Santorum pursues Iowa crown old-fashioned way
- Thomas Beaumont - GOPUSA
- Dec 17, 2011
URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) - In a presidential campaign marked by sharp rises and falls, Republican Rick Santorum has experienced neither.
"I'm counting on the people of Iowa to catch fire for me," the former Pennsylvania senator, who described himself as a "strong conviction conservative," said Thursday during a debate with his rivals. "Iowans are beginning to respond."
His dogged courting of Iowans the old-fashioned way — campaigning in living rooms, coffee shops and town squares — may be starting to pay off and at just the right time, as Iowa's Jan. 3 presidential caucuses approach.
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