paul: exit polling shows that santorum lost among welcome and broke even romney and santorum, but lost five points among republican women. not only women, he lost among catholics. he lost 70% catholic area in michigan. he was 9 points ahead. paul: a catholic loss to the mormon. i did not say that, i was hoping somebody else would say that. here is the thing. looking at the substantial that romney is about to talk about, there s a psychological infectious quality now. he has won every important race there is to win. he has in the aggregate more delegates than anyone else. that combination of experience is what is giving him this kind of luster, and that is making him appealing and in addition to what jason said, no one does he owe more to than rick santorum. paul: on that point.
a double victory on tuesday in michigan and arizona put presidential hopeful mitt romney back on top of the republican race, a position he s held and lost several times before in the primary process. so, how did he do it? can the same strategies help him in super tuesday states? let s ask, wall street journal columnist and editor, dan henninger. jason o reilly, member, dorothy rabinowicz, and kim strassel. how did romney do it? can he keep doing it? i think so. in the exit polls, people for whom the economy was the biggest issue, romney won by 17 points. paul: yeah, that s remarkable. and he also won in detroit, wayne county, and macomb county, and so-called reagan democrat county, which is to say in areas where their people are under the most economic stress. he had introduced the new tax program, the new economic program, the 20% tax cut across the board.
and he s also been aligning himself with basically paul ryan s ideas on medicare. so, i think, on the one be hand, he s been showing people that he can be a real conservative, and he s presenting a coherent economic program in a way that i think is just pulling the romney campaign together, on the single most important issue in the campaign. paul: gives him a subject, jason. sure. that s larger than his biography. it s basically and larger than criticism solely of president obama, to stand behind this, this new tax plan. i think that s part of it. he s talking about issues that people care about and i think he also got some help from rick santorum in the run-up to the about michigan vote to found himself talking about contraception and pro college snobbery and the like. that s apparently not what voters in the midwest, at least, want to hear. ang i think romney was able to benefit from self-inflicted wounds by rick santorum.
and he s also been aligning himself with basically paul ryan s ideas on medicare. so, i think, on the one be hand, he s been showing people that he can be a real conservative, and he s presenting a coherent economic program in a way that i think is just pulling the romney campaign together, on the single most important issue in the campaign. paul: gives him a subject, jason. sure. that s larger than his biography. it s basically and larger than criticism solely of president obama, to stand behind this, this new tax plan. i think that s part of it. he s talking about issues that people care about and i think he also got some help from rick santorum in the run-up to the about michigan vote to found himself talking about contraception and pro college snobbery and the like. that s apparently not what voters in the midwest, at least, want to hear. ang i think romney was able to benefit from self-inflicted wounds by rick santorum.
on the ballot in virginia. and newt gingrich probably being in a must-win for georgia. and romney has the money to go forward after super tuesday even if he doesn t winnowo. paul: what about newt gingrich, dorothy? you talk to the candidate on occasion, what s his strategy? it s clear to me, anyway, this is not, that he s working his way towards saying, i leave the race if i don t win my home state. i can see that being said into his audience. paul: let s say he does win georgia. if he does win georgia, he goes, he goes forward, he goes forward to the end as long as the money is there, and adelson carries him. a casino mogul funding his pac. yeah, and i have to say that if he feels on of bounds to say before if you can t win your home state you don t belong in the race. paul: jason? i was going to say even if he goss win georgia, what has