Video: Rick Santorum takes Ala., Miss., despite being outspent

>>> now we turn to presidential politics . yet again last night was a big night for rick santorum . he picked off the two big state primaries and yet again, mitt romney is acting like a man cruising to the nomination with clear skies ahead. our political director chuck todd has a look at things on this day after. chuck, good evening.

>> good evening, brian. these mitt romney days must feel like charlie brown and the football. the football gets yanked away by lucy. in this case lucy is rick santorum . it's mass versus momentum. rick santorum hoping his southern sweep tuesday timely gives him a clean shot to be the chief conservative challenger.

>> eventually people are going to figure out governor romney isn't going to be the nominee.

>> i want to thank you.

>> reporter: for mitt romney , tuesday turned out to be southern primary deju vu. he couldn't get 1/3 of the vote in the geographic heart and soul of the gop. his inability to win in the deep south is living a gaping hole in his geographic road map to the nomination. despite losing alabama and mississippi, romney cam klain a numberic victory thanks to caucuses held in the middle of the pacific ocean .

>> last night i got more delegates than anybody else. this is a process of becoming the nominee, we are pursuing that in an intelligent way.

>> reporter: math can only get romney so far. his campaign still has a message and connection issue with core republicans.

>> some who are very conservative may not be yet in my camp. they will be when i become the nominee, when i face barack obama .

>> reporter: while romney and santorum slug it out, last night may have proved to have been the final hope for newt gingrich staying in contention.

>> we'll now have three or four days of news media. they'll say why doesn't gingrich quit. they said last june i was dead. they recycle this every six week.

>> reporter: gingrich's campaign had been propped up primarily by one donor and one super pac . that director acknowledged today losing both southern states is a blow.

>> i suspect with the losses it will be slightly more challenging.

>> reporter: the romney machine moved to illinois which is next tuesday, and wisconsin. they put up nearly $3 million in ads. the romney super pac to date have crossed the 30 million mark, just the super pac . that's how much money they spent on behalf of mitt romney . it's what they thought their entire budget.

>> and it goes on. chuck todd on this day after. thanks.

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