romney. it looks like newt gingrich won t get any tonight. with a victory, santorum has won 11 states, romney 21. santorum gets a bump in the delegates, but still only has half the delegates that romney has. still with all that, santorum can continue to argue that he s the conservative alternative and that romney can t win in certain parts of the country with conservative voters. tonight he s in wisconsin that holds its primary on tuesday. i m not suggesting he drop out, but if he wants to i ll certainly accept his resignation. you know, after anyhow outspent your opponent about 50-1, you still can t put the race away, at some point you might want to say, maybe i can t win after all. in the case of louisiana, romney came down for campaign stops yesterday, but other than that he wasn t jeanine: it looks like we re losing karl cameron. if we can go back to him, we will. i m checking on the computer,
conservatives and moderates alike, and it didn t hurt that mitt romney did damage control this week after an aide made comments comparing his campaign strategy to that of an etch-a-sketch. 1 in 5 voters said today those comments were most important or one of the most important factors in their decision at the polling booth. in this race for the gop presidential nomination,i deleg. louisiana with 46 at stake. only 20 of those, though, to be given after tonight s contest divided proportionately to the candidates who get more than 25% of the vote. the rest will be awarded at the state s convention in june. our campaign karl cameron live in new orleans for us. karl, it looks like santorum will win louisiana as fox news is projecting. does this give him a significant bump? well, it certainly gives him a bump for the delegates. he ll get more of those mitt
romney has a better than 2-1 lead over rick santorum. it s not an entirely insurmountable achievement, but santorum has a big climb ahead of him. harris? you were mentioning the other contests coming up this week. if santorum manages to win louisiana tonight, how much are maybe his people saying that this gives him steam to beat mitt romney on down the road? absolutely. there s very, very narrow margin for rick santorum to climb back into this race and beat mitt romney, but it s possible. an even smaller, almost invisible margin remains for newt gingrich who has to start winning or it won t be possible after another week or two. for rick santorum it s a big deal. there was a remarkable statement from gingrich yesterday who said that rick santorum, ron paul and himself won t be able to reach the necessary delegates. listen to this. the only time in your lifetime that we had four consecutive balanced budgets, we
he went on to say neither will santorum, nor ron paul, and ultimately it s a battle to deny the nomination from mitt romney to have an open convention. used to be described as a brokered convention where the proverbial smoke-filled back room could arrive on who the nominee will be. the idea that s going to happen not advanced much with tonight s win for santorum. karl cameron, thank you very much for all your perspective and great reporting tonight. fox report will continue after this. huh! no! who s gonna help cover the holes in their plans? aflac! quack! like medical bills they don t pay for? aflac! or help pay the mortgage? quack! or child care? quack! aflaaac! and everyday expenses? huh?! blurlbrlblrlbr!!! [ thlurp! ] aflac! [ male announcer ] help your family stay afloat at aflac.com. plegh!
very significant evangelical christian vote, and voters that called them conservative overwhelming went for santorum, larger numbers than in a state like illinois where romney won just last week. it s a boost for santorum. he does get the majority of the delegates tonight. he will be able to go on, as you saw there in wisconsin, that s where he s looking for the next real strong standoff and face-off with mitt romney. it s interesting to hear mr. santorum make reference to mr. reagan s 1976 run against gerald ford. at that time it was determined that ronald reagan couldn t win the nomination and he stayed in the race. santorum making the same argument that he ll remain on the campaign trail potentially until the convention because he believes that romney won t be able to get the 1144 delegates to win the majority and get the nomination, that he would get more than santorum and gingrich and ron paul perhaps, but not the majority. that s a clear indication that santorum will continue his