>> There was every reason to believe that Newt would pick up most of Santorum’s support <<
Earlier polls did not show that. Closer to a 50-50 split, if I recall correctly. Seems that a lot of religious conservatives would prefer a Mormon “family man” to a thrice-married Catholic “sin-no-more” convert.
I don’t believe those polls for a second. The whole race Romney was always supposedly the 2nd choice... yet each and every time someone collapsed... all of their support went to someone else.
The media is trying to keep information from us about how close the race currently is between Romney and Gingrich.