From BLOOMBERG:
Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum has overtaken Mitt Romney in the battle for the party’s nomination, according to a Pew Research Center poll that also shows both losing to President Barack Obama in hypothetical matchups.
Santorum drew the backing of 30 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters in the Feb. 8-12 poll, while Romney got 28 percent, Pew said on its website. Obama held a 10 percentage point lead over Santorum and 8 points over Romney among a survey of all registered voters, Washington-based Pew said. …
Santorum said over the weekend that Romney has become “desperate” in trying to attack Santorum’s conservative credentials. “You reach a point where desperate people do desperate things,” he said. “He’s having trouble finding out how to go after someone who is a solid conservative, who’s got a great track record of attracting independents and Democrats and winning states as a conservative,” Santorum said in an interview on ABC Television’s “This Week.”
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