"The Republican presidential candidates' campaigns were downplaying expectations as Alabama and Mississippi voted Tuesday, an indication of how tight the two primaries are and the importance of momentum on the long road to the GOP convention. Polls released Monday showed a virtual dead heat between front-runner Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, with Rick Santorum running 8 to 10 points behind.
Gingrich, the former House speaker, is under the most pressure to take both states. He has won contests in South Carolina and Georgia, which he represented in Congress for two decades, but has finished third or worse in most contests outside the region. Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania, is coming off a big win in Kansas on Saturday but would give himself a bigger boost in the battle to be the conservative alternative to Romney if he could beat Gingrich on his home turf. A win down South for Romney would finally give him a victory in a region dominated by social conservatives, who have been hesitant to support his candidacy.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/13/politics/primaries/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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