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President-elect at the time talked about on the campaign trail, and once elected, it looked like he was fulfilling his vision in a grand fashion, even if it wasnt quite a team of rivals, it was certainly an impressive collection of political and policy heavyweights inside the democratic party. you had red state governors, his chief rival for the democratic nomination, you had the first african-american attorney general that perhaps had the best resume in history for the job of attorney general. ...

And defy the pundits. >> miracle after miracle, this race was as improbable as any race that you will ever see for president. >> reporter: as newt gingrich faded, santorum successfully positioned himself as the conservative alternative to romney. >> he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. >> reporter: romneys vast resources proved to be too much for santorum to compete with. he was dramatically outspent in michigan, ohio and wisconsin, and he lost them all. as r...

There was a quinnipiac poll taken right before the wisconsin contest showing rick santorum actually leading just by 6 percentage points in his home state and the robo polls that were taken after that that showed him possibly even losing to mitt romney. so having, losing to mitt romney in your home state would have actually marred all the things that hes accomplished. the 11 contests that hes won so far and the fact that he is actually, the person out of everyone else who is running for president...

Mocked on the internet. he was infamous for the compare sob he made between homosexuality and bestiality. this guy was not seen as a contender. but it was the most conservative of that party who really held him, if you will, through this process and made him a chief rival because they were unwilling to support mitt romney. >> what was extraordinary was, as you remember when this republican campaign season started in the spring of 2011, we saw one republican after another soar in the polls, only ...

Season drew parallels with what governor romney did with romney care in massachusetts and the affordable care act. martha: any response from the romney folks to that. >> reporter: not directly to that. governor romney has been fending off those kind of attacks from his republican rivals all season long an did it yesterday during a campaign rally in san diego, california where he drew distinctions between romney care and the affordable care act. >> there are a lot of reasons not to like obamacare...

With 22%, ron paul coming in fourth with 5%. heres what propelled santorum to tonights victory. exit polls show evangelicals making up more than half of the voters today, giving him 55%. very conservative voters near half of the electorate 52% went for him. lower income voters also a strong group, giving santorum a 54% of his vote. voters giving santorum a whopping 70%. the chief rival, mitt romney, remains ahead in the delegate count with twice as many as santorum. tonight they prepare for the ...

but the math and money and more people doubting that that may be enough as we move on your "early start." good morning everyone welcome to "early start" im ashleigh banfield. >> im zoraida sambolin. were bringing you news from a to z, 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> alabama, mississippi, rick santorum a southern sweep. >> a heartbreaking tragedy in switzerland, 22 children killed when a bus crashed in the wall of a tunnel. that bus carrying 46 children, and six adults was returning to belg...

The latest polls show its a three man race in the south with my stakes for every republican candidate. a mitt romney victory could help quiet some of the criticism about his struggle to win over conservatives particularly in the south, while a rick santorum sweep would cement his status as romneys chief rival. new gingrich is he even a loss today would not spell the echbd of his campaign. with so much focus on romneys delegate lead, santorums camp making the case that he would prevail at a broke...

>> there was a big disagreement between senator mccain and secretary panetta about the u.s. going alone into syria. mccain made a very strong point going back to the 90s saying, look, when the atrocities were happening in bosnia, the united states acted and its time for us to act here. he had a very pointed question to panetta saying, how many more tens of thousands have to die before youre willing to go in? but panetta countered and said, look, im not going to send american troops, me...

Tuesday. polls show rick santorum as romneys chief rival in both states. im claudia cowen. now, back to "geraldo at large." >> prime time and crime time alert. thank you for hanging in there with us. image if your daughter was drown on australian honeymoon by her husband who pleads guilty to neglect manslaughter in her debt. because of the tireless actions of your family hes also finally on trial in the united states when suddenly the judge steps in and declares him not guilty before the jury ha...