Santorum Catches Romney in Poll; Both Trail Obama

(Bloomberg) Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum has overtaken Mitt Romney in the battle for the party’s nomination, according to a Pew Research Center poll that also shows both losing to President Barack Obama in hypothetical matchups.

Santorum drew the backing of 30 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters in the Feb. 8-12 poll, while Romney got 28 percent, Pew said on its website. Obama held a 10 percentage point lead over Santorum and 8 points over Romney among a survey of all registered voters, Washington-based Pew said.

Romney’s status in the race was shaken when Santorum won all three contests on Feb. 7 -- in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri.

Last night, Romney told a rally of more than 2,400 in an outdoor amphitheater in Mesa, Arizona, that his experience as a businessman, governor of Massachusetts and running the 2002 Winter Olympics makes him best qualified to be president. “Let’s not nominate someone who hasn’t run anything and hasn’t been a leader,” he said.

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