new york times opinion piece calling his former employer togsic atogs toxic and destructive. wolf blitzer is off. i m candy crowley. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world with. you re in the situation room. puerto rico isn t often a hotbed of american politics but certainly is right now sunday s republican presidential primary looming. 20 delegates are up for grabs and as mitt romney and rick santorum will be the first to tell you, every one of those delegateses koubt es counts. jim acosta is watching it unfold for us in san juan. you had the opportunity to see both of these candidates, jim. reporter: that s right, candy, and it s going to be interesting to see how this plays out, because naturally mitt romney has been given sort of the advantage here in puerto rico. s got the endorsement of this territory s governor, luis fortunio but the governor welcomed senator santorum to the island when he arrived earlier this beak. i have to tell you what every
the republican race for the white house is all tied up in mississippi and alabama, most primary polls close in four hours. those contests could go anywhere. . what s happens in lafayette, jim? the primaries are, all three candidates have a serious shot at taking the checkered flack, all at least at risk for a maybe blowout. with the deep vow. reporter: confident that primaries in mississippi and alabama could put him in the gop s driver s seat under the obama economy, it s been harder these are crushing a lot of people. romney has good wins to, and victories by newt ging rich could be just as damaging. reporter: he s making the case that the race won t be settled in the south. it can be different for anyone to get to the number of delegates with the majority of the convention. they laughed that off in an e-mail to reporters, saying that they have bush did you somehow magically win at the convention. this is pure fantasy or vanity, or both. i do not believe