the most powerful man in this country. it s because i want so badly to return the power to you in this country. gregg: ohio primary coming down to the wire with fox news projecting mitt romney as the win of the battleground state, narrowly beating rick santorum, 1%. romney taking at least 5 of the 10 super tuesday states. santorum, taking 3, gingrich taking georgia, alaska still up for grabs. romney leading, barely there. joining us now, brad blakeman. the former deputy assistant to president george w. bush. good to see you. it struck me in the associated press of all groups referred to rick santorum s operation as follows, quote, a struggling rag-tag campaign, far outrays paced by romney in organization. it is not clear santorum even
i think that somewhere inside, speaker gingrich knows he can t win. but something happen inside iowa, when he had the lead over iowa and he saw his path gregg: this is malice. the super pacs came after him, he is not going to let go of trying to tear down governor romney. he s angry. every gregg: this is a vindictive, malicious campaign? he will take it to tampa and bapg on the doors at the convention hall. you know, romney s negatives are not much better than gingrich s. i have never seen a presidential candidate come out with a primary with 40% disapproval come on. it s only going to get worse as the contest progresses. bob dole why do you say that? these are nasty. these people are personal. santorum and gingrich don t like mitt romney at all.
has paid staff on the ground in the upcoming states. does that really tell the story of what s happened to rick santorum? santorum has not been catching on like romney has. a lot of that has to do with messaging. but certainly, there is no substut for organization and there is no substitute for fund-raising. i think in the coming battles ahead, you are going to need organization, you are going to need fundraidsing and a good message to capture the number of delegates you need to solidify this nomination. without it, you are not going to get there. gregg: newnewt alternatively refers to romney as the massachusetts moderate, sometimes massachusetts liberal. the branding is pretty clear. he is trying to suggest, a north eastern moderate, or liberal cannot win the republican nomination. but romney won pretty handily, florida. today, super tuesday, we came in second, actual flee two southern
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the most powerful man in this country. it s because i want so badly to return the power to you in this country. gregg: ohio primary coming down to the wire with fox news projecting mitt romney as the win of the battleground state, narrowly beating rick santorum, 1%. romney taking at least 5 of the 10 super tuesday states. santorum, taking 3, gingrich taking georgia, alaska still up for grabs. romney leading, barely there. joining us now, brad blakeman. the former deputy assistant to president george w. bush. good to see you. it struck me in the associated press of all groups referred to rick santorum s operation as follows, quote, a struggling rag-tag campaign, far outrays paced by romney in organization. it is not clear santorum even