Romney clinches GOP nomination

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This is a Fox News alert the battle is over after nearly fourteen months -- campaigning Mitt Romney has tonight clinch the Republican presidential nomination.

By winning the Texas primary now Romney is now reach -- 1144.

Delegate threshold.

That is needed to officially win the nomination tonight's victory signals the end of the GOP primary fight.

Which means that we can now look directly ahead to the November general election.

And joining us tonight's live from the great state of Texas.

And that's a state that help push Romney over the top to get the nomination Texas governor Romney surrogate.

Governor Rick Perry governor -- -- -- a long time no safe.

Good John thank you.

Thought at first -- -- how Obama do I you don't because I'm watching.

Kentucky.

-- you know he lost 42% and -- Kentucky Arkansas.

And then we saw what happened it was West Virginia when it was -- until convicted felon in prison.

It is is the president do it all right there in the state tonight.

That he's all right there there were no there were no prisoners running against him so I think -- -- -- older -- -- well.

You know congratulations to to governor Romney it was you know overwhelming.

Victory obviously for him here in you know and in I wanna say -- in hand congratulations.

And and quite appropriate that the state with the best economy in the country would be the 12.

Nominate the president.

Our actions there -- nominee for president.

Who is going to -- a message about jobs creation to this country so wasn't lost on us in Texas that.

Place that gets it about job creations and nominated a man who's -- really work hard.

To take that message of job creation all across this country and it ought to be no contest when you look at these two people's record it sounds like you're on a quiet cocktail party there or what is said obviously you trust an -- It it's it's the small town meeting here in Georgetown.

The the home of southwest university the oldest college in the state of Texas so.

Not to be confused with the Georgetown up in your.

Part of the world well I gotta take got a picture and it's actually interesting -- -- from earlier tonight.

Donald Trump would Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.

Have you -- really you can't I don't -- -- have a monitor their governor -- right behind it is our show from Hannity tonight which I'm glad and the right channel on.

That there's been talk of a unity -- with all of the candidates going out there together.

-- -- -- it was a pretty heated primary I mean there -- you got in the battle there was heated with the U heated with mood hit heated with Santorum.

Obviously everybody -- From the beginning it was a great contest what's it was a great contest it was a great contest and then it was it was -- type of competition that you wanna see were.

Ideas were put out there and and some of the ideas that we -- that are still being talked about whether it's.

You know deals with the the war on religion whether it bills -- The budget that we laid out I mean all of those were great ideas and then and I think.

Our nominee.

Governor -- there's a stronger candidate now because of going through that process and I can promise you.

Well let me speak for myself and I think the the bulk of our.

Our contestants will be helping met every inch of the way I'm probably got what they are that they exhibit any talk that you know of of a unity tour of some kind of where all of the GOP nominees.

-- together showing unity -- tell in the country that whatever ads that Obama runs and what we said you're in the primary isn't -- a matter.

Have you heard any talk of us.

I haven't -- that sounds like a great idea -- be the first to sign up for.

Governor good to see you thanks for being with us.

John good to be with you got -- come on down to Texas I'll be down by an honorary citizen you -- -- you -- one.

Come on come looking for you -- governor good to see it's time now to check.

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