With 41 percent of the Republican delegates’ support at stake, the heat is being turned up on Mitt Romney as Feb. 5 looms ahead.

On Wednesday, former Republican primary candidate Rudolph Giuliani threw his support behind Romney’s biggest competitor, John McCain. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger did the same on Thursday while McCain was visiting the Golden state.

Though McCain scored the win among registered Republicans in Florida, with 36 percent of the votes, Romney didn’t trail far behind, gathering 31 percent. As the race draws closer and 24 states ready themselves to vote, Romney has spent $17 million of his own money to fund television advertisements in California’s expensive media markets.

Romney, a 60-year-old Mormon businessman-turned-CEO of the 2002 Winter Olympics, turned Massachusetts governor, now hopes to add commander in chief to his resume.

Born in Detroit, Mich. in 1947, Willard Mitt Romney is the son of George Romney, who served as the governor of Michigan for three terms.

Romney attended Stanford University before moving to France for 30 months to serve as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Afterwards, Romney attended Brigham Young University, followed by the Harvard Business School where he earned his MBA.

Romney served as vice president at Bain ‘ Company, Inc., a leading management firm from 1978 to 1984. He then founded Bain Capital in 1984, a venture capital and investment company.

Romney credits his economic experience to having been involved in these companies.

“I’ve spent my entire life in the real economy,” he said. “I know why jobs come; I know why they go