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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFor Santorum voters, he's a candidate like them
http://news.yahoo.com/santorum-says-obama-agenda-not-based-bible-011457960.htmlCOLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Sporting his signature sweater vest and telling stories of his coal miner grandfather, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has struck a chord in the Rust Belt that is helping propel his once long-shot candidacy.
Although he is a millionaire, Santorum has found a common touch that has helped put him atop opinion polls in the industrial states of Michigan and Ohio and raised serious doubts about whether longtime front-runner Mitt Romney can win the Republican nomination to take on President Barack Obama in the November 6 election.
Santorum's portrayal of himself as the blue-collar Republican has managed to overshadow Romney's jobs message in a part of the country troubled by unemployment.
In conversations with nearly a dozen voters preparing to cast ballots for the former Pennsylvania senator in the Ohio and Michigan primaries, not one person volunteered that Santorum was the best candidate to revive American industry.
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For Santorum voters, he's a candidate like them (Original Post)
steve2470
Feb 2012
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)1. Why would we want the Pope's love child be the president??
dimbear
(6,271 posts)5. There are several historical incidences where the Pope's love child went on to be Pope.
Not, as I recall, any better than the average ones, tho. They are referred to as "Papal nephews."
Troof.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)6. There are numerous instances when there where two popes
I would like to see the Borgias come back
izquierdista
(11,689 posts)2. Yeah......stupid
ananda
(28,903 posts)3. Idiotic and full of every possible oppressive hate.
hmm
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)4. Dumb as a post?
appleannie1
(5,077 posts)7. Group hysteria is a frightful thing.
SpartanDem
(4,533 posts)8. In other words they like him because he's white