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>> gentlemen, take a look at this. this is how romney's new ad is playing in michigan, hitting back at rick santorum. unfortunately, we don't have it. but i want to ask you, if he is trying to hit back, the effective ad we're seeing from the santorum side of romney wielding a gun slinging mud s he going to need to do a lot more to be able to maintain any of this momentum that he has going? like i said, it's still a lot of time before michigan. >> right. absolutely. there's a huge incentive for santorum to go all in in michigan. what the establishment is looking for, what conservatives are look...

Should offer contraception. do you think he's going to be a major stumbling-block when it comes to these statement that is he's made that he has to be called on task for? >> he would have a huge problem with women voters if he were the nominee. i agree he's not likely to be the nominee. it's not just contraception. he's talked about women in the workplace when two-thirds of women who have kids under the age of 5 are working. he's talked about women in xwhat a combat. he's talked about gay rights. it's a whole range of views that are from the dark ages. there are plenty of independent, moderate...

Local roots and take michigan? >> i think it would be crippling to his campaign in the short term because it would validate the rick santorum surge we're seeing in national polls, another big triumph for santorum after winning the last three big contests and another place where you have a significant population of working class whites and evangelical christians rejecting mitt romney. that would be problematic. it's probably doubtful because romney has so much money. they've booked more than $1 million in ad time over the next two weeks. they have a very loaded super pac that's about to go up w...

>> richard, santorum's support is still mainly fueled by conservatives, tea party supporters alike. his favorables are up while romney's are down. but can this surge be sustained? we have a lot of time before michigan. >> it's been hard for any of those front-runners to last more than a week or two. it's a natural cycle that doesn't work in santorum's favor. the money does make a difference. if you look at the underlying poll, santorum is not very well known by many voters. he's going to be maybe 20 to 1 outspent by romney and his allies. romney may hide behind the fiction of, well, it's not m...