to lift up the middle class. i think it was taken out of context. from time to time every politician says things they wish they could have said a little differently. president obama is a guy that accused people of clinging to their guns and religion. i think there will be plenty of things in november. who can win and overwhelmingly the people in the republican race are voting for mitt romney because they think he can beat president obama and i think he can, do. chris: an interesting development in the exit or entrance polls actually before people went into the caucuses not only did romney win among the groups he was winning with before but beat gingrich among strong tea party supporters and people who identified themselves as very conservative. chris, i am shockd that any candidate running for president would say i am not concerned about the poor. that i think gives us a good indication. chris: in fairness he did say they have a safety net.
but then had the little gaffes. santorum who came in fourth in nevada in an odd way had sort of a good week and we ll see what happens for him in missouri and colorado. but we have seen some of these other issues as the economy has seemed to get better. we have seen other issues come to the floor that a candidate like santorum is actually stronger on than romney. chris: we have to take a break here. when we compaq come back, the s of healthcare involving breast cancer and birth control.
president. that was mitt romney last night in las vegas celebrating a second big win this week. looking ahead to a general election campaign against president obama. it is time for bill crystal, christian science monitor. fox news contributor liz cheney and fox news political analyst juan williams. bill, romney s win was certainly expected but combined with a big win earlier in the week in florida and what looks like a very strong state for february how commanded is his position right now? it s pretty commanding. the key question is what you just said. the string of apparently strong states coming ahead. tuesday night is important. you asked rick santorum is this make or break for you? tuesday night for can sore rum will be important to surpass gingrich and surpass romney. if romney wins tuesday night one
from that point forward to see if we can t actually win the nomination. reporter: ron paul who finished second four years ago was counting on a first rate ground operation to compel him to a win. he now acknowledges romney is beginning to look unstoppable. i would say that statistically right now that might be the case but every once in awhile he gets himself into a little trouble, too. who knows what is going to happen. reporter: for rick santorum his worst finish yet. last place in a state he admittedly spent little time and less money. losing the conservative vote to romney. we weren t out there advertising and driveing that message. it is one thing to give a speech. another to try to drive and penetrate that message. reporter: santorum has a new rabeen trumping a new rasmussen poll that shows him as the only candidate that could beat obama head to head in november.
to lift up the middle class. i think it was taken out of context. from time to time every politician says things they wish they could have said a little differently. president obama is a guy that accused people of clinging to their guns and religion. i think there will be plenty of things in november. who can win and overwhelmingly the people in the republican race are voting for mitt romney because they think he can beat president obama and i think he can, do. chris: an interesting development in the exit or entrance polls actually before people went into the caucuses not only did romney win among the groups he was winning with before but beat gingrich among strong tea party supporters and people who identified themselves as very conservative. chris, i am shockd that any candidate running for president would say i am not concerned about the poor. that i think gives us a good indication. chris: in fairness he did