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 house of reps. leon panetta tells the senate arms says to act unilaterally would be a mistake. that goes directly against john mccain. panetta says military options are being considered, but there are good reasons to move slowly. >> you havely this terrible situation, there's no 1i6r78 answers. so the result is a great deal of anger and frustration that we all share. there are some members who are concerned about whether we are doing numb to stem the violence in syria. that's understandable. there are others who are concerned -- >> one glimmer of hope today, the u.n.'s top humanitarian envoy was allowed to immediate with syrian initials in damascus after a month of refusals. it's been almost eight months since the worst mass killing in norway since world war 2nd. anders bref ic has pleaded not guilty to killing 77 people with bombs and bullets, but authorities say he admitted it, and prosecutors say he was psychotic at the time. almost 30 companies have now yanked their advertising from rush limbaugh's radio show, apology or no, companies are parting ways. rush called a law student a slut after she spoke up for contraception insurance coverage. rush does have his fans. seekingarrangement.com which calls itself the world's largest sugar daddy dating site is defending limbaugh, even buying ads in his show. peyton manning and the indianapolis colts, one of the greatest shows in nfl history, ending after 14 years and a super bowl championship. colts' owner jim irsay is expected to announce he's releasing the four-time quarterback. source say that irsay doesn't want to pay a $28 million option bonus. also a neck injury forced manning to miss the entire 2011 season in which the colds won only two games. calf the news conference right here. we know prince harry loves to have a good time. how about this racing the olympic champ. he's adding that to the fun list, but the world's fastest man took it easy on the prince. he's touring in honor of his grandmother's jubilee. the fa is taking aim at the company marketing caffeine and vitamin b as breathable energy. we thought you about aeroshot. it comes in a lipstick--shaped dispenser. the fda is warning the company it could face regulatory action over false and misleading labeling. it says the marketing seems to imply that the supplement can be inhaled. the company says the approximate is ingested. surely you remember some of the robert sherman's songs. he was known for the tunes he and his brother richard wrote for disney. the academy award winner died at a clinic in london. they won an oscar for best score for "mary poppins." they returned to the stage that night to receive the oscar for the best song. say good-bye for the ipad 2. the new improved version is finally here. in just two hours from now, apple is expected to unveil a new tablet. we have your live sneak peek, straight 45ed. but first, this car hit a pole, flipped over, and exploded in flames. you'll see it in a minute here. right there, all amid downed power lines. but that doesn't stop is the andrew copeland and officer andy banford. they rushed into the fire, risking their lives to rescue the trapped driver. well, their bravely was all captured on this cruiser's dash cam. when we saw it, we couldn't deny that today they are today's rock stairs. when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. that's why there's new glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. 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>> reporter: i definitely thing so. here's the deal. when you get an invite to these events, the verbiage always indicates what you will see. the invite says we want you something.. .. all right. by now, all of you know what's going on with rush limbaugh. here's the deal. limbaugh called her a slut and prostitute over the issue of insurance coverage. now, that story, the fallout, the backlash are unavoidable. let's be frank. everyone is talking about it. >> don't have any place in the public discourse. >> he's in a very different business than i am. >> that's not the language i would have used. >> i think he's indicated he made a mistake. it all raises -- and the way we talk about women. we want to bring in a guy who constantly is doing this balancing act, pete dominic. thank you so much. he ranks influential in the party. he calls a woman a slut, then president obama invokes his daughters, he reached out to fluke to support her for standing up and testifying about the issue. you know, he wouldn't want his girl exposed to this language, he says. the president whose super pac got a million from bill maher, who said this in the past. >> sarah palin finally heard what happened in japan. and she's demanding that we invade tsunami -- oh, speaking of dumb [ bleep ] she's not qualified to be the mayor of wasilla. this is a category 5 moran we have on our hands. if bachmann and palin get in, that's two bimbos, that's a real beavis and butt-head there. >> i'd get right to it. what's the difference? >> there are a number of differences. i wouldn't apologize for any man making those kinds of comments about women. as the father of two daughters and a husband of an amazing woman, but there are differences. a, bill maher is a comedian. you heard that laughter. and rush limbaugh is not, perhaps arguably the most influential commentator in all of politics. there are differences in the targets. with women running for president, and a woman mostly private testifying one time. and there are differences in terms of the descriptions used the describeors. rush limbaugh was quite literal, and bill maher was making gender-based insults, which i frankly am offended by. >> gender-based insults has a greater impact. let's step aside from the comedian and the powerful voices within the republican party. these are -- are really harsh words, and bill maher stepped away from the comedic role when he donated a million to the super pac. he went into the political world. so you can imagine there are people stepping forward, including sarah palin saying, you know, you need to tell the oembalma super pac to give this guy his million dollars back and stick it. >> yeah, bill maher stepped away when he comments on politics. he has an entire television show, which is great, i would love to be on. as do i. but there still is a difference to what comedians say. i am a freedom of speech absolutist, and i defend rush's freedom to speaking, and bill maher has come out in defense of rush limbaugh. he got fired from politically incorrect from his comments which were fairly accurate in my opinion, but provocative for the time. there are a difference, and we can argue about how much influence his $1 million donation to president obama's super pac, technically president obama can't tell the super pac what to do with the money. he dao publicly say i think they should give the money back, but how influential is bill maher's money on politics? we should be talking here and everybody where else about how big money and pharmaceutical, insurance, that money which comes to all the candidates, democrats and republicans, is much more influential than the. >> i understand, but that money becomes a symbol, right wimmer seeing these gender-based insults, he donated a million to obama's super pac. he said sandra fluke, way to go, standing up and testifying and don't let the horrible words impact you. i wouldn't want my daughters to be impacted in a negative way by that. there's an image there. it's out there. >> it's a fair criticism, and we can talk about it, but i think we have to talk about everything that any person who as donated and what they're say publicly. rush limbaugh, bill maher, or anybody else, making gender-based or race-based or sexual orientation-based insults that would in any way discourage any young woman from speaking pushily. my daughters, i would be honored if my daughters were as courageous as this young woman, and speak on whatever they believe. i hope that any young woman or person is not discouraged by any of these people. that's where the damage gets done, that someone would be shut up, would be afraid to speak because they would be dragged through the mud in this horrific way that's happening to this young woman. that's really the most important point about this entire conversation that we never discourages women in this case of speaking out what they believe. >> you're a dad, you've got daughters, rush limbaugh and bill maher don't have daughters. i wonder if they would take -- >> it makes a big difference. i was not this way -- i would be completely honest. men who have daughters change the way they view about how women should be treated at work, how women should be paid in so many other ways. i have completely changed as a man. you're right, bill maher and rush limbaugh have benefited tremendously from birth control. >> peet dominick, thank you. that caught me off-guard. what a way to button it up, pete. >> thank you. the housing market is a mess for sur, but still a buyers' market. do we rent or buy? 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[ male announcer ] engine light on? come to meineke now for a free code scan read and you'll say...my money. my choice. my meineke. all right. before the break i asked how many consecutive elections ohio has chosen 9 president. here's the answer -- 12. congratulations politicalruckus. you were the first person to tweet the right answer. romney wins the most states, but no super tuesday hangover here. it's all fair game in the gop race for the white house, so let's talk about it. robert zimmerman, democrat ecstrategist, in new york. john avalon, our cnn contributor, he's in new york as well. and moderate and proud of it, doug hyde, a republican strategist and blogger in washington. let's start with romney, picking up big states, of course, what do you think? is this a matter of time before he wins the nomination, doug? >> yes, i think so. this is -- it's a football game and romney keeping moving the ball down the field, maybe didn't score a touchdown last night or field goal, but that ball keeps moving down the field. he continues to pick up delegates. the other candidates are so far hind they're playing a game of catch-up. >> robert? >> i think it's worth noting, doug, that ultimately last night mitt romney won the math, but lost the momentum. that's very energizing if you're an accountaent, but what i was struck by, he underperformed in almost every competitive state, in virginia, where he was only facing ron paul, ron paul got 40%. in tennessee where romney had the governor and the republican leaders of the legislature, he lost solidly to rick santorum. in ohio, where he outspent santorum he barely won. >> john? >> look, because this is a proportional fight, mitt romney has 700 delegates to go, this is going to last a long time. there's very little incentive for folks to get out of the race. this is far from over. mitt romney had a good night, but nowhere near determinative. the other folks may not be able to exceed him in delegates, but together they can stop him from getting the nomination. that's what's really going on right snow. >> let's talk religion. santorum almost took ohio, but he lost the catholic vote. looking at the numbers, you know, romney won catholics by more than ten points. explain this to me. santorum, right? closely identified as the catholic candidate losing the catholic vote on a regular basis to the mormon. doug? >> well, i'll tell you, i'm a catholic republican. el went to a high school that has to deal with the potential obama regulations, but i care about more than that. i care about gas prices and where the economy is. we haven't heard as much of that from rick santorum than we have from mitt romney. i'll tell you, for catholics, it's insulting to think that they just vote on abortion or birth control. it's like suggesting that hispanics only care about immigration. we sure know that's true. >> robert, i'll get you to weigh in, santorum has sort of moved away from the number one issue for americans right now, that's the economy and jobs. he's focused on things like abortion and contraception. that is ha hurt him? >> i don't think you can describe him simply as 9 catholic candidate. as doug pointed out, i think it's unfair. but what rick santorum is doing is playing to the extreme right wing of his party. that's how he's trying to define his candidacy. and you saw from super tuesday they're a very important voting bloc. when he mocked president obama for advocating higher education, he's taking positions that don't speak to the economic issues in this campaign. they speak to the anger of the extreme wing of hi party. >> john? >> well, i don't think those have helped him. last night one of the ways you could see that is he lost women voters to mitt romney. that's one sign of the fact when you start reinserting associate issues. lycra ception, that alien yates more folks than it attracts. getting back to doug's point, i think that's a healthy, happenstance that they ended up voting for mormons. these things don't device who we are. but rick santorum lost momentum, because he got off message. he started talking about social issues. can fire up the base, but it will hurt you -- >> but john santorum has also moved the entire republican debate to the extreme fringeses. all basically try