Byron York (on a roll today!) features these quotes from Newt Gingrich spokesman RC Hammond describing their plan for Michigan:

"Rick Santorum is going to win the state of Michigan," Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond told reporters shortly before the debate. The Gingrich campaign sees a Santorum victory over Romney in Michigan as a critical step in damaging the Romney effort, and therefore ultimately a good thing for Gingrich. "Whatever means we can use that are to our advantage to get rid of Mitt Romney, if that means Rick Santorum is the one who exposes him as a flawed candidate, we're happy to have that happen," Hammond said.

If there is a Santorum victory in Michigan, Hammond added, "Mitt Romney has to show up the day after Michigan and explain why he can't win his home state…We will have a shift in the media narrative when people all of a sudden realize that Mitt Romney really isn't the inevitable nominee."