second-place romney. after all that, here s where the candidates stand. cnn estimates romney now has 404 delegates of the 1,144 a nominee needs. santorum 16 a delegates, gingrich 106, ron paul still hasn t won a single primary or caucus, has. if not must wins, all three are seen as can-wins. between them, well, they re campaigning today in all three states. president obama is on his way to charlotte, north carolina, where he will accept the democratic nomination six months from now, he s going there to talk manufacturing at the daimler truck plant. daimler trucks hired 1,000 people last year, some of whom had been laid off in the recession. the president speaks at the noon hour eastern time. if he makes news, you ll hear it first right here on cnn. super tuesday was anything bus eight-term dennis could you niche lost his primary battle against the bandy 15-term congresswoman. they were forced to compete in the same district. kaptor is the longest-serves woman in the hou
reporter: we spoke exclusively to that ex-boyfriend. he will only go by the name of jose right now, and he wants his face hidden and his voice changed because he fears retribution. but it is absolutely extraordinary that a 34-year-old mexican migrant finds himself in the middle of presidential politics in a bruising political year. these allegations that were in one of these newspapers are absolutely completely false. reporter: it s a grand canyon sized political shocker. we re outmanned. of all the illegals in america, more than half come through arizona. reporter: the tough on immigration sheriff outed by his ex-boyfriend. this is my personal and private life, but now it s not no private any longer. and it s an awful position for me to be in. reporter: he is in that position because of this man, jose, a 34-year-old mexican national, afraid to be identified but speaking out because he says he was threatened by his powerful ex-lover. and then at some point, yo
santorum over romney, 36% to 23% among working class whites. so he s having a problem, willard is, connecting to white working class in this state. a state that he is going to be crucial if he loses this state. it s going to be perceived he s in real trouble. absolutely. i don t know much about republican primary politics, but i think it would be disastrous for him to lose, particularly when he talks about michigan being his home state. the reason he s losing workers is the fact that he has been on the wrong side of the issues. it s very clear. he did not stand up for the american auto industry. the auto industry is absolutely critical to us in michigan. those are good paying manufacturing jobs. and now that he has turned anti-union, he is not going to get support with an awful lot of independent voters in the state of michigan as well. unions and the uaw and other unions in our state really help to make the middle class in
he was the odd man out last night, all the talk was about the big upset of santorum over romney. what about this guy, he is a problem for romney and by the way, a fitness throw down, the first lady versus jimmy fallon. she is great. look at her. she is great. we are all tied up, potato sack race for all the marbles. good luck, you are going to need it. [ applause ]