Not really. He was given huge sums of cash and was just able to win one state. By some reports, he is broke again. Who is going to give him money now? How is he going to go back to donors and ask them to contribute more with a string of forth and third place finishes under his belt?
He was given every opportunity to take Mittens out and has so far squandered it through focusing on grudge matches with Mittens and veering off message time and again. The CO win for Santorum is important. No one thought he would be able to beat Milt there. He creamed him. If Santorum can make a good showing in MI an OH, he will really be able to prove that he can knock Milt out in his home turf. His message about manufacturing is tailor made for these states and should do will with base voters.
Newt also doesn't seem to be able to knock down his personal negatives in all this. I don't see how that will help in swing states.
None of this analysis is really true. I know it is the accepted narrative among Santorumbots, as it came from nasty Santorum himself, but it really isn’t true. Newt still has a strong showing in the south and the more conservative states. The Santorum surge will hopefully only be temporary, otherwise we’ll have to deal with Mr.Bottom Feeder who I don’t think can out bottomfeed Romney.