leaders and other people that are looking ahead to the general election to saying maybe he is in the our nominee. and how about how nasty the campaign has gotten. the ads, romney vastly out spending santorum. we were not sure how much of money santorum will put in but it s lopsided right now. we have seen this movie before. a nonmitt romney newt gingrich won in south carolina. then we move to florida that person get as bounce and then the ad wars begin. and we saw that that really helped romney who was able to win in florida and this time around after santorum s win in missouri, colorado and minnesota, have you the pro prom any up with super pac ads hoping to blow out santorum on the air waves. let s talk about the white house sitting pretty because you have the president and the payroll tax victory. the again the republicans were forced to back with down. they were, and the politics were bad.
super bowl ads has everything talking today. was the clint eastwood car commercial a political message in disguise? i m wolf blitzer at the cnn election center. you re in the situation room. mitt romney may have notched another big win in nevada this weekend but the frontrunner is not resting easily right now. right now there are contests tomorrow in minnesota, colorado and missouri and topping the list of romney s new worries, a strong new challenge from back in the republican pack pac. our national political correspondent, jim acosta is taking a look, jim? reporter: mitt romney is finding out the big afterglow can fade quickly from a caucus or primary win. they are starting to focus on a candidate that s not newt gingrich. think sweater vest. rick santorum is out to show mitt romney what happened in vegas will stay there. hit penguin gop frontrunner once again on his health care plan in massachusetts. specifically, governor romney is absolutely incapable of making
than 300 civilians. an illness sweeps through two ships belonging to the princess cruise line, leaving nearly 500 people sick. the vessels returned to port in florida. the cruise line says all the people who got sick are suffering from neurovirus, which is similar to the stomach flu. angry frustrated parents in western new york want answers. almost four months ago, more than a dozen teenagers and one adult from leroy developed uncontrollable twitching and verbal ticks. tests done by the school and health department have found no environmental link, but further testing will be done. mitt romney is celebrating a resounding victory in the nevada caucuses, making him the only republican candidate to score back-to-back wins in two states in this 2012 run for the white house. let me ask you just four days after winning florida s primary, romney captured 48% of the nevada vote. newt gingrich came in a distant second with 23%. ron paul got 18%. and rick santorum came in l
steve, you think that newt gingrich has at ing here and a bounce out of south carolina? i look, the victory that we think it will be. yeah, i think that helps him. he s trying to raise money off of this. and i talked to a top advisor and said newt is in through the convention and staying in and established himself as a conservative alternative to mitt romney . what the campaign was about from last pring until voters started to actually cast votes on january 3rd in iowa is who that nonmitt romney candidate would be. if newt gingrich is right and it settles on him. that is an if. he does stick around for eye while. do we overestimate the importance . debates. bret, you and i talked about it before the show. 17 debate there will be three
50 percent of the voters said that was a priority and thought newt gingrich was their man. i think it is also that newt gingrich is speaking to big issues. in one debate he took a question about grandiosity and mitt romney s team put out a opposition research piece where they talk about the people that newt gingrich compared himself to and all of which is true. but he said, this is a time for big issues. these are we are in times that require big solutions to the problems. he turned it around and that spoke to conservatives. that is what we want to hear from our candidate. we ll be back throughout night. coming up, charles helps us to break down the vote. we can tell you that mitt romney is californied to speak soon. when he does, you will see it here on fox news channel as we