sure so rick berman and company they're basically here out in the video all sorts of ads for all sorts of people everyone from like. fast food companies like philip morris you know all sorts of political communications and it's really fascinating you know you saw what you thought were a bunch of mechanics in that ad and rick berman was actually posing as one of the mechanics he's actually in his own ad playing an actor complaining about unions and it's fascinating because he thought that they maybe were a bunch of mechanics that rick berman you know his house three point three million dollars i mean the multimillionaire made all his money basically you know hacking for politicians and for corporate causes you know when we have ads like this is important will always know where the money's coming from who's in them and you know what what the what the real message behind them is and not just take things at face value so what do you say about what they said in this ad right which is only one out of ten union workers actually get a chance to vote. well it's really fascinating what you know

was purchased by the center for consumer freedom a corporate paid front group run by right winger rick berman berman is closely tied to the food industry and has attacked the humane society on many occasions saying they are engaged in a slow but steady push to take away consumer choices by forcing meat eggs and dairy food out of americans reach berman has a long history of spreading misinformation in order to protect the interests of the food industry his latest ad is an instant would ation tax tactic designed to show the humane society that if they work against the interests of corporate america they will be met with a firestorm of misinformation and negativity that it's very very . to understand rick santorum as a vision for america we have to go back four hundred years in american history to a time when governments were controlled by religious fundamentalists the most well known example is what the pilgrims set up in massachusetts in the seventeenth century we've been taught to believe that the pilgrims of the puritans came to america to practice religious freedom but they were persecuted

"your voice, your vote" rick santorum beats mitt romney in colorado, missouri, and minnesota. another stunner. let's get the latest from john berman. >> reporter: a trifecta for rick santorum. a shocking turn in the race. mitt romney is now living just when i think i'm out, they pull me back in. this new santorum surge a big statement from republican voters telling romney you were not the republican nominee yet. this is not over. overnight in colorado, mitt romney delivers a denver-sized understatement. this was a good night for rick santorum. i want to congratulate him. >> reporter: in deed, for rick santor santorum, three states, three victories, two fingers in the eyes of mitt romney. >> i don't stand here to claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama. >> reporter: he won missouri, minnesota and colorado. mitt romney won two of those states four years ago, big. a thorough rebuke. >> cap and trade, the wall street bailouts, mitt romney has the same positions as barack obama. >> reporter: santorum tried to tap into conservative outrage over new white ho

rick santorum's first debate as a front-runner. boy, did he get treated like one. john berman is here with a blow by blow. >> reporter: what's it like to be the front-runner? for rick santorum, the answer might be, painful. he's probably waking up sore this morning after a brudsing debate playing defense, defense, defense. on stage, the candidates might have looked like school kids behind desks. for rick santorum, it was a good thing they were sitting down. better to brace himself from the three-pronged throwdown. attacks from mitt romney for being a government insider. >> while i was fighting to save the olympicolympics, you were f to save the bridge to nowhere. >> you have a new television ad that labels him a fake. why? >> because he's a fake. >> reporter: from the crowd, on santorum all night. >> i voted for bills that included it. i don't support that. i have never supported it. >> reporter: at times, santorum fell into the very washington speak his opponents loved to attack. >> i have to admit, i voted for that. it was against the principles i believed in. politics is a

rick santorum has all the momentum now, pulling up to mitt romney nationwide and moving ahead in the state with the next key contest. it's "your voice your vote." abc's john bermanh that. john, those wins last tuesday have really worked like a booster rocket for rick santorum. >> you know, it's not only the national poll, george. just as perilous for team romney, right now, the campaign believes they could be trailing in the governor's home state of michigan. so on this valentine's day, mitt romney may be asking republican voters, in the immortal words of the supremes "baby, baby, baby where did our love go?" ladies and gentlemen, could this be the new republican front-runner? a glowing rick santorum overnight in washington. fending off protesters and soaring in the polls. >> all: usa! >> isn't this a great country? i love this. >> reporter: in one brand new national poll, santorum leads romney by two points. in a second poll, he's jumped 14 points in less than a week. what's more, santorum leads romney in three crucial republican groups. tea partiers, conservatives, and evangelicals. on this valentine's day, the romney team knows they need to do something to he

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berman. >> reporter: the lights are up. the cameras are rolling. the stars are out. brad pitt, newt gingrich, george clooney, rickics had an academy awards? that would be some red carpet. though ron paul might need a different suit. >> i'm very proud of myself. >> reporter: best makeup? whoever does donald trump's hair. >> it is my hair. see, i can go like that. >> reporter: best foreign language film -- >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: jon huntsman's debate in chinese. but other races much tighter. best costume. is it ron paul's slightly too big suit? romney's blue tie. perry's red tie. newt's red tie. the winner is -- rick santorum's sweater vest. best song. maybe the year's toughest category. is it president obama's "sweet home chicago"? ♪ come on ♪ baby, don't you wanna go mitt romney singing "america the beautiful"? ♪ for amber waves of grain the winner is -- ♪ i was born free -- kid rock with "born free." one of mitt romney's campaign theme songs. ♪ like an untamed stallion because who is an untamed stallion if not mitt romney? how about the ultimate category, best picture? >> i need more mone

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but it was rick santorum's first debate as a front-runner, boy, did he get treated like one. it's your voice, your vote. and abc's john berman is here with a blow by blow, and i mean that literally. >>> good morning, lelizabeth. what is it like to be the front run never what's it feel like? what does it feel like? for rick santorum, the answer might be, painful. he's probably waking up sore this morning after a bruising debate playing defense, defense, defense. on stage, the candidates might have looked like school kids behind desks. for rick santorum, it was a good thing they were sitting down. better to brace himself from the three-pronged throwdown. first, attacks from mitt romney for being a big-spending government insider. >> while i was fighting to save the olympics, you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. >> reporter: second from romney's seeming debate tag-team partner, ron paul. >> you have a new television ad that labels him a fake. why? >> because he's a fake. >> reporter: from the crowd, on santorum all night. >> i voted for bills that included it. i don't support that. i have never supported it. >> repo

berman is here with "your voice your vote." >> if this were a best picture nominee, it would absolutely be extremely loud and incredibly close. >> reporter: you could tell when rickcked romney for being resolute. >> maybe he doesn't understand what resolute means. >> reporter: mitt romney told stories about his underage kiss with his wife nearby anne. i actually kissed her there. >> reporter: and rick santorum -- >> he said he did it to take one for the team. look, my team are the people are the michigan. >> reporter: both candidates played the nascar card to woo blue collar voters. and daytona 500, look at that, santorum actually sponsored a car. both are in a fight for their political lives in michigan. romney was born there. a loss would be devastating. and santorum is having to defend statements some find controversial. on "this week" justifying it, elitist to say all kids should go to college. >> we have real problems with college campuses with political correctness, with an ideology that is forced upon people who may not agree with the political left doctrine. >> reporter: and mitt romney saying the other day his wife drives two cadillacs and listen to his