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Rick Santorum

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Rick Santorum is a former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, serving from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his conservative positions on social issues, including opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. During his tenure, Santorum was involved in various legislative efforts, including those related to healthcare and education reform. He gained national prominence during his 2012 presidential campaign, where he focused on issues such as economic growth and family values.

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Mar 12, 2012

If we nominate a conservative, we will defeat Barack Obama and set this country back on the right track.

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Mar 12, 2012

You stood with a guy who comes from the grandson of a coal miner from a steel town in western Pennsylvania.

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Mar 12, 2012

We're seeing gas prices at what are projected to be historic highs.

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Mar 12, 2012

The time is now for conservatives to pull together. The time is now to make sure, to make sure that we have the best chance to win this election.

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Mar 12, 2012

I would like everyone to drop out. But that's not the way it works.

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Mar 5, 2012

This was a big night tonight. Lots of states. We're going to win a few. We're going to lose a few. But as it looks right now, we're going to get at least a couple of gold medals and a whole passel full of silver medals. We have won in the…

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Mar 5, 2012

This was a big night. We have won in the west, the Midwest and the south. And we're ready to win across this country.

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Mar 5, 2012

No. It's the denying them access to birth control. This is outrageous. I mean, the bottom line is that you have the federal government now saying we'll give you a right and then saying by the way, we're going to tell you how to exercise…

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Mar 1, 2012

Well, he's taking -- he's being absurd. But that's -- you know, an entertainer can be absurd.

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Feb 26, 2012

You know the statistic that at least I was familiar with from a few years ago, I don't know if it still holds true, but I suspect it may even be worse, that 62 percent of kids who enter college with some sort of faith commitment leave…

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Feb 26, 2012

I encourage my kids to get higher education, absolutely, and in fact, if college is the best place for them, absolutely.

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Feb 26, 2012

There are good decent men and women go out and work hard every day and put their skills to task that aren't taught by some liberal college professor and trying to indoctrinate them.

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Feb 26, 2012

President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob.

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Feb 26, 2012

Rick Santorum calls President Obama a snob, says the president wants everybody to go to college and that college makes people lose their religion.

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Feb 26, 2012

We're 'Keeping Them Honest' tonight on the campaign trail with tomorrow's two races in Arizona and Michigan as tight as they come.

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Feb 26, 2012

Oh, I understand why he wants you to go to college. He wants to remake you in his image.

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Feb 26, 2012

Santorum Blasts President Obama on Wanting All Americans to Attend College

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Feb 23, 2012

Think about what this president is doing. Here we are now facing coming up into summertime when if we had a pipeline being built right now and it could be being built right now. Right now the president could sign an order to build that…

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Feb 23, 2012

They want higher energy prices. They want to push their radical agenda on the public.

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Feb 23, 2012

they want higher energy prices. They want to push their radical agenda on the public.

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Feb 22, 2012

The whole reason this issue is alive is because of the bill that you drafted in Massachusetts, Romneycare, which is the model for Obama care and government take over of health care.

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Feb 22, 2012

I believe in markets. Not just when they're convenient for him.

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Feb 21, 2012

It's really interesting, Governor, because the process you just described of an open process, where members of Congress put forth their -- their suggestions on how to spend money, have it voted on individually, is exactly how the process…

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