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The Santorum campaign believes the delegate race is far closer than what is being portrayed by the media and campaign of GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney, according to a memo obtained by CNN. But top Republicans say Santorum's characterization of the race represents more wishful thinking than actual progress in the hunt for delegates.

In the memo, Santorum's delegate strategist John Yob says that a number of considerations nor currently factored in media projections show Santorum trailing Romney 571 delegates to 342 delegates. But CNN's current projection shows Romney with 657 and Santorum with 273.

"There are a couple of fundamental flaws with the delegate counts that the media keeps that reveals that this race is much closer than they report," Yob rights.

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