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Rick Santorum presidential profile

By AirTalk Staff
Published Dec 30, 2011
CORALVILLE, IA - DECEMBER 29: Republican presidential candidate former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) is interviewed following a town hall style meeting at the CASI Center for Active Seniors on December 29, 2011 in Davenport, Iowa. The GOP presidential contenders are crisscrossing Iowa in the final stretch of campaigning before the January 3rd caucus, the first test the candidates must face before becoming the Republican presidential nominee. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Republican presidential candidate former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) is interviewed following a town hall style meeting at the CASI Center for Active Seniors on December 29, 2011 in Davenport, Iowa.
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Rick Santorum presidential profile
You know he has a Google problem, but what else do you know about Rick Santorum? Rick Santorum has taken a dogged but a decidedly low key approach to campaigning for the Iowa caucuses. And it appears to be working. In the latest polls Santorum is just behind front runner Romney and current flavor-of-the-month, Ron Paul. So who is Rick Santorum? What’s his background? How have his many controversies affected him? And does he have any chance against Romney, let alone in a national election?

You know he has a Google problem, but what else do you know about Rick Santorum? Rick Santorum has taken a dogged but a decidedly low key approach to campaigning for the Iowa caucuses. And it appears to be working. In the latest polls Santorum is just behind front runner Romney and current flavor-of-the-month, Ron Paul. So who is Rick Santorum? What’s his background? How have his many controversies affected him? And does he have any chance against Romney, let alone in a national election?

Guest:

Will Bunch, Senior Writer, Philadelphia Daily News