the math could be on the side? the math has been impossible for him for a long time to get to. he must knock romney out. the only way to knock him out is beat him in states where you are not expected to win. the southern states that don t do that for him. he needs a win in illinois or wisconsin. i think to weaken romney. again, romney showed strength in so many big states now and no desire to quit. doing well in fund raising. it s difficult to see the path now barring a win tonight for him where he could start to make the argument again. the one-on-one. if he has one, he s got to produce. john heilemann? i think the santorum campaign is not trying to win at this point. their goal is not they don t think they can get there. really? they can t get the number of delegates they need to secure
because he s chasing a guy i m not saying he s a hero but why go home? he s chasing romney, a guy nobody can get excited about. anything can happen. am i wrong? he s chasing a guy that s got more votes than he does in the party. it s hard to see a path for him. he can shine in tampa. it was hard to see a path for santorum sitting at 2% in iowa. i was trying to imagine the race where you are chasing thatcher and reagan. that would be awesome. by the way, you know, i love reagan. thatcher would chop him up into little pieces. mike allen, thanks. we ll be right back. [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ]
done with t.j. s clip. the paul ryan montage? yeah. you said you were going to skip the middleman. serious. get it over with. there it is. by the way, we need to give brent and news busters t.j. s home phone number. let s get on the hannity phone call. we ll be back with paul ryan himself. great. great. great. perfect lead in. i think it s final seconds, ohh, down by two, shoots a three, game over. so two seconds ago. hey mr. and mrs. harris, where s kevin? say hi kevin. hi. mom, put me down. put.the phone.down. hey guys. did you hear. the choys had their baby? so 29 seconds ago. well we should get them a gift. [ choys ] thanks for the gift! [ amy and rob ] you re welcome! you re welcome! [ male announcer ] get it fast with at&t. the nation s largest 4g network.
president. it s almost inevitable, whoever is next in line, that s who the republicans tend to put forward. reagan ran that insurgent campaign in 1976 and people say why don t you get out of the race, you have no chance of winning. he fought. he won 11 states in 1976. i might add, just pair enthetically, if we happen to win illinois, that will be the 11th state i have won in this election. here with us now, chief white house correspondent and political director, chuck todd. let s break down illinois. how is it looking? because of the odd way illinois elects its delegates, the popular vote means nothing. there s a con va luted way. we elect what is running. the name of the candidates in
things out or explaining, but we have to have a way of discussing real-life issues. it is reported he cuts medicare by medicaid by one-third. that s a fact in their budget. two-thirds of medicaid goes to people with disabilities or people who have somebody with, at nursing homes or people with families with disabilities. you can t cut a program by a third and not hurt people. the math just doesn t add up. agreement there, but let s talk about medicare again. it your let me talk about it. is your position, the white house s position, that medicare as-is, will survive over the next 20, 25 years? you know, medicare today, the growth of medicare is overwhelmingly because we ve had an explosion in the baby boom retirement. it s about the number of people that are in medicare because we van aging population. the rate of growth this is a fact the rate of growth is actually lower than the private