southern base of g.o.p. he lost in tennessee, georgia and south carolina and oklahoma south industrial. and while the math is still on his side a losing battle could give his rivals more reason to stay in the race. and now, live to washington, dc, do the polls from the southern state news, who ever thought it would be good news? guest: alabama is a key state on tuesday. we have a new poll and most recently it shows romney in first, followed by newt gingrich, and then santorum another four points back in third and ron paul in 4th. the second poll was taken before super tuesday and it did not offer paul as an option which has santorum in first and then romebly and newt gingrich with a huge number of undecided, roughly 20 percent in one and 30 percent in the other so folks in alabama and across the south have not made up their mind.
santorum has to do well enough up here in new hampshire this tuesday to be strong enough in south carolina to win. absolutely. can he win if if gingrich is still floating around and perry is still floating around? well, that makes it difficult. as i said, if rick santorum is going to be the guy they are going to rally around, he s got to do well here. just getting into double digits, by the way, is not enough. i think if he finishes behind ron paul, for example, that s a disaster. right. for santorum. right now he s starting at 43 for romney and he s 5. yes. how high does he have to climb between 5 and 43? listen, politics is not fair. the expectations are raised for him now. is 35/25 good enough for him? is that a win? that would be a dream come true for rick santorum, are you kidding, if he could get 25%. let s set the bar. everybody tries to set the bar and do it here on hardball. steve schmidt, a 35/25 result up here for romney in first, santorum in seco
tuesday to be strong enough in south carolina to win. absolutely. can he win if if gingrich is still floating around and perry is still floating around? well, that makes it difficult. as i said, if rick santorum is going to be the guy they are going to rally around, he s got to do well here. just getting into double digits, by the way, is not enough. i think if he finishes behind ron paul, for example, that s a disaster. right. for santorum. right now he s starting at 43 for romney and he s 5. yes. how high does he have to climb between 5 and 43? listen, politics is not fair. the expectations are raised for him now. is 35/25 good enough for him? is that a win? that would be a dream come true for rick santorum, are you kidding, if he could get 25%. let s set the bar. everybody tries to set the bar and do it here on hardball. steve schmidt, a 35/25 result up here for romney in first, santorum in second, is that a a win for rick? yeah. i think that gives him
place. we got this dynamic, romney in first, in iowa. santorum a close second. the question is going to be, how big is romney s victory in new hampshire and who is in second place and if it is santorum, how close is it? bill: you re likely right about santorum. we ll see how it plays out in next 48 hours. huckabee 11% in the end coming off victory in iowa four years ago. karl, see you down the road. you bet. martha: sounding the alarm on iran s nuclear progress and he says one of his opponents is dangerously underestimating the threat from tehran which could become a big story in months to come. bill: a family dropped in a drowning car, freezing, nowhere to go and oxygen running out. how they lived to tell about it. for the first time in my life i had zero, zero control and i knew that whatever happened was in the hand of god. juice drink too watery?
absolutely. can he win if if gingrich is still floating around and perry is still floating around? well, that makes it difficult. as i said, if rick santorum is going to be the guy they are going to rally around, he s got to do well here. just getting into double digits, by the way, is not enough. i think if he finishes behind ron paul, for example, that s a disaster. right. for santorum. right now he s starting at 43 for romney and he s 5. yes. how high does he have to climb between 5 and 43? listen, politics is not fair. the expectations are raised for him now. is 35/25 good enough for him? is that a win? that would be a dream come true for rick santorum, are you kidding, if he could get 25%. let s set the bar. everybody tries to set the bar and do it here on hardball. steve schmidt, a 35/25 result up here for romney in first, santorum in second, is that a a win for rick? yeah. i think that gives him the momentum he needs to come into south carolina pret