the santorum surge is now upolç us. the santorum surge in the polls follows the trump surge in the polls. the back man surge, the perry surge, the herman cain surge and gingrich surge. is the santorum surge the final one? is rick santorum where the anybody but mitt romney is going to end up or will the santorum surge turn into a collapse? joining me now is former pennsylvania governor ed rendell an nbc news political analyst. governor rendell, tell me what's crazy about rick santorum from a republican perspective because that's what happened to every other one of these people was surging in the republican polls, republicans discovered something they really didn't like about them. is there something they don't yet note about rick santorum? >> santorum is benefiting from the fact that he's surging so