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Sarah maria, patrick, daniel, elizabeth, peter and john. [ applause ] of course the one that is not here with us but is home and recooperating just well and doing amazingly well thanks to your prayers, our little girl bella. [ applause ] i came here back in right after the 2008 election. i have been coming to a lot of cpac conventions. after that election, i made this statement. i said conservatism did not fail our country. conservatives failed conservaticonserv conservati conservatism. that's what i believed then. and that we, in fact, lost heart. as conservatives, we lost heart. we listened ...

Conservative views. now, as jim said, getting a serious second look by a lot of people after the three wins this week, has had a cool and at ease demeanor. obviously, in front of a crowd that is behind him at least in terms of the kinds of issues he spoke so forcefully about. let's listen to rick santorum. >> it's great to be here at cpac. i will not be telling any jokes. foster cornered the market on that. thanks for that wonderful reception for not just me but for most of my family that is here. first, the folks that are walking with me today and walking this journey with me are here with me...

>> let me read what david burkes writes. if he weren't running for president, he would be saying the same things he is today. few believe that about romney. he may win the republican nomination, but it won't be worth much. is the real problem here not that romney is conservative enough but people just don't like him? >> well, i think if you look at the polling, it's not that bad for romney. romney doesn't generate a lot of antipathy among republicans or americans. not a lot of enthusiasm. >> negatives are going up if you look at "the washington post" poll. >> that's true somewhat. if you look ...

States. someone who would simply give that issue away in the fall, give the issue away of government control of your health. who would be the better person to go after the obama administration on trying to control the energy and the manufacturing sector of our economy and trying to dictate to you what lights to turn on and what cars to drive? manmade global warming and imposed the first carbon cap in the state of massachusetts? the first state to do so in the country? >> no. >> would it be someone to take on the other big issue of government control of our economy, which is the government cont...

Media. if it's a lukewarm response you know what the headlines are going to be tomorrow. >> i hope they spent, from their perspective, a lot of time on this speech. you can do a lot with a good speech, generating excitement. he has a tough anti-obama message. it's not an intuitive appeal but he can succeed. >> chris, here's the problem. they want to win the movement. sometimes it's not winning the election. the problem is romney is not one of them. he's never been one of