not my focus. you can focus on my very poor. that s not my focus. my focus is on middle-income americans, retirees living on social security, people who can t find work. folks that have kids getting tr ready to go to college. is this going to spell trouble for him? he said it inartfully. he tried to explain what he meant
out front tonight mitt romney begins a battle in south carolina. five days until the primary in new hampshire, right in that s where the former massachusetts governor has a solid lead. so where he decided to spend most of the day was, south carolina. i want to restore to america the principles that made us the powerhouse, morally, economically and militarily, in the entire world. romney, his pal john mccain, and gal nicky haley, all there, giving a joint speech in charlston. this is a whole new ball game. one of the highest concentration of evangelical voters in america, nearly half of the population identifies itself as evangelical. which doesn t exactly mean good things for mitt romney. in iowa, 34% voted for rick santorum, only 14% for mitt romney. here is what is amazing. we don t know if romney has made it right with christians in south carolina because polls are about a month old. wisdom is that he wouldn t and didn t need to win south carolina. the vibe changed. no
mitt romney begins a battle in south carolina am it s five days until the primary in new hampshire, right? that s where the massachusetts governor has a solid lead. so where he decided to spend most of the day was south carolina. i want to restore to the america the principles that have made us the power house morally, economically, and militarily in the entire world. romney, his pal john mishg ca mccain and nicky hayley were there. the primary is january 21st. the palmetto state has the highest concentration of he van gellic all voters in america. nearly half the population identifies themselves as evangelical. in iowa, 44% of ivevangelicals voted for rick santorum. but here s what s amazing. we don t know if romney made end roads with the christian right in south carolina because the last polls are about a month old. and while even a week ago convention wisdom would that romney didn t need to win south carolina, a lot has changed and many see it as a must-win state if h
hampshire, right? that s where the massachusetts governor has a solid lead. so where he decided to spend most of the day was south carolina. i want to restore to the america the principles that have made us the power house morally, economically, and militarily in the entire world. romney, his pal john mishg mccain and nicky hayley were there. the primary is january 21st. the palmetto state has the highest concentration of he van gellic all voters in america. nearly half the population identifies themselves as evangelical. in iowa, 44% of evangelicals voted for rick santorum. but here s what s amazing. we don t know if romney made end roads with the christian right in south carolina because the last polls are about a month old. and while even a week ago convention wisdom would that romney didn t need to win south carolina, a lot has changed and many see it as a must-win state if he is to be the presumptive nominee. john avalon joins us. gloria is also us with. first of all