Posted on 12/27/2011 10:15:01 AM PST by massmike
It was a ringing non-endorsement on a surprisingly slow day Monday, considering that Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses are barely more than a week away.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who was the only candidate in the state Monday, went pheasant hunting with Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, an evangelical conservative. The former senator from Pennsylvania killed some black pheasant and quail, but failed to bag the endorsement of the influential Republican leader.
Although Santorum is one of the most conservative candidates in the race, King said he had not yet made up his mind about whom to support.
Of all the candidates seeking the nomination, Santorum has spent the most time in Iowa, visiting all 99 counties and meeting with groups as sparse as two or three people. Yet he continues to lag in the polls and fundraising, and he has been unable to win the broad support of the considerable evangelical Christian base in the state.
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I will remember that, and I pray for your 2012 to be full of blessings and happiness my FRiend.
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