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At this point in the presidential nominating contest, rick santorum does not look like he will win. a grain of salt i didn't think he would win in iowa, turned out i was wrong. he is not doing well. after winning iowa he came in fifth place in new hampshire, came in a distant third place in south carolina. right now in florida polling at 11%. mr. santorum doesn't seem to have the momentum, the lift even after winning iowa you would expect him to have if he were going to win. again, anything is possible but it doesn't seem like m santorum is on a path toward winning at this point. if he's not o...

Time in south carolina campaigning today, but, also, moved on to florida which is the next prize after south carolina. romney today to aim at plan he would like to place. >> the president was at a fundraiser in chicago and he said, look, i can promise you this: change is coming. he got that right. you know that? for the first time he got that right. and we are going to see the change we're looking for and it is not president obama. i believe it will be mitt romney. >>reporter: the other hopefuls have been traveling across south carolina with newt gingrich talking about crony capitalism, politi...

President of new hampshire. he won it in 2008 when he ran for president. i would say be careful what you wish for here. i think mitt romney is going to win new hampshire no matter what. john mccain may help him win more in new hampshire, but it also reinforces the kind of mitt romney as an establishment candidate, mitt romney as moderate which is not a great narrative for romney as he goes to south carolina certainly. so you never know how these things play. that much. there are exceptions ted kennedy endorsing president obama being one of them. a nice moment for mitt romney that. talking, out...

For president. i would say be careful what you wish for here. i think mitt romney is going to win new hampshire no matter what. john mccain may help him win more in new hampshire, but it also reinforces the kind of mitt romney as an establishment candidate, mitt romney as moderate which is not a great narrative for romney as he goes to south carolina certainly. so you never know how these things play. that much. there are exceptions ted kennedy endorsing president obama being one of them. a nice moment for mitt romney that. talking, out. he's in shaker heights, ohio. he is ready to speak. we'l...

Establishment. >> romney is more conservative than newt on the issues. that's not what it is about. it is about the fact that romney appears to be an establishment candidate. that's not true at all. that's the optics. >> and also newt seems like the guy that can take it to obama and romney is too nice. newt is going to go in there and fight him. a lot of people say newt is a flawed candidate. but aren't we all flawed candidates? >> yes, a short answer, yes. what was that question? >> i would say -- i don't really -- i do not understand newt. romney, yes, i guess he is a flip-floper, but the ma...