mitt romney over came rick santorum the last rival standing to seal the deal. if i am right senator santorum has nobody to blame himself coming off big wins in missouri, colorado all eyes were on santorum in the debate. let's face it. he was terrible. he seemed unprepared. he looked like a deer caught in the headlights. you can watch how the february 22nd debate cost him. here is the politics track. on the 22nd the day of the disastrous debate he was still up on romney by a point and a half 33.5 to 32 percent. the next day santorum's lead strong to half a point. 33.8 percent to 33.2 percent. by friday the 24th it was all romney 35.2 to 33.6. friday romney's lead stretched to two full points where it remains today according to the