this morning and then check in with our round table of norah o'donnell and john dickerson plus karen tumulty of the "washington post" and todd spangler of the detroit free press. this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning. welcome, senator. you are the leader in the polls this morning. i have to say you were very busy yesterday. the associated press led its story of your appearance in columbus ohio by saying, quote, rick santorum questioned barack obama's christian values. that was after you lashed out at the president's proposal on energy of all things when you said this. >> it's not about you. it's not about you. it's not about your quality of life. it's not about your job. it's about some phony ideal, some phony theology. oh, not a theology based on the bible, a different theology. ( applause ) >> schieffer: so, senator, i've got to ask you. what in the world were you talking about? >> well i was talking about the radical environmentalist. that's what i was talking about energy, this

joining us is karen tumulty, traveling, karen, thank you for being here, nice to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> do you have any insight why he brings up the height of the trees in michigan? he keeps doing it, does it mean something? >> well, for the record, they are very nice trees, but i think he's trying to get people a sense he's at home. the car issue is interesting, it's one that has dogged his political career. one of the revelations in the new book about mitt romney that was written by a couple of boston globe reporters is that when he was running for governor in 2002, one of the first things his political consultants advise him was keep his bmw hidden because it was not a good idea for it to be known that he was driving anything but detroit cars. so perhaps he's trying to compensate for that. >> obviously, he's a guy born in wealth and privilege and has become wild lil more wealthy than even the wealth and privilege he was born into. most of the people that run for president are rich guys, there has been a question whether or not he talks about it in a way that is anything

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