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Rick Santorum suggested that the Republican presidential field is shrinking to just two candidates. Santorum's comments come as he and his supporters increasingly suggest that the former Pennsylvania senator would benefit from Newt Gingrich dropping out. "So we feel pretty good that it's now narrowing to a two-person race," Santorum said in an interview with Bloomberg TV set to air Friday. "We've been competitive."

Santorum Takes Lead in Gallup’s National Polling FEB 16, 2012 • BY JEFFREY H. ANDERSON Rick Santorum, who trailed Mitt Romney by 20 points eight days ago, has now taken the lead in Gallup’s national polling. In the Gallup poll released on February 8, Romney led Santorum by the tally of 37 to 17 percent. In the current Gallup poll, Santorum has moved into the lead — 32 to 31 percent. Newt Gingrich has 14 percent support in the latest poll (taken from February 11th to 15th), down from 21 percent eight days ago. Ron Paul has 10 percent support,...