stronger in the north, weaker in the south. stronger among the tajics. the other two have greater support in the south. if the elections turn out in a way because of security reasons fewer people voted in the south and that favored the election of abdullah abdullah, that will make it difficult for him to govern. regardless, i think all three will have difficulty dealing with the united states, with the security pack with the united states. but haven t all three said they would sign that security pact with the united states? well, they may say that. but they may find it s difficult to do so. and even if they did sign it, for a new president that has come in to take such a bold step on such an explosive issue, there might be a political cost to pay, that may then impact their governance of afghanistan. how about the perspective on where afghanistan stands today as compared to how it was back in 2001?
captions by vitac www.vitac.com it s been an amazing few days in the race for the presidency. newt gingrich is go to get out and mitt romney wing five more states last night, and all, but clenching the nomination and the general election campaign under way. our chief political analyst gloria borger is here in the situation room. gingrich effectively, we knew which was going to happen for sure, suspending his campaign and santorum getting ready to endorse mitt romney. what s going on over here? this general election campaign clearly under way. we re going see six months of this now. we are. the first thing we re looking at is republicans and will they fall in line behind mitt romney. as you know, they re skeptical, conservatives about him. they re in the process of warming up to mitt romney. i ve got some tape for you, wolf, from a focus wolf that was done by the annenberg center by pollster peter hart. these are republican voters in the state of florida talking abou