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candidate, had the best chance to beat barack obama. i was wrong. today, i am withdrawing as a romney delegate. i am endorsing rick santorum for president of the united states. the size of the federal government doubled in his time in office. he voted to raise the debt ceiling five different times without compensating cuts. if you want a fiscal conservative, you can t vote for rick santorum, because he is not. bret: well, there are the two front runners in michigan. rick santorum and mitt romney. mike dewine, the current attorney general in ohio, and former u.s. senator endorsing santorum. he a romney supporter. what about the state of the race right now? let s bring in the panel. bill kristol, liz marlantez,
serious and egregious one. why are they harking on the risk? there is always a double standard in the media. we live with it, the sun rising in the east. that is going to happen. it doesn t help santorum when he is on this rise. it s not a rocket rise, but he is doing really well. ahead of romney in michigan and nationally. his chief supporter to be stumbling on the stupid things. but it isn t a stray issue. the reason it might have any resonance at all is because santorum is known for fairly extreme opinions about contraception and sex, having spoke even in october about it should be within the marriage pro creation alone. pleasure is okay. going on to stuff you don t want to hear about the presidential candidate. i don t know why he simply doesn t say i m a catholic, i believe in teaching and nothing to do with the torel, public policy and will no more affect me than it did jonathan kennedy. i don t take instruction from
they say they are raising a lot of money in the past 20 days. yeah. i mean, he could twin nomination. maybe the presidency. still favors romney slightly but only slightly over santorum in the race. people in washington has v to get used to the notion we will likely have a two-man race. i hate to even count out gingrich. but the dynamic of the race is pointing toward romney, santorum showdown. i don t know that newt can get back in the fight despite the money spent on his behalf. super pac. bret: adding another $10 million to the super pack today. don t know who the ad is going to attack. they will attack romney or rick santorum? this is serious. santorum has run a heck of a campaign. we re going to have to give him a lot of credit. i was in ohio myself wednesday. i didn t know that mike dewine would make the announcement but i met with the various senior republican officials and say the business leaders,
he stands for and he never seems willing to take an unpopular stand. santorum for all of his flaws is very willing to take an unpopular stand. that is helping him to some extent. bret: from the romney campaign perspective, first, they a lot of money. the campaign and the super pac. number one. number two, they help set up the system where it s proportional. if he comes in second in the number of places in the long run you could still get to 1144. and be the nomineele in the end. despite the hiccup of momentum along the way. for romney supporters and romney campaign, they say listen, we will just keep on trucking. sure. it s foolish to say if romney loses michigan by five points santorum finishes. that is foolish to say today. as a month ago it was foolish to say it s inevitable. he won it. let this thing will go on for a long time. likely a two man race. i think that romney will have to make the case for himself. he can do some damage to