other news was happening, the president over in south korea, vice-president dick cheney getting a new heart overnight. rick santorum won the louisiana primary there in one of the last of the big southern states to go through the primary process, it was not even close, if you look at voting. alisyn: he won a handily as they say with 49%, mitt romney second at 27%, which does entitle him to some delegates. clayton: five, i think, he so far. dave: they re only handing out 20 of the 46 because 26 doled out later. so, in terms of a delegate win, it s not huge for rick santorum, but he clearly is the candidate of the south. and he was fired up about it last night. and spoke about the win. we have an opportunity in the next ten days to strike a great blow for freedom here in wisconsin, you will shock the political world. [applause] ten days, it happens, mi
missouri. we start in missouri. nbc news declares rick santorum as the projected winner in the missouri republican primary. rick santorum will finish first, mitt romney second, and ron paul third. newt gingrich was not on the ballot in this missouri primary contest. the primary is non-binding, the missouri republican party will caucus later this year to allocate delegates during their convention. the delegate count will not change. mitt romney will still, after tonight, have 84 delegates, newt gingrich 23, rick santorum 14, and ron paul 11. in the minnesota caucuses with 13% of the vote in, rick santorum has 43% with 3,551 votes. ron paul has 27% with 2,263
so around busy man, people want to look to you because they want to know in advance what s going to happen. the best interest kateor we very that is the polls. whatever their potential failings are. you are showing romney leading in iowa which is contrary to the real clear politics average all polls which shows ron paul leading in iowa. you show mitt romney at 25%, mitt romney second and newt gingrich at 17. i want to ask what you are showing in terms of trend. anybody who is look at a caucus poll is selling you something you shouldn t be buying. the way beam get into a caucus is different and there could be changes. we see mitt romney and ron paul both being steady month after month after month. they are doing well and they will fight out for the top spot. that s what we are seeing in the polls. the different right now.
was for the new hampshire primary or something, maybe. we were up there, and it s super bowl sunday, the patriots are playing, and mike and i are off in a side room talking about the red sox spring training. and it s seriously, i should want have asked you about the patrio patriots, you have no idea. i read that their defense is really if they can patch that defense together, they could do something. they re 11-3. let s be they ve had losses, but they re 11-3. they re like you, their problems are secondary. while you re all doing this sports thing, we ve just booked chris christie for tomorrow. we have mitt romney on tomorrow, regis, and chris christie. perfect. well done. they re going to sing a trio. regis is great. i love regis. i can t wait to see him. mike florio, thank you very much. thank you, mike. next, the latest on the
a jon huntsman may end up coming to the top in iowa, new hampshire, these other states. possible, but to me, the interesting question is if that s the case, to what extent and what does it look like they essentially come to some kind of an understanding with the new order? what does it look like with tea party types? with the neo cons on foreign policy. if it is a so-called establishment figure, it s almost a tension between bush 41 and bush 43. between the additional party and the newer party, and for someone like a governor romney. where does he come out trying to balance these two polls? yeah, newt gingrich yesterday was on face the nation . yes, he was. i thought it was a fascinating interview to say the least. and it was. i think it was very compelling, a dangerous argument, but a very compelling argument for many people on the right. i think compelling to the base and that baggage you were