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Will the Rhode Island Primary be anti-climactic?

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    Mark Zaccaria discusses what's on the minds of state GOP voters?

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-- Continues to power on despite the fact that Mitt Romney is the presumptive nominee the Rhode Island primary.

Is that coming up so we wanna know what is on the minds of Rhode Island state voters and even talk right now -- is the chairman of the RI GOP.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- you Leo I'm great thank you so is it sort of anticlimactic.

Given the fact that -- sent farm dropped out.

Well obviously -- Santorum departure does leave a little bit of a gap in the the choices that -- voters have.

But there is substantial support for -- bowls Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich and so we are expecting to -- the idea.

A bit of a match -- come 120 -- the -- April.

So how are the polls going in terms of Gingrich and Ron Paul.

I think what you're seeing is -- a dozen dead the Rockies will confront -- wise.

But that there are substantial -- Pockets of interest in both Ron Paul and did Newt Gingrich now in Rhode Island you have to get 16% of the vote in order to qualify for any delegates.

I suspect that we may see both congressman -- -- former speaker Gingrich should qualify.

-- So.

If we're on the ends up being the nominee do you expect these folks to be able to.

Turn and support him.

Oh absolutely absolutely and -- the point of primary is -- between several Republicans.

And certainly the Republicans here and -- island will enjoy behind the Republican nominee whoever that may -- All right so is that I'd be Republicans in Rhode Island and more conservative Tea Party types or a mix but different types.

I think we had a real spread there's a real strong prior Tea Party movement here and -- And the those Tea Party members are out there beating the drums for fiscal conservative approach.

Certainly it is a fundamentalists constitutional.

Streak here in Rhode Island and those -- the people attracted to run ball.

Many look at the ability to run the federal government we have today.

And with the business end though organizational background and his Mitt Romney -- NEC MI I think that Romney is.

The probable winner -- the polls seem to indicate.

But I think they'll be strong support to -- -- two candidates as well.

All right -- be interesting to see how this plays out marks the carrier the chairman of the Rhode Island GOP thank you so much for joining us.

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