Santorum

jan 6

The Santorum campaign – or at least Rick Santorum – doesn't care because he was told there was another over-count in his favour somewhere else, telling Fox New last night: " Here's what I know. Having talked to Matt Strawn, who's the chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa ... there was one county where there was a 20-vote mistake in my favour, but there was a 21-vote mistake vote in Romney's favour. So it actually netted out to what I understand is a one-vote difference. "Guardian World

He wants a boring debate in which Santorum gets a bunch of hard questions and people ask themselves, “Is Jon Huntsman in this thing?” Washington Post Opinions

Did Romney really win the Iowa caucuses? Or did Santorum ?... MSNBC Politics

But the more durable portion of Santorum’s support stems from the fact that he is doing what every other “Not Romney” contender so far has been unwilling or unable to do – resurrect the George W. Bush coalition. Fox News Politics

* Conservative opinionmakers edge towards Santorum: The next thing to keep an eye on is whether the conservative elite seriously begins coalescing around Santorum, and today Charles Krauthammer gives Santorum’s effort a big push with a column arguing that he is the first “admirably worthy conservative alternative to Romney.” Washington Post Opinions

Do they really want to set the precedent for President Romney or Santorum ? Washington Post Opinions

Santorum, who pulled within a handful of votes to place just behind Romney in Iowa 's caucuses, was likely to find a welcome audience among South Carolina conservatives and so remained in New Hampshire to try to maintain the momentum he earned from Iowa. AP Politics

On Morning Edition, NPR 's Jeff Brady took a closer look at Santorum 's reputation in Pennsylvania. NPR News Headlines

Santorum 's comments were criticized by National Urban League President Marc H. Morial as pandering to racist elements within the GOP. Huffington Post Full Feed

Is Santorum surging ? Washington Post Opinions

Santorum, who pulled within a handful of votes to place just behind Romney in Iowa 's caucuses, was likely to find a welcome audience among South Carolina conservatives and so remained in New Hampshire to try to maintain the momentum he earned from Iowa. Seattle Times full feed