Rick Santorum has always expressed faith that his campaign would catch on. But the fact is, nobody on Team Santorum believed he would go three-for-three in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri on Tuesday.
In the last days of January and first days of February, a number of Republicans, unhappy with the escalating personal spat between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, took another look at Santorum. In addition, after Gingrich's losses in Florida and Nevada, some of those voters specifically looking to unite behind an anti-Romney candidate came to the conclusion that Gingrich wasn't their man. They, too, reconsidered Santorum.
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