Santorum steps up to the plate

[HumanEvents.com]

A big day dawns for the dark-horse conservative candidate.

by John Hayward

February 07, 2012

Tuesday could be Rick Santorum’s big day – his chance to break back into the news cycle with some strong primary performances, and make the case that he’s a better choice than Newt Gingrich for those seeking an alternative to Mitt Romney.

On the national level, it’s really still a fairly close race.  An ABC News / Washington Post poll concluded on the eve of this weekend’s Nevada caucuses had Romney in the lead with 38 percent support, but Gingrich, Santorum, and Ron Paul were fairly close together with 24, 18, and 14 percent, respectively.  Very few delegates have been assigned by the primaries and caucuses held thus far.  There is still plenty of time for the race to change.

It’s the local polling that makes Tuesday exciting for the Santorum campaign.  Missouri is holding a “just for show” meaningless primary ahead of its March caucuses, but Santorum is looking very good there.  He’s just a hair behind Gingrich, and a bit ahead of Romney, but Gingrich didn’t qualify for the primary, so Santorum has a great opening to win over those march Missouri caucus-goers.

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