Rick Santorum Ties Mitt Romney in Michigan Delegate Count: Focus Shifts to Ohio as Key Battleground for Super Tuesday

Rick Santorum's been getting ripped off in the momentum department throughout this year's campaign. The former Pennsylvania Senator actually won the Iowa caucuses. But as ABC News reported when the official winner was announced, "that’s like calling back a winning touchdown two weeks later." Right. And so now here's the news that Santorum in fact tied Mitt Romney in the Michigan delegate count, but it doesn't matter much in terms of mainstream media perceptions. CNN has the report, "Romney, Santorum tie for Michigan delegates." And also at Catholic Bandita, "Santorum Campaign: Michigan Result a ‘Disaster’ For Mitt Romney":

The Santorum campaign stressed that the media should not be reporting in any way that Michigan was a win for Romney considering that the Romney campaign has continually stressed that they are only concerned with delegates and the delegate count here is a tie in Romney’s home state. Also, the Romney campaign outspent Rick Santorum anywhere from 2-1 to 4-1 according to various estimates and so this can only be considered a “disaster” for Mitt Romney or, at best, a tie.

We'll see if the point gains traction throughout the week.

Meanwhile, check New York Times, "Ohio Offers Chance for a Santorum Rebound."

And National Journal, "Can Santorum Broaden His Base?" (That point is addressed at the interview above, in which Martha McCallum asks Santorum about his comments on women from his speech last night.)