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
it s the sign of the tension. romney started the day by speaking in front of the associated general contractors in arizona and flew to michigan where he will be tonight and tomorrow for several events. he ll go to florida for the daytona 500 and then return to michigan on saturday night and be there sunday as well. greta: he can fly privately. which makes a huge difference. makes a huge difference. greta: if you wait around in terminal for a flight. i suspect santorum is flying, as well. he does need to do it. think about this. in michigan according to real clear politics, in the last week there have been five polls, santorum by 3, santorum by 4, romney by 2, romney by 2 and a tie. so their average is 33.8 to 33.2
general contractors, business group in arizona and then flew to michigan, where he will be tonight, tomorrow for several events. he will then go to florida for the daytona 500 on saturday morning and return to michigan on saturday night and be there sunday as well. private jet, right? i mean, he s got the money to fly privately. well, yes. which makes a huge difference. if you are at the terminal, waiting for a flight i. and look look that makes a big difference. santorum is probably flying privately as l. but think about this. in michigan, in the last week, there have been five poll, santorum by 3, santorum by 4, romney by 2, romney by 2 and a tie. their average is 33.8 to 33.2, 38.8 for santorum, 33.2 for romney. paul at 10.4 and gingrich at
jenna: we just talked about this a little bit with scott rasmussen but mitt romney is tapping into its michigan roots as gop candidates gear up for tuesday s crucial primary. the race appears more of a toss-up, brand new polls showing rick santorum has a slight, slight lead. steve brown in lansing, michigan, with more. if you re slight anything you might as well be slightly in the lead. reporter: slightly ahead is better than slightly behind but this is a very tight race. if you look at real clear politics average of polling in the republican primary here in this particular state, rick santorum at 33.8%. mitt romney at 33%. ron paul and newt gingrich further back. this is a state because of romney s roots here that set up to be a romney winnable
partial birth abortion and it is a procedure used almost exclusively to kill children late in pregnancy when they are found out to be disabled. some of his statements have created controversy. obviously so far stressing the social stuff seems to be working for senator santorum. the real politics polls shows him leading mitt romney 33.8 percent to 28.4 percent with gingrich faring badly. we have the president of the susan b. anthony list. she has endorsed the former pennsylvania senator while a senator is a romney surrogate. welcome marjorie if i may call you that. is this intentional on the part of senator santorum or are those left wing activists in the media trapping him into saying things