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"We're within the margin of error of both Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann, both of whom have had enormous attention by the national media, and have had money and resources," Santorum argued. "Rick Perry is running literally millions of dollars of ads in Iowa, and he is right next to me in the polls."

This is amusing. Santorum and Perry are in the bottom-tier in Iowa, yet Perry has spent millions, and Santorum has visited every single county in Iowa. I like some things about Santorum, but if money or visiting counties can't get him or Perry into the top couple of slots in the polls, hope and optimism probably aren't going to either.

Give it time. All Santorum needs to have happen is for the Gingrich, Bachmann, and Perry campaigns to blow up again. This time spectacularly and irretrievably. After which, he needs for Palin to not then decide her decision not to get in, and at that point he will be sitting pretty. This nomination has always been about Romney vs. “not Romney” (I wish I had trademarked that six months ago), and it still is, regardless of what Gingrich is saying.