th p on the air, every web ad, every piece of mail they sent was focused on those four groups in specifstates. they didn t care about 41 states of the country. they cared about those nine states and getting they knew for every turnout number what exactly the number of votes they needed from each of those groups to win t amazing. and they were this is something the romney campaign are smart guys. if you gave them a yearnd a half withnd a lot of money, they could have done the they had to fight a primary, deal with newt gingrich, rick santorum, rick perry and fight for 15 months before they look up in may and say, okay, now we have to open field offices. the obama field offices were there a year and a half. multiple ones in every one of these states and they were out there meeting these voters al o an individual basis. these weren t just numbers. they were human beings you can t get elected on the young vote. i looked at the numbers, and
in some ways since they re a highlight of 2010 in nominating sharon engel not realizing what a disaster that was going to be. they cannot spin this turnout number, 33,000, 11,000 less than in 2008. remember in 2008 there was absolutely no race here whatsoever. romney was the only one who campaigned here. here you have the last week. all the candidates were here. they were doing a lot of events, and this is the kind of turnout they get. they can t spin their way out of this. jonathan, you can look into the mind of donald trump and tell us what he s thinking when he tried to take credit for everything that happened in nevada this weekend, which he doesn t seem to understand arit mattically is less than what happened in nevada last time for mitt romney. but that doesn t matter. for mr. trump, he went out there, and he was in nevada.
out, lawrence. the tea party which was never really cohesive is more fragmented and maybe dissolved in some ways since they re a highlight of 2010 in nominating sharon engel not realizing what a disaster that was going to be. they cannot spin this turnout number, 33,000, 11,000 less than in 2008. remember in 2008 there was absolutely no race here whatsoever. romney was the only one who campaigned here. here you have the last week. all the candidates were here. they were doing a lot of events, and this is the kind of turnout they get. they can t spin their way out of this. jonathan, you can look into the mind of donald trump and tell us what he s thinking when he tried to take credit for everything that happened in nevada this weekend, which he doesn t seem to understand arit mattically is less than what happened in nevada last time for mitt romney. but that doesn t matter.
well, what i feel is different is that the republican party is here trying to get its act together that it hasn t had for a while. they are still suffering the hangover harry reid in their sights and blowing the race nominating someone who could not win and in 2008 they were so disorganized the democrats swamped them in many races and barack obama won the state. they are trying to get their act together. we will see today the first indication whether they have their act together can re run the caucus and have a turnout number beyond the 50,000 number you mentioned. the democrats turned out 116,000 in 2008. can they get it up over a hundred thousand? if they do that, then i think we may see some changes in this state. jon, many thanks. good to talk with you. you bet. it is a soundoff of sorts on the campaign trail for mitt romney and newt gingrich. they stopped using some of the songs at their rallies after the
you ll have a divided conservative field and mitt romney will win the race. what happens in texas? do you think some of the conservatives say, you know what, do we want to alienate the leader of the republican party, potential leader of the republican party, not just for eight months but potentially for four years? they have been backing off it by not picking one and just not going after romney. maybe we need to do this, but they re just not endorsing him yet. but they re waiting. i don t think they ll rally around one. jamaal, there was one other development this week that we have pointed out that it has gone under the radar. the new hampshire result in the democratic primary. the turnout number that they drove, and, you know, clinton got a much bigger number in 96. bush got a slightly bigger number in 04. it is trending away. it is not good for the president. i think he even talked to people on the campaign, they ll say new hampshire will be a tough battle for them. they re