in the united states senate where i differ from michelle is really a matter of proven leadership. real life rocky times two. victor ortiz in the fight of his life. i m taking my title home. that means the victory as well. and the great oscar de la hoya life lessons from a tentime world champion. it can ruin your life. it almost ruined mine. this is piers morgan tonight. joining me now is rick santorum, one of the crowded field of republicans who aim to challenge barack obama in 2012. senator, thank you for joining me. thank you, piers. good to be on. i don t want to start on a defeater s note here but the cnn poll on monday had you at 1% of the vote to be the republican nominee. i don t really care what the national poll say. they don t really matter at all at this point. the polls that matter are in iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina. those are the first three states. folks from new york and california don t have much of a say at this point and wheth