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Rick Santorum predicted Monday that if he is able to prevent Mitt Romney from earning the 1,144 delegates necessary to sew up the Republican nomination, he would be the choice of Republicans at the national convention this summer in Tampa.

"We're going to see very shortly that the conservative in this race is going to rise… if we go to the convention, this is a conservative party," Santorum said on NBC's "Today Show."

The former senator said Republicans would balk at nominating a candidate who has thus far been unable to deliver a "knockout blow" in the race.

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