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'Long way to go' for Republican candidates

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    Many delegates still on the table in GOP race

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In America's election headquarters Republicans are preparing for a primary and a pair of caucuses to use today.

While digesting the final results from Saturday's meetings in Nevada.

One of tomorrow's caucus states.

Is Colorado correspondent Alicia Acuna reports for us tonight from down.

This election however is about more.

Than just replacing President Obama.

It's about the very soul of America.

Mitt Romney is in Colorado fresh off a resounding victory in Nevada with more than double the number of votes garnered by Newt Gingrich.

Who came in second in Ron Paul and Rick Santorum trailing afterward.

After the delegates from that state were divided up the total now stands at 101 for Romney.

32 for Gingrich 17%.

-- and ninth for Paul there are another 76 -- stake tomorrow.

But keep in mind that a total of 1144.

Are needed to win the nomination.

So they're still a very long way to go.

The number one difference between me and the other candidates in this race.

Is the scale of change.

In Gingrich's first campaign visit to a state Romney once solidly in the 2008 GOP caucus.

He softened his attack on the current front runner a bit.

Seeing he spent time rethinking the campaign but argued his time in the nation's capital doesn't make him an insider but a competitor ready to leave the party.

I think we really got to set the stage.

To have a campaign this fall in which we have a team running.

So that we can win the senate we -- -- the house we start doing things from day one.

The contest being held tomorrow in Colorado Missouri and Minnesota are non binding meaning results aren't finalized until down the road.

What they can show is momentum for one or multiple winners.

Either way Tuesday's the last big night until Arizona's primary in three weeks a lifetime in politics in a new Washington Post ABC news poll out today among all adults nationwide.

In -- head to head match up Romney trails President Obama.

But when it comes to his party rivals -- are -- them.

Leading Gingrich by fourteen points with Rick Santorum and Ron Paul farther behind.

The real clear politics average of recent national polls shows a much smaller gap between Romney Gingrich though Romney still leads.

Also today we learned former speaker Gingrich is giving up his legal battle for a spot on Virginia's primary ballot.

On Super Tuesday Gingrich camp did not turn in the necessary.

101000 signatures and was challenging the primaries rules.

A bill to allow -- -- in if passed by the whole Virginia legislature would not affect the contest in March Brett.

-- -- -- thank you.

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