Republican hopeful Santorum predicts ‘exceptional’ Michigan result

A day after Mitt Romney regained some momentum in the Republican presidential contest, his rival Rick Santorum went on the attack, calling the front-runner “desperate” while promising to compete aggressively to win the state where Romney grew up.

Santorum said yesterday he could do “exceptionally well” in Michigan, where Romney’s father served as governor. Both Michigan and Arizona host Republican presidential nominating contests on Feb 28.

“We’re going to spend a lot of time in Michigan and Arizona, and those are up next. And that’s where we’ve really been focusing on,” Santorum told ABC’s This Week. He suggested that a strong showing in those contests would make the presidential contest “a two-man race,” dismissing his current rivals Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul.