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Rick Santorum: “I think what I'm telling you to do is to pick the more conservative of the candidates. And it's not to settle for…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 2012
I think what I'm telling you to do is to pick the more conservative of the candidates. And it's not to settle for something less than what you believe is the best. And yet sometimes the best isn't that great, but it's the best.
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Santorum encourages voters to choose the most conservative candidate and not to settle for less.

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