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I do recall the Feb. 11 PPP poll taken at the peak of Santorum's surge (and by that, I only mean the anomalous 'cycling' to the apex of the national polls that every GOP candidate has had this primary cycle) just after his trifecta. That one included Paul, though.

"The best thing Romney might have going for him right now is Gingrich's continued presence in the race. If Gingrich dropped out 58% of his supporters say they would move to Santorum, while 22% would go to Romney and 17% to Paul."

What this poll doesn't consider -- and should have included -- is how many Gingrich supporters have already moved to Santorum & Mittens.

Go back again to early Feb. and Santorum's cyclical apex:

A Tribune-Review/WPXI-TV poll conducted Feb. 2-6 shows .... Santorum's support more than doubled from 14 percent six weeks ago to 30 percent, putting him in a statistical dead heat with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who increased his support to 29 percent from 18 percent. Santorum's gain was former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's loss, as his numbers here plunged from 35 percent to 13 percent.

Santorum +16, Mittens +11, Newt -22. Ignoring the unequal math, that's roughly the 60/40 split other FReepers have conjectured would happen.