we talked to one of the convicted killers pardoned by mississippi s governor. we re going to hear his reaction to the outrage over his release. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. mitt romney, the clear front-runner in a cnn/orcp poll out just now. romney with a double-digit lead, asking republican voters their choice for the nominee. look at the battle for second place. newt gingrich, ron paul, rick santorum are all in a statistic cal tie, each getting between 15 and 18%. let s get more from gloria borger, taking a closer look at all of this. he s rising nationally, at least it looks like that. yeah, it is, and rising at newt gingrich s expense. we compared the numbers you just showed with the numbers from december. what a difference a month makes. romney in december, 28%, now 34, up six. newt gingrich down ten points, and again paul has been pretty consistent. santorum almost quadrupled his support. i think the big news here, wolf, to me is that mitt romne