That is also who Romney is rooting for. If Santorum wins and Romney comes in second, Rick doesn’t make it out of Iowa (zero organization or appeal to Independents/moderate Dems) and Mitt is home free...
Don’t count Rick out just yet. People wrote off Newt after his campaign’s growing pains, but he came back strong. People said that Herman Cain lacked the money to do anything, and it started pouring in once his message caught on.
With everything that we’ve seen so far, I think anything can happen.
Or it could just be wishful thinking.