>> david gregory is moderator of "meet the press" and chuck todd is the political director and white house correspondent. good morning to you both.
>> good morning.
>> good morning.
>> you don't completely agree on the takeaway of mitt romney 's win in new hampshire . before we get to that let's talk about the numbers. what percentage of conservatives have they favored romney in new hampshire . why are conservatives already moving towards mitt romney , chuck?
>> well, i would be careful here. the person that identifies themselves as conservative in new hampshire is different from the conservative in south carolina or florida . when you split that conservative vote in half and the very conservative vote, again, that's where romney was neck and neck with rick santorum inside the exit polls . so i would just take it with a grain of salt because the conservative voter. half the electorate in new hampshire would call themselves moderate or liberal. you won't see that, number one. number two, the person who describes thems as conservative in new hampshire isn't conservative . they describe themselves as moderate on social issues.
>> interesting, chuck, thank you. david , i understand you believe romney is moving ahead with a huge head of steam. i will let you make your cases. david ?
>> we're arguing different sides of the coin. if you sat mitt romney down before the campaign and said, you know, governor romney you have to do several things to get the nomination. uh you have to win in iowa, check. you have to win in new hampshire and you have to win big. he's done that as well. you have to prevail over the conservative alternative. he's doing that because there is no conservative alternative. the field is still splintered. and you have to win the electability vote in iowa and new hampshire that was the most important factor, ann. mitt romney comes out ahead in both states.
>> all right, chuck.
>> david 's right. we're making the same argument. i would say we haven't seen mitt romney win yet. conservatives put him over the top . it was a place where the conservative vote is dominated. that's the south carolina and florida . there is no doubt he did exactly what he wanted out of here in new hampshire . with but this was home turf. i had somebody tweet me. it's as if this is a best of five series. mitt romney is up two games to none, but now it's all road trips . south carolina and florida , when it comes to that. let's see how he does there and see what happens when he has a sustained attack of negative ads on tv. that hasn't happened yet. that will happen in south carolina . what happens when conservatives do consolidate, if they do?
>> that's right. he's called what happened so far modest heat. we'll see what happens next with south carolina looming. david gregory , chuck todd , always a pleasure.
>> thank you.
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