A confident Rick Santorum, surging in the polls, challenged Republican conservatives to rally to his side on Monday

Rick Santorum tries to muscle past Mitt Romney, Ron Paul

Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) - ‎28 minutes ago‎

Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign stop at the Rising Sun Cafe in Polk City, Iowa. AP/Eric Gay PERRY, Iowa — A confident Rick Santorum, surging in the polls, challenged Republican conservatives to rally to his side on Monday, as he took shots at ...

Rick Santorum's endorsement regret: Why he backed Romney in '08

Christian Science Monitor - ‎48 minutes ago‎

Rick Santorum is surging in Iowa just before the caucuses Tuesday, giving Mitt Romney a run for his money. Back in 2008, Santorum gave Romney something else: his support. By Amanda Paulson, Staff Writer / January 2, 2012 Republican presidential ...

Iowa sleeper Santorum sends caucus rivals scrambling

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎

By Steve Holland | DES MOINES (Reuters) - With time running out, rivals of surging Republican Rick Santorum raised doubts about his conservative record on Monday in hopes of heading off a last-minute victory by the former senator a day before Iowa ...

In Iowa, Specter endorsement haunts Rick Santorum

Los Angeles Times - ‎1 hour ago‎

By Paul West As Rick Santorum rises in the polls, the Republican presidential candidate is receiving fresh scrutiny over his endorsement of moderate Republican incumbent Arlen Specter against a strong conservative challenger in the 2004 GOP Senate ...

What Rick Santorum and John Edwards have in common

Washington Post (blog) - ‎9 hours ago‎

For six years — from 1998 to 2004 — Rick Santorum and John Edwards served in the Senate together. And it would seem that that time spent in the world's greatest deliberative body is about all the two men ever had in common. ...

Iowa caucus -- myths and reality

CNN - ‎6 hours ago‎

By John Avlon, CNN Contributor Former Senator Rick Santorum, at a campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa., has moved up rapidly in the closely contested Iowa polls. Editor's note: John Avlon is a CNN contributor and senior political columnist for Newsweek ...

Rick Perry Says Bachmann, Santorum Lack National Organization to Continue

ABC News (blog) - ‎6 hours ago‎

Rick Perry views the road beyond Iowa as one working more in his favor than in Michele Bachmann's or Rick Santorum's, saying the two rivals, who are competing for the same conservative evangelical votes, have no national organization to be viable in ...

GOP Candidates Court Iowa Voters, Pile on Santorum

ABC News - ‎2 hours ago‎

Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania speaks outside the Pella Public Library during a campaign stop, Pella, Iowa, Dec. 31, 2011. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Republican candidates stepped up attacks against President Obama and each other in the last full day of ...

GOP rivals step up attacks on Santorum

USA TODAY - ‎2 hours ago‎

By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY DES MOINES -- Rick Santorum is getting more slings and arrows from his GOP rivals today, as the race to win the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses heats up on the eve of voting. Rick Perry, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney each took ...

Rick Santorum's Last-Minute Crusade in Iowa

Daily Beast - ‎6 hours ago‎

Rick Santorum is on a mission. The once darker-than-dark horse candidate for president has become the latest member of the GOP pack to rocket up in the polls, moving from single digits to a strong third place finish in the highly influential Des Moines ...

Santorum's fundraising soars along with his poll numbers

CNN (blog) - ‎3 hours ago‎

Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - Rick Santorum's poll numbers aren't the only thing on the rise. The former senator from Pennsylvania's fundraising figures are also skyrocketing. A senior Santorum adviser tells CNN the campaign raised more money in the last ...

US elections 2012: evangelical Christians scramble to unite behind Rick Santorum

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎1 hour ago‎

Evangelical Christians and anti-abortion activists across Iowa were on Monday night scrambling to unite the Republican Right behind Rick Santorum, in an attempt to stop Mitt Romney running away with the party's presidential nomination. ...

Perry: Santorum can't beat Obama

CBS News - ‎4 hours ago‎

DES MOINES, Iowa - Rick Perry kicked off his last full day of campaigning in Iowa today with a round of TV interviews that made one thing clear: he has his sights firmly trained on Rick Santorum in a last-minute attempt to woo Iowa evangelicals. ...

Santorum Seeks to Broaden His Appeal Beyond Evangelicals

New York Times - ‎5 hours ago‎

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Emboldened by evidence that his sudden burst in the polls was building, Rick Santorum came to this conservative corner of rural Iowa on Sunday to try to cement his status as the anti-Mitt Romney candidate, and he urged his supporters ...

Rick Santorum: British Empire's Decline Due To Growth Of Social Programs

Huffington Post - ‎44 minutes ago‎

BOONE, Iowa -- Rick Santorum said Monday that the United Kingdom's development of a social safety net, including universal health care, cost the nation its empire and "world domination," a mantle he said the United States has assumed but is in danger ...

Santorum's Support Builds Ahead Of Iowa Caucuses

NPR - ‎9 hours ago‎

by Ted Robbins Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum points to a television showing his campaign stop on live at the Daily Grind coffee shop in Sioux City, Iowa, Sunday. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum points to a television ...

Rick Santorum's surge comes with scrutiny

The State Column - ‎4 hours ago‎

The most recent polls of Iowa caucus voters show former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum surging into third place behind Texas congressman Ron Paul and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Mr. Santorum is quickly finding out that just like the ...

Will Rick Santorum win in Iowa?

CBS News - ‎19 hours ago‎

Rick Santorum speaks to local residents during a campaign stop at the Daily Grind coffee shop, Jan. 1, 2012, in Sioux City, Iowa. DES MOINES, IOWA--Rick Santorum is so hot right now, you'd think he was the cure to something. When pollsters for the Des ...

Rick Santorum hopes his appeal as 'consistent conservative' lifts him to ...

Washington Post - ‎Jan 1, 2012‎

WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum has never been shy about picking fights, even with fellow Republicans. Just two months after arriving in the Senate in 1995 as Pennsylvania's junior senator, an upstart Santorum and some other conservative senators tried to ...

Rick Santorum rises with blue-collar pitch

Politico - ‎21 hours ago‎

DES MOINES – The Santorum Surge? It's hard even to say it without cracking a smile. The notion of former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum coming from out of nowhere to be a major factor in Republican presidential politics does indeed sound a bit like a ...

Late-Breaking and Game-Changing: Rick Santorum Is Red Hot in Iowa

TIME - ‎10 hours ago‎

By Alex Altman | @aaltman82 | January 2, 2012 | + Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign stop at the Daily Grind coffee shop on January 1, 2012 in Sioux City, Iowa. It took about 375 events, but Rick Santorum is ...

Rick Santorum uses race to slam 'divider-in-chief' Barack Obama

The Grio - ‎5 hours ago‎

By David A. Love Republican presidential candidate former US Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) speaks during a campaign stop on December 31, 2011 in Ottumwa, Iowa. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Rick Santorum is a former senator, presidential candidate ...

Surging Rick Santorum urges Iowa to send "shock wave"

Reuters - ‎21 hours ago‎

By Steve Holland | SIOUX CITY, Iowa (Reuters) - Surging Republican Rick Santorum urged his supporters in Iowa on Sunday to "send a shock wave across this country" by voting for him in Tuesday's first US presidential contest of the 2012 election. ...

Late-surging Santorum looks to rally voters ahead of Iowa caucuses

CNN - ‎Jan 1, 2012‎

Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) -- Rick Santorum started the new year riding the wave of a strong finish in the last major poll before Tuesday's Iowa caucuses and looked to rally his supporters in a series of events on Sunday. There were few surprises in ...

Santorum makes his case in Iowa, apologizes for past "tone"

CBS News - ‎2 hours ago‎

Rick Santorum, newly christened by the polls as a serious candidate in Iowa, is beginning to make the case for why he is a better choice than front-runner Mitt Romney, describing the former Massachusetts governor as vulnerable on important issues like ...

Evangelical voters may be gathering behind Rick Santorum

Atlanta Journal Constitution - ‎9 hours ago‎

By Jim Galloway and Jeremy Redmon DES MOINES, Iowa – Conservative evangelicals on Sunday showed signs of coalescing behind former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum – raising the possibility of a surprise finish in caucuses that will mark the formal ...

Rick Santorum edges up in Iowa polls

Boston Herald - ‎9 hours ago‎

Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. “I'ma conservative. I'm proud to be a conservative businessman,” Romney said at the Family Table restaurant in Atlantic, adding that Santorum “was kind enough to endorse me the last time around.” A poll released Saturday ...

GOP presidential candidates make all-out, final-day push before the Iowa ...

New York Daily News - ‎52 minutes ago‎

BY Jonathan Lemire Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign stop Monday at the Rising Sun Cafe in Polk City, Iowa. Polls show the former US Senator from Pennsylvania, once an afterthought in the state, could take the ...

Who Is Rick Santorum?

The Atlantic - ‎15 hours ago‎

ROCK RAPIDS, IOWA -- Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who's enjoying a last-minute surge in Iowa in advance of Tuesday's Republican caucuses, has made a name for himself in Iowa but is still a mostly unknown quantity nationally. ...

Rick Santorum Finally Gets His Media Moment

Huffington Post - ‎22 hours ago‎

ANKENY, Iowa -- Rick Santorum, perhaps accustomed to TV talking heads dismissing his candidacy, told voters Saturday not to listen to the pundits. But it's the pundits who are now listening to him. Political reporters and commentators have been ...

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The Iowa caucuses are low-turnout, high-intensity

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Iowa caucus -- myths and reality

CNN - ‎6 hours ago‎

But it is also an overhyped media circus, which helps give Iowa disproportionate influence on who gets the Republican nomination, despite the fact that no binding delegates are actually selected. The Iowa caucuses are low-turnout, high-intensity ...

Iowa Caucuses: Where To Find The GOP Candidates On The Final Day

Huffington Post - ‎17 minutes ago‎

The rally is his only scheduled stop before a caucus night party at the Hotel Fort Des Moines at 8:45 pm Rick Santorum will host a now-plausibly named Iowa Caucus Victory Party at 7:00 pm at the Stoney Creek Inn in Johnston. Santorum, who has ridden a ...

Iowa caucuses: Republicans in final flurry of campaigning

BBC News - ‎1 hour ago‎

Republican presidential candidates are out making their final pitch to voters on the last full day of campaigning before the Iowa caucuses. Three contenders, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum, lead the pack ahead of Tuesday's vote. ...

In Iowa caucus, independent voters could swing results

Washington Post (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎

Only registered Republicans can vote in the Iowa caucuses, but anyone eligible to vote or even registered with another party can decide to register as a Republican on Tuesday evening and participate in the caucuses. “I think we could have record caucus ...

Winners and Losers of the Iowa Caucus

ABC News - ‎2 hours ago‎

By AMY BINGHAM (@Amy_Bingham) The Iowa caucus is Tuesday and the six Republican candidates competing for a top spot are putting the pedal to the medal in a final push to woo prospective caucus-goers. But despite the thousands of bus-tour miles put on ...

The overhyped, unrepresentative Iowa caucuses

CBS News - ‎8 hours ago‎

DES MOINES -- A total of 119188 people participated in the 2008 Iowa Republican caucuses. That's about 20 percent of Iowa's registered Republicans, 4 percent of the population of Iowa, and .04 percent of the total US population; it's also less than ...

Iowa caucuses: Pulling the weeds from Republican field

CNN - ‎3 hours ago‎

Three Republican candidates -- Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum -- are on the cusp of grabbing a coveted top-three finish in Iowa, the leadoff caucus state, which rarely picks presidents but usually finds a way to whittle down the field of ...

Iowa caucuses: Republican candidates make final pitch

BBC News - ‎5 hours ago‎

Republican White House hopefuls are making their final pitches to voters as they enter a last day of campaigning ahead of Tuesday's Iowa caucuses. Mitt Romney maintains a narrow lead over Ron Paul, his nearest rival, although opinion polls show many in ...

Iowa sleeper Santorum sends caucus rivals scrambling

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎

Santorum, a second-tier candidate until a jump in the polls last week, claimed the momentum as he and the other Republican candidates barnstormed across Iowa making final arguments and trying to bolster turnout ahead of Tuesday's Iowa caucuses. ...

Iowa Caucuses: What to Expect (Short of Results)

Wall Street Journal (blog) - ‎3 hours ago‎

By Mary Lu Carnevale The Iowa Republican Party calls the caucuses “among the most transparent, grassroots-base political activities in the country,” but for those outside the Hawkeye State, the procedures can be somewhat obscure. ...

Iowa GOP caucus 2012: Romney, Santorum and Paul sprint to the finish

The Guardian (blog) - ‎4 hours ago‎

11.30am: Have I mentioned that you should enter the Guardian's exciting Iowa Caucus Prediction contest – help us crowd-source the Iowa caucus result and win fabulous* prizes. Including your own copy of the Ron Paul Family Cookbook, with Carol Paul's ...

Iowa Caucuses Are as Distorted as a Funhouse Mirror

Daily Beast - ‎11 hours ago‎

Howard Kurtz reports on how the crazy-quilt caucuses and the media's spin game often provide a distorted picture of the presidential race. Plus, David Sessions breaks down exactly how the caucus works. When the Iowa caucus results trickle in Tuesday ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — It's caucus eve. Do you know where your candidates are?

Washington Post (blog) - ‎16 minutes ago‎

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R) held events in Council Bluffs and Atlantic, Iowa. The former sits in Pottawattamie County, which was Romney Country in the 2008 GOP caucuses; the former Massachusetts governor took 33 percent there to ...

GOP presidential candidates make all-out, final-day push before the Iowa ...

New York Daily News - ‎49 minutes ago‎

Polls show the former US Senator from Pennsylvania, once an afterthought in the state, could take the Iowa caucus on Tuesday. POLK CITY, IOWA — The Republican presidential candidates dashed across Iowa Monday, logging hundreds of miles and shaking as ...

Iowa caucuses to be "close" race: former lt. governor

Xinhua - ‎13 hours ago‎

But according to the last poll of Iowan caucus goers released Saturday night by the Des Moines Register, Gingrich polled fourth with 12 percent of support. Romney came out on top in that poll. But he was being challenged by Texas Congressman Ron Paul, ...

Frenzied countdown to Republican Iowa caucus

ABC Online - ‎54 minutes ago‎

But a victory in Iowa can lift a sagging campaign or give a top contender an extra air of inevitability, bringing fundraising dollars, endorsements and voter support that can shape the rest of the state-by-state nominating battle. The caucus does not ...

Iowa Race Tightens in Final 48 Hours

New York Times (blog) - ‎7 hours ago‎

By NATE SILVER A new Public Policy Polling survey in Iowa, conducted Saturday and Sunday, shows a virtual three-way tie in advance of the Iowa caucuses. Ron Paul has a nominal lead with 20 percent of the vote in the poll, followed by Mitt Romney at 19 ...

Iowa caucus: What each candidate needs to do to win

St. Cloud Times - ‎14 hours ago‎

Huntsman has appeared in Iowa only for two nationally televised debates. The campaign hasn't announced any Iowa campaign stops before the Iowa caucuses, instead focusing its efforts on New Hampshire. Should he come to Iowa, his message should be that ...

Your Iowa Field Guide

Fox News - ‎5 hours ago‎

After eight months of a baffling, unprecedented Republican nominating process, it should be no surprise that the Iowa caucuses are baffling too. There are five candidates clustered within 10 points in the Real Clear Politics average for Iowa, ...

candidates reveal late strategies

CNN - ‎3 hours ago‎

By John Helton and Gabriella Schwarz, CNN Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) -- Several storylines emerged Monday on the last full day of campaigning before Tuesday's Iowa caucuses. Front-runner Mitt Romney is trying to tamp down an upstart threat from Rick ...

US: Republican Presidential Contenders Face Iowa Test

Voice of America - ‎3 hours ago‎

VOA reporters Kane Farabaugh and Jim Malone discuss Iowa Caucuses Voters in Iowa often do not crown the eventual presidential nominees for either Republicans or Democrats. But its first-in-the-nation caucuses can serve as a launchpad for political ...

Iowa caucus: Romney leads Paul as Santorum surges in polls

Vancouver Sun - ‎20 hours ago‎

3 Iowa caucuses. The Iowa Poll by the Des Moines Register newspaper, released late yesterday, shows the former Massachusetts governor with the support of 24 percent of likely Republican caucus- goers, up from 16 percent in the poll a month ago. ...

Late-surging Santorum looks to rally voters ahead of Iowa caucuses

CNN - ‎Jan 1, 2012‎

Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) -- Rick Santorum started the new year riding the wave of a strong finish in the last major poll before Tuesday's Iowa caucuses and looked to rally his supporters in a series of events on Sunday. There were few surprises in ...

Iowa Caucuses lead America to Republican Nominee

WCN (WestminsterCollege Network) - ‎50 minutes ago‎

The Iowa Caucus is the one of the largest events in the state. Candidates tour all 99 counties in order to keep in the mind of Caucus voters. Tomorrow, Jan. 3, Iowans will decide their pick for the Republican GOP candidate. As of Caucus Day Eve, ...

The line on the Iowa caucuses: Romney has best odds, Santorum has the momentum

Washington Post - ‎20 hours ago‎

The Iowa caucuses are almost here! In less than 48 hours, Republicans will gather across the Hawkeye State to pick the man or woman they think should be the next president. At this point, there's not much left for the candidates — or the reporters who ...

GOP candidates make final push to secure votes ahead of Iowa caucuses

The Guardian - ‎3 hours ago‎

Republican presidential candidates fanned out across Iowa on Monday in a final bid to corral voters ahead of Tuesday's caucuses, the first contest of the 2012 election. Volunteers were pouring in from other states to help with the final push. ...

Iowa Caucuses: Ron Paul vs. the weather

The State Column - ‎4 hours ago‎

Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, is likely to finish in the top-tier of Republican presidential candidates in the Iowa Caucuses on Tuesday, January 3rd. In fact, Mr. Paul predicted a “first or second” ...

Final Iowa polls show fragmented field

Financial Times - ‎1 hour ago‎

After rising to the top of the polls in early December, Mr Gingrich's campaign has been the most damaged by one of the defining characteristics of this year's Iowa caucus campaign: a flood of dollars spent on attack television ads by outside, ...

Major GOP candidates spread out across Iowa ahead of caucus

Washington Post - ‎33 minutes ago‎

On Tuesday night, this state will hold its first-in-the-nation Republican caucuses. On Monday, six presidential candidates — including the three very different men who appear to be front-runners — all began their last dashes under Iowa's frigid ...

Santorum's Support Builds Ahead Of Iowa Caucuses

NPR - ‎9 hours ago‎

"I'm leaning toward Santorum going into the caucus Tuesday," Lee says. "We're still kind of leaning toward Bachmann and there's also, is it Perry?" "I like him, too — those three are about tied," Ehrhardt says. For Santorum to win the Iowa caucuses or ...

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