(laughter) a lot of people have counted santorum out as unelectable or at the very least ungooglable. you see, a few years ago santorum compared homosexual relationships to man on dog sex. angering friend of the show and enemy of families dan savage who then launched an internet campaign to redefine santorum's name. now, if you're drinking a milk shake or eating a chocolate myself i advise you to set it aside before i read savage's definition of santorum. "the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the by-product of age se of ana" (audience reacts) are we all right? but thanks to his surging campaign, santorum has ended this unfair association of his name with hot man love. right, news people? >> santorum has got the big mug. you have a surge in the back end of the polling for rick santorum. >> stephen: yup. nothing gay. just big mo polling santorum in the big back end. (cheers and applause) so what existed lifted santorum above the froth? was it his strong conservative record? his family values? his christian faith? partly, but mostly it was fashion. jim. >> i was

it really is a tragedy that he is ungoogle-able, but he is. if rick santorum were being invented today, maybe he could compete. but he comes from someplace. i think that is why mitt romney looks good. today in south carolina, he got into a red-faced screaming match with a voter on a rope lines in america is right and you are wrong. who are you just thinking back? when a child asked him what he wanted to run for president, he went into a lot the motion no. tell it has been difficult to work out with the state planning attorney which grandchildren get which millions of his fortune. it has seemed like it is going to win. if i change my name to something else, would that be ok? i think that mitt romney is running to win. i think it is likely that he will win. i think it is largely by virtue of the fact that his competition sex. >> the least offensive to the white house -- the candidate that would be most able to make this election about barack obama on the republican side. >> right now? >> the person most likely is mitch daniels and is not running