1144. that s that elusive delegate toll that they are all for. so notably, tamron, the name you did not hear in those remarks, as emotional as they were at times, was mitt romney. and these things are tough. it is tough after beating each other up for so many months in this extended gop campaign that no one foresaw. tough to come together at the end. and that kind of thing takes time. the romney campaign badly wants unity behind him. but as i mentioned it, chuck todd, a few minutes ago, coming out of, this you have karen santorum with a new fan base of her own. this lawyer who has raised seven kids who really was an appealing and powerful media presence for the campaign in the latter half. and of course, as the senator mentioned, you have bella who has her own fan base and led to so many people, especially parents of special needs people showing up at his rallies.
that was met with just a shrug. so of course, all day people have been talking about him suspending his campaign here. over the past couple weeks and especially since his [ laughter ] tuesday in wisconsin, a lot of folks are saying this was the time for him to drop out. that he would not want to wage a battle here against mitt romney. when voters go to the polls only to lose. at love folks will remember his resounding defeat for his senate re-election bid that he lost to bob casey by 17 points. a lot of folks are saying that rick santorum would lose all that he has risked on this campaign that has been run on a shoe string. he would risk losing all of that and his standing within the national party by continuing to stay in this race. so that is the word right now. we don t know specifically what he will talk about. now let me bring in mark murray. thank you for joining us. you have a new poll out. washington post /abc news. 52% said stay in. 43% said drop out. we know the
battle here against mitt romney. when voters go to the polls only to lose. at love folks will remember his resounding defeat for his senate re-election bid that he lost to bob casey by 17 points. a lot of folks are saying that rick santorum would lose all that he has risked on this campaign that has been run on a shoe string. he would risk losing all of that and his standing within the national party by continuing to stay in this race. so that is the word right now. we don t know specifically what he will talk about. now let me bring in mark murray. thank you for joining us. you have a new poll out. washington post /abc news. 52% said stay in. 43% said drop out. we know the stakes are high for pennsylvania. we also know that he has a little daughter who is ill. who has been hospitalized. she is now back home with the family in virginia. is this the right time for him to drop out given the personal challenges which are absolutely heartfelt and we know of great concern to hi
rick santorum and karen santorum have six other children along with bella. santorum acknowledged that he needs to win pennsylvania to keep his momentum up. if you look at the real clear politics average of polls, this thing is really a dead heat. santorum with the slightest of leads going into that april 24 primary. megyn: a may-december relationship between a one-time teacher and his former student got national attention when he left his wife and children to move in with her. now it s over. the big question is this, will she change her story and help send him to the slammer? is that even possible? we ll take it up in today s kelly s court. the obama administration throwing its weight against a housing bailout potentially
we cannot be sure that the recent pace of improvement in the labor market will be sustained. megyn: joining me now is stu varney, host of varney & company on the fox business network. the white house admitted that the 120,000 jobs created was lower than it had been, it had been 200, 200 and 200 in the prior three months, it comes in at 120, lower than expected. why do we extrapolate from that and say it s terrible news for the economy, maybe it s just a blip? the debate has shifted. we appear to be at a turning point. it s not a question of how strong the recovery is but how weak on whether the recovery, the growth rate of the economy has slipped into reverse. it has certainly stalled, megyn. this may be the third time in three years that hopes for growth in the spring have been dashed with new numbers coming from the government. the money is not there, the jobs are not there, the people are not there. let me explain what i mean by that. first of all, the money is not there