santorum by three points it would have been closer to 7 if democrats had not voted for senator santorum in big numbers. obviously republic voters in michigan strongly favor the governor who joins us now from bexley, ohio, outside of columbus. so, why do you think democrats voted for senator santorum in michigan open primary. why do you think they did that, governor? well, they got the news from michael moore to barack obama s team to frankly rick santorum as well saying go play mischief in the republic party, vote against mitt romney and try and give this to rick santorum. you know, they don t want to face me in the fall. they would rather face rick santorum. so they came in large numbers and voted for rick. you know, i think that was a huge mistake on his part. republics saw right through that. and saw that if barack obama wants rick santorum to run against him we are not going to give him rick santorum to run against. you basically think it was political trick play and
santorum by three points it would have been closer to 7 if democrats had not voted for senator santorum in big numbers. obviously republic voters in michigan strongly favor the governor who joins us now from bexley, ohio, outside of columbus. so, why do you think democrats voted for senator santorum in michigan open primary. why do you think they did that, governor? well, they got the news from michael moore to barack obama s team to frankly rick santorum as well saying go play mischief in the republic party, vote against mitt romney and try and give this to rick santorum. you know, they don t want to face me in the fall. they would rather face rick santorum. so they came in large numbers and voted for rick. you know, i think that was a huge mistake on his part. republics saw right through that. and saw that if barack obama wants rick santorum to run against him we are not going to give him rick santorum to run against. you basically think it was political trick play and democrats
shepard: i m shepard smith. this is the fox report. it s the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. 90 minutes to go until we have decisions. 90 minutes at least until the polls close in michigan and arizona. and even as mitt romney says he will probably win most of the dels tonight, rick santorum is threatening a primary shocker. a live look at mitt romney election headquarters in michigan where he should have home field advantage and in a big way. rick santorum is giving him a run for his considerable money and they have been neck and neck down the home stretch. we have team fox coverage tonight, our correspondent john roberts is live in phoenix where we are watching things and they appear to be improving for mitt romney. first, let s get to mike tobin who is live at santorum primary headquarters tonight in grand rapids, michigan. what do republic voters say is motivating them the most to go to the polls tonight, mike?
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