thank you very much! that s right. you saw it there. ted kennedy beat then president jesse carter in 1980. jesse jack san beat the eventual nominee. although the odds are in romney s favors, there s a big chance to pull an upset. joining me now, a man who covered the michigan upset. tom brokabrokaw. if you remember, i thought the most striking one in many ways was what happened in 2008 when john mccain was declared doa after south carolina. he wins in new hampshire. but he goes to south carolina. the bush team gets it back together. they think they ve got a straight road all the way to the nomination. next week in michigan, mccain pops back up again. we ve been talking this morning, and i ve been watching a lot. i think that santorum ad reaching out to democrats could
something he decided not to do. after the republicans call him a snob. it s tuesday, february 28th, 2012. it s a super tuesday here at msnbc. and next week may be officially super tuesday, but it may not get bigger than this for mitt romney. let s get to the first part of the morning. mitt romney s future is on the line today. this is the third major do or die moment. he survived florida with another big win. can romney survive tonight at the day he was born in? there s no overstating the loss tonight. s no just the handwrittening over whether the establishment tried to find another candidate. but there will be financial issues for romney, which is already bubbling beneath the surface. which leads to whether romney is forced to write his own check. republican heavyweightses, at least publicly are trying to put the best fate they can on romney s problems. i know a lot of people in d.c. are ringing their hands. the establishment wish they could pick a candidate earlier in the
snob. it s tuesday, february 28th, 2012. it s a super tuesday here at msnbc. and next week may be officially super tuesday, but it may not get bigger than this for mitt romney. let s get to the first part of the morning. mitt romney s future is on the line today. this is the third major do or die moment. he survived florida with another big win. can romney survive tonight at the day he was born in? there s no overstating the loss tonight. s no just the handwrittening over whether the establishment tried to find another candidate. but there will be financial issues for romney, which is already bubbling beneath the surface. which leads to whether romney is forced to write his own check. republican heavyweightses, at least publicly are trying to put the best fate they can on romney s problems. i know a lot of people in d.c. are ringing their hands. the establishment wish they could pick a candidate earlier in the process. a contested primary is a good thing. i don t think th