to talk about it is columnist john bayer.live on the phone. >> thanks for having me. >> here is a thought for president's day, did you just shiver. that's your start. some might say what's your beef? >> pennsylvanians know rick santorum well. a lot of pennsylvanians are asking that question. what is the deal. why do they appear to be willing to nominate someone when he was in the senate, the number three man in the senate lost him home stalt by 17.4%, a blow out. the largest loss of any incumbent republican. now he seems to be positioned to win the nomination of his party for president. i think a lot of pennsylvanians don't get it. >> you say you wrote him off after his strong showing in iowa. you wrote him off after iowa, but he kept going. >> i did write him off. the reason i did at that time is now that national media will take a closer look. that didn't happen. with the sub kwent primaries he finished no better than third. suddenly he was back in the game. now, i think finally, people are starting to listen to what he say

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