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Where does Romney stand after Florida?
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Candidates continue to vie for nomination
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- Date Feb 1, 2012
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The presidential race Mitt Romney is coming out of Tuesday's Florida primary with a big win over Newt Gingrich in what was essentially a two man contest there.
Today the focus has shifted to the north and west.
Three of the four remaining GOP hopefuls are spending time in Nevada today ahead of the Saturday caucuses the -- was in Colorado side of a primary next Tuesday.
Chief political correspondent Carl Cameron begins our coverage with some late breaking news about the delegate battle in Florida good -- car.
Hi Brett and the Florida primary may not be over.
Under Republican National Committee rules no state can be winner take all prior to April 1.
And tonight the Gingrich campaign is prepared to complain.
They've we've gotten a hold of a memo from the Gingrich campaign plus a memo from the -- -- the chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Stating the rules specifically to Florida back in December of last year.
No state can be winner take all prior to April 1 Fox News has learned that tomorrow the Gingrich campaign will send a Florida campaign official.
To officially looking into and see if they can get enforce the rules that prevent this state from being winner take -- and required to be proportional.
Which could give Gingrich delegates.
In the meantime.
The candidates have all moved on.
Fresh off a Florida blowout win over Newt Gingrich Mitt Romney rolled into Minnesota and promptly got glitter ball.
I'm happy -- little celebration visits him -- fleet is one Florida.
The White House next then for the second time in a week Romney -- a cappella thing.
It -- -- guys -- all right and that is made out okay.
All of you -- -- floors vicious.
Guys are amber waves.
Brandon.
And Romney is again under fire as a rich elitist for this statement on CNN.
I'm not concerned about the very poor we have a safety net there just needs repair all fix -- I'm not concerned about the very rich they're doing just fine.
I'm concerned about the very heart of America that the 1995%.
Of Americans who right now are struggling on his campaign plane Romney said he is not dissing the poor.
-- okay.
And when we're.
In Nevada Gingrich shelved -- summit is hotter Florida attacks depicting Romney as insensitive towards Jews and Catholics but latched on to today's comments about the poor.
I am fed up.
With politicians in either party.
Dividing.
Americans against each other I am running to be the president of all the American people and I am concerned about all of the American people.
Rick Santorum was campaigning in Colorado he slammed Romney and Gingrich for backing health care mandates.
Ron Paul's focusing on the Nevada and Maine caucuses where his ability to organize makes him a factor for Maine and Nevada caucuses come early in a slow February campaign months.
Romney won the -- could no way.
Tuesday the seventh includes Minnesota Colorado and Missouri.
Romney won Colorado in -- but Santorum has the backing of evangelical legend James Dobson founder of the Colorado Springs based focus on the family.
In Minnesota Gingrich feels he has a battlefield to contest Romney but the former speaker will not even appear on the ballot in Missouri.
And at the end of the month comes Arizona and Michigan Mitt Romney was born and grew up in Michigan he's considered a favorite there and in Arizona he'll be relying heavily on the help of Senator John McCain.
And tonight the Gingrich campaign is hoping they can turn the Florida results from a winner take all to Romney to a proportional allocation of delegates where they can pick up some numbers brought.
Carl will continue to follow that story thank US Karl just.