Video: Santorum sweeps Tuesday?s GOP contests

>> first, moerm's clean sweep of three presidential con teftests last night. peter alexander , good morning.

>> reporter: it's cold in colorado but a hot streak for rick santorum . he's won four states to romney 's three. for santorum that means more money and more momentum. for romney , who hadn't even mentioned rick santorum 's name since early january, and we looked it up, that means one more contender to worry about. [ applause ]

>> conservativism is alive and well in missouri and minnesota. [ cheers and applause ]

>> reporter: celebrating his biggest night since the iowa caucuses , rick santorum surged back into the spotlight.

>> i don't claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney . i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama . [ applause ]

>> reporter: santorum told the cheering crowd the president just doesn't listen.

>> you better start listening to the voice of the people . but then again i wouldn't be surprised if he isn't listening. why would you think he would be listening now? has he ever listened to the voice of america ?

>> no!

>> why?

>> because he thinks he knows better. he thinks he's smarter than you. he thinks he's someone who is a privileged person who should be able to rule over all of you.

>> reporter: santorum tried to tie mitt romney to the president.

>> health care , the environment, cap and trade. and on the wall street bailouts, mitt romney has the same positions as barack obama .

>> reporter: and took a dig at romney for his fumble last week.

>> i'm not concerned about the very poor.

>> i care about the very rich and the very poor. i care about 100% of america.

>> this was a good night for rick santorum . i want to congratulate senator santorum .

>> reporter: facing a re reinvigorated rival romney took a page from rick santorum 's blue collar story trying to cast himself as the son of a working man. he said his mother, the former president of american motors once worked as a carpenter.

>> my father never graduated college. he apprenticed as a plaster carpenter. he could take nails in his mouth and spit them out pointy end forward.

>> reporter: after the speech secret service agents dragged away a man who tried to glitter bomb the canada data. newt gingrich largely ignored all three contests, launching a bus tour in ohio targeting early super tuesday voters.

>> since early voting is beginning, if you can go on facebook, twitter, e-mail or telephone or even in the old fashioned sense see people face to face we'd be very, very grateful.

>> reporter: the three leading candidates had three different directions today, ann, ahead of the maine caucuses. the next big show down will be at the end of the month in arizona and michigan.

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