right now on the nevada caucuses. mitt romney is hoping for a win so big that it start a chain reaction across the country. this campaign went down the hill. romney had his day in florida and wants to keep his momentum going. i will lead us on to prosperity. gingrich vows to fight on no matter how he does tonight. we will be in tampa as the nominee. the final four candidates in a marathon race for delegates. we re in third place when it comes to delegates and that s what really counts. the party s big prize. our will be a united party. will republicans rally behind a single candidate soon or will the infighting last for months? i don t believe the republican party is going to nominate a liberal. i think they are looking for an alternative to mitt romney. his stakes are high. every contest matters. we re going to beat money power with people power. in nevada, right now, all bets are off. from the cnn election center, i m wolf blitzer. weapon w
about that being a complicated message. he s got to make a more specific case. tony, do people that are a part of your group people you talk to out on the campaign trail when you go to conventions, conservatives, are they as skeptical of the washington republican establishment as me? yeah, without question. i think that s actually where you see a lot of ron paul support. you see a number of young evangelicals who are supporting ron paul. i don t think they ve completely looked at his platform, which is a little whacky if you ask me, but they re tired of the republican establishment, the republicans who promise and never deliver. are you tired, as well, of that? well, i think that s what people are looking for. a candidate who has both the rhetoric that matches the record and that s why i think a number of evangelicals are supporting rick santorum, although it has not reflected in florida. newt i think has gained well,
that s very impressive, 71,500. he is 28 thousand votes ahead of ron paul who has come in second. jon huntsman, former utah governor coming this third, 17%. 31,886. there s a battle under way for fourth and fifth. newt gingrich right now with 81% of the precinct et reporting slightly s head of rick santorum. both at 10%. rick perry barely did anything in new hampshire. he is already in south carolina getting ready for that. let s go to mitt romney headquarters right now. candy crowley is watching what s going on. he delivered a pretty powerful speech tonight, victory speech, in new hampshire and it follows his victory. albeit by a very, very tight margin but so far candy, two for two. he is. and you know, if the romney people could have scripted this evening, it could not have gone any better for them. he had a good and solid first place, and running a distant second, ron paul, really the candidate they feared the least, the man they don t think will ever be acceptable to t
tally as it stands right now. he s 28,000 votes ahead of ron paul. huntsman comes in third. there is a battle underway for fourth and fifth. rick perry barely did anything in new hampshire. let s go over to mid romney headquarters right now. he delivered a pretty powerful victory speech. if the romney people cough scripted it could not have gone any better. a good and solid first place. ron paul, really the candidate they fear the least, the man they don t think will ever be acceptable to the mainstream of the republican party. newt gingrich, rick perry, gone down in the 10% perry. this was bound they wanted going into south carolina where they really believe looking at the polls as we all are, romney is ahead. which is why, when you listen to mitt romney, he is not really talking about his republican opponents. we know that the future of the country is better than 8 or 9% unemployment. and the failed leadership of one man. the president has run out of ideas. now he is ru
good to see you. look, this is as gallup said, the first time since 1964, the g.o.p. front runner spotted so many changes. the most volatile g.o.p. primary since thed a vent of polling advent of polling. can you predict what is going to happen? i don t want to make any predictions because of what you just said. beyond that, you could say ron paul, rick santorum and mitt romney are going into be in the top three. that s all we know now. sean: you think for sure? i do. what do you think? i m struck by a couple of things. one how vastly rick santorum improved. he went to an event today and i was surprised and moved and impressed by his ability to communicate. sean: how many people were there? a lot. pizza place and it was packed. not surprised to see how well he is doing as i was. intensity of the ron paul support is striking. the republican party, whoever the nominee is not going to be ron paul, needs to keep him from going third party.