leadership in the house. but it has been a bruising fight in recent weeks for speaker john boehner. remember, he was negotiating with president obama and walked away from the talks and brought up a plan b. and had 40 or 50 of his members say we will not support, that the idea of raising taxes on those making more than a million dollars. behind closed doors is sunday night with the house republican conference multiple sources inside the room told me he got a standing ovation when thanked his rank and file for their support during this fight. so as of sunday night it sounded like the gang was essentially happy with the speaker but then you had a tough vote coming up here with a lot of conservatives in the house. the majority leader going out on the record saying i m against this bill as it has come forward even though obviously reading the tea leaves and seeing the wide bipartisan vote from the senate a lot of people felt there was an inevitablity to the bill
debate. and time or is that unfair in. i m not sure. i m the half-full guy. i send it to think that, if you have two candidates who have basically pluses and minuses that maybe cancel each other out, that means you have to focus on policies and solutiones to the problems. again, i m being optimistic. i hope that s the case. we are now in a position where the inevitablity is checked off for romney. it is, can you be likeable? if not likeable, can he be competent? i don t think that the worst kind of election race to see. and that s part of his argument. that you know, obama is likeable. but he has failed. he hasn t done it is the likability versus the economy. so it is going to be a very close run. fund manically, america is 51%, 49%. that speech last night was well krafrt crafted. he mentioned economy five times.
those former lawyers just yesterday. and now it s mitt romney and the rest after rick santorum says it is over. this presidential race is over for us, for me, and we will suspend our campaign effective today. now the main event, mitt romney about to charge full force at president obama. it was one of the most horrifying crashes ever witnessed. this, a plane dive bombing into a crowd at last year s reno air show. now there s talk of changes that might just ensure this never happens again. north korea defying the world and fueling a long range rocket. the critics say the north isn t fooling anyone with its space program. first at one minute past the hour, the trayvon martin case, a brand new twist. the legal team representing george zimmerman, the man who shot and killed the florida teenager, has quit. they say they have lost contact with zimmerman and that they can no longer speak for him. attorneys craig sonner and hal uhrig say their client went rogue, contacting
here are the official numbers coming in. we projected romney as the winner in all three of the contests. 23% of the official vote in maryland is now in, romney significantly ahead, 47% to 31% for rick santorum. newt gingrich and ron paul trail significantly. in washington, d.c., 24% of the vote is in. 69% for romney. 13% for ron paul. 11% for newt gingrich. santorum was not on the ballot, did not qualify. in wisconsin, mitt romney ahead right now with almost a third of the vote in. 30%. he s got 43% to 38% for rick santorum. 11% for ron paul. 6% for newt gingrich. let s bring in our own candy crowley. she s been covering the romney campaign. a lot of happy people over there. three wins, that s significant. reporter: it s a clean sweep. it s exactly what they wanted. you heard first from paul ryan, who s been accompanying romney around wisconsin. we republicans are unified. you might get some argument tonight in the camp of rick santorum, but there s a clear push here for, h
i think roberts, my hunch is he doesn t want a 5-4 decision because he knows what it will do to the reputation of the court and his reputation. i m hoping. judge jeanine: you are telling me the supreme court justices appointed for life care about politics. real fast all the endorsements romney got this week, it is not helping him. is it is helping him. we move to winner take allstates on tuesday. and places like, wisconsin, and d.c. and maryland will be the start of an inevitablity. thank you so much for being with us. and now for my summation. i spent three decades in criminal justice looking for truth assigning blame. the accused didn t do it, wasn t there or was justified, the victim harmed in ways we can t comprehend. some unable to speak. silenced forever. there has been a lot of talk of race in the trayvon martin case but to mean the universal