ineligible for 18 of the state s 66 delegates that puts him at substantial disadvantage. in the last few days in ohio mitt romney appeared to have surged in the polls. he had been down by double digits but the romney campaign points out romney has now won five states in a row and has the benefit of momentum. a victory in ohio in the popular vote and delegate count for romney would be significant. it s not his native state like it was in michigan and it is an important rust belt state adjacent to pennsylvania where rick santorum runs strong. it has a lot of meaning for both of these candidates. shepard: speaking of a lot of meaning the state of tennessee tonight may tell a story as well, carl. well, it s a southern battleground and tennessee is going to be one of the closer ones. this is another state where rick santorum has been running strong. he had a lead for quite some time. santorum is expected to do very well in oklahoma tonight. but, in tennessee over the course of the last
won there. state of ve ron paul won there as well. in virginia mitt romney and ron paul only there. newt gingrich and rick santorum did not get enough signatures on the ballot. ohio s polls are closed as well. in the state these are live numbers as they are coming. in as you can see. less than only 1% of all precincts are reporting and the numbers are tiny by ohio standards at least for the time being. just as close as we had expected for the moment mitt romney is leading 39% to 37%. it s our guess that that number will go back and forth. i don t know, much like a knicks boston game. the numbers will change and then the last two minutes of the game we will figure who wins the thick. we are waiting just 12 and a half minutes from now. three very significant states with the polls closing, the state ofs oklahoma, massachusetts and tennessee. tennessee may tell us some things all the way from memphis across through nashville, chattanooga, knoxville and beyond. what happens in tennessee c
for whoever you are, for whatever you re trying to achieve, pnc has technology, guidance, and over 150 years of experience to help you get there. shepard: continuing coverage of super tuesday from fox news channel. now what we have done and what s to come. first of all, in the state of virginia, fox news has projected tonight mitt romney has won the state of virginia. only mitt romney and ron paul were available in that state tonight. we can also project in the state of vermont that mitt romney has won his neighboring state. the margin of victory not as wide as earlier expected. none the less mitt romney has won there. in the state of georgia, which newt gingrich called a must-win, it was a win tonight for the former house speaker and georgia native. here s what s coming up just seconds from now. the polls are about to close in the states of oklahoma,
a lot that we re watching. if you want to know what we re watching behind the scenes now, obviously watching ohio. ohio is going to tell us a lot. as ed rollins said a couple of minutes ago if mitt romney can win ohio, ed rollins veteran g.o.p. consultant and insider says this thing is over. it won t end but it s over. and then there is tennessee. can rick santorum get the evangelical vote and enough of it in the state of tennessee to go on and take it? can newt gingrich do the same? and can newt gingrich later go on with mississippi and alabama? it would be huge momentum for him, not enough to win but it would be big. top of the hour three very important states. oklahoma, massachusetts, and tennessee. first, we re waiting to call ohio. and who knows when that will happen. so much attention on super tuesday and the g.o.p. candidates. the president is getting some of his own press today. today he held his first news conference of the year. he talked iran and his republic rivals and our
now, the president never listed the names of those republicans but when he was pressed about whether or not he has anything to say to mitt romney on this super tuesday he said basically i wish him good luck tonight. and later in the day mitt romney said that he thinks that sounds like an endorsement. but i doubt it was, shep. shepard: i doubt it ed henry, one more thing, first though polls closing in three states in exactly ten minutes. our decision team is on it for the states of oklahoma, massachusetts and tennessee. it s possible that we have a call with one of those exactly at the top of the hour. possible. it s also possible we might get something from ohio in just a moment. first, ed, the one thing we know about the relationship between our president, president obama and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is that they could be saying entirely different things behind the scenes that this could be all for show and for consumption in iran. that said, it sounds as if t