Santorum to make "major campaign anouncement"!

[Landslide Lyndon]

Apparently a Romney backer is going to switch to Santorum (probably Mike DeWine).

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/romney-backer-to-flip-to-santorum-today

A top Ohio supporter of Governor Mitt Romney will switch sides and endorse Rick Santorum in Columbus this afternoon, a campaign source said.

The source declined to make public the identity of the switching surrogate.

While Ohio Gov. John Kasich remains neutral, Romney has the support of a handful of top current and former Ohio officials, including Attorney General Mike DeWine, Rep. Jim Renacci, and former Senator George Voinovich.

A spokeswoman for DeWine, Lisa Peterson Hackley, said "I can neither confirm nor deny" that he is the switcher, and declined to say what the State Attorney General will be doing at 2:00 p.m.

[Keystone Phil]

2006 landslide LOSERS re-united!!!! /Politico

But seriously, this isn't big. Sorry, Rick.

[TJ in Oregon]

The only one of the people listed whose endorsement would be of value is Voinovich.

[Averroës Nix]

It'd be hilarious if it were Portman.

[Landslide Lyndon]

It is DeWine indeed.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/ohio-ag-to-withdraw-romney-endorsement-will-back

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine will endorse Rick Santorum this afternoon, Ohio Republicans confirm.

DeWine, a Romney endorser, will announce his decision to change endorsements in remarks at the Ohio State House in Columbus, OH. Santorum is currently leading Romney in the state, 42 percent to 24 percent in the latest Rasmussen poll.

A senior Romney aide said DeWine was upset that Romney was critical of Santorum's position on the felon voting bill, which is mentioned in an ad by Romney's Super PAC and was brought up in a debate last month. DeWine and Santorum were two of only three Republican Senators who voted for the bill.