“Mitt is far less offensive than Santorum I would think than Santorum.”
Iowa’s a purple state, and is not that far off from Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc.
The only state that Mitt is polling above 25 percent is Michigan.
A Santorum tie here, puts him around 15-18 percent nationally, maybe more than that. Given that he’s from PA, that shifts more votes to the rust belt for Santorum, so I’d call it a wash, everywhere but Michigan.
Although it's been many years, Mitt gets a boost from his dad's time as governor of Michigan. My dad is 91, and it's influencing his thinking. I'm sure he isn't alone.