place, fighting for traditional marriage. every action he took as a governor he stood to the fo sapgtity of life. we ll continue to talk about that. arizona and michigan both must wins? arizona and michigan are big states, big primaries where are there are lots of delegates up for grabs. we like our chances going into both those states. we ll be fighting hard, will make a special effort. as i said, this is a fight for delegates and there are delegates up for grabs. eric out of boston this morning, thanks for coming on. thanks, chuck. well, what can we expect in wall street today? a market rundown is next. plus the contradeposition compromise, how the white house is trying to put out the fire with catholics over birth control and insurance coverage. plus let the games begin. michelle obama challenges jimmy fallon to a fitness competition.
exhibition game. you draw a lot of fans, sell out tickets, but it doesn t count. yet we all cover it and enable it. there s a difference when the romney campaign engages, they don t help their cause when they say it doesn t matter. but we do see some fundamental differences, even if an exhibition game you know whether somebody has a curveball our not. and talent on the field. and it s clear mitt romney still has a problem with conservative activists. that s who showed up last night. it s remarkable that we re this deep into it and if we talked about this two months ago, rick santorum will have won more votes than anyone else in the race, we would have fallen over. this was not possible. the problem continues to be, chuck, both have problems. mitt romney clearly will never be the conservative choice. the question is does she eventually wear them down enough, already, we ll be with
he could take a handful of nails, stick them in his mouth and stick them out. on his money moon he puts aluminum paint in the trunk of the car and sold it along the way to pay for the gas and the hotels. obviously rick santorum talks about the biography of his grandfather, the coal miner, that s had some resonance with the blue collar base, rpg base, and you hear mitt romney trying to do this. he has struggled to talk about his own personal wealth and tried to create other narratives. last night was another attempt. finally the road ahead. we ve had eight contests. romney has won victories. santorum has won four. delegatewise it s still romney. santorum s next opan and repub electorate there that is a little blue collar with social conservative mixed in.
the question is nobody expects him to do well. but after last night, though. if romney wins and santorum is within five points does it is it a moral victory. i continue to come back to the point jon made. we need actual beginning he was vulnerable. we definitely know the answer is yes, but to whom? you can t beat somebody with nothing. romney is not the greatest candidate in the world, but he is something. you know, it s just like the general. we know president obama is vulnerable to a republican challenge, but we node mitt romney is vulnerable to a challenger, but it may the the great thing about romney is he doesn t have to run against the ideal conservative choice. sheldon adelson and foster freeze, what are they doing? how close is their checkbook to
they re really two peas in a pod. longtime washington lectors who never really left washington after their legislative careers ended. if you nominate one of them to go against barack obama in the fall, the choice will be between two washington insiders, two people who haven t had any real economy experience. we think the brighter contrast, especially with the economy looming so large, is to nominate someone like mitt romney who has spent the bulk of his career in the private sector. you talked about it s romney versus a divided field. are you concerned if it s mitt romney versus a conservative alternative that you can win? because every time it seems there is a gravitation to one, even for a few days, in south carolina that was newt gingrich, in iowa it was rick santorum last night that few days was rick santorum. can you beat back a done serve tiff alternative?