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Welcome back to "hardball." two highly-anticipated speeches today here in washington at cpac. while mitt romney played defense on his credentials, rick santorum seemed to revel in the social issues. let's listen to santorum and then romney. >> we hear those same voices today that we have to learn our lesson. that we need to compromise, do what's politically reasonable and go out and push someone forward who can win. i think we have learned our lesson. and the lesson we have learned is that we will no longer abandon and apologize for the policies and principles that made this country great from...

Opposed to his position. while republicans wage war on him and the catholic bishops are not happy about the deal yet, it was a good day for the president. that's our top story tonight. plus what's the damage report from this hard fight? we'll ask the "hardball" strategists. also look at mitt. here comes rick. mitt romney and rick santorum address cpac today. mitt said all the right things, but many conservatives suspect he's just mouthing the words. santorum, on the other hand, sounds like someone who mean what is he says. that's a big problem for mitt. and antiimmigration fever. did a missi...

About getting more votes, defeating barack obama is only one step towards our ultimate goal of saving america. [ applause ] >> of course, we can defeat barack obama. that's the easy part. believe me, november 6th will be theç easiest day our next president is going to face. >> newt gingrich also gave a fiery speech just moments ago. there's a new poll out that shows santorum surging nationally. catch this. what kind of momentum does he have going into the next few weeks? mark halperin was in the middle of it all. david corn is the washington bureau chief and a political analyst here for msnb...