Santorum could be bigger threat to Romney [View all]

[Owlet]

Mr. Romney lost Iowa to Rick Santorum, albeit by about the narrowest possible margin. He will have two more opportunities to win a Midwestern state on Tuesday, when Minnesota has its caucuses and Missouri holds a primary. (The Missouri primary does not matter for delegate selection: the state will hold a separate caucus for that purpose in March.)

Mr. Romney could be vulnerable in both states. A survey released on Sunday by Public Policy Polling, which has had fairly accurate results so far in the primary season, had Minnesota as a toss-up /a>between Mr. Romney and Mr. Santorum, with Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul not far behind.

Poll results here
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/02/romney-up-in-colorado-close-race-in-minnesota.html#more

Full article here
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/one-test-left-for-romney-the-midwest/