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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Santorum: Carolina on his mind

Former Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Rick Santorum is headed to South Carolina to campaign for a conservative candidate for governor next month, a trip sure to fuel the talk that he's toying with a run for president in 2012.

Santorum is scheduled to visit Sun City-Bluffton, Spartanburg and Greenville in support of Republican U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett's bid for governor. South Carolina, of cousre, holds a crucial early primary in the GOP nominating calendar.

"I'm pleased to support a solid conservative for governor of South Carolina," Santorum said in a statement. "I'm also looking forward to visiting with South Carolina families to discuss the issues that matter to them and the future of this country. Too much is at stake to sit back."

In early October, Santorum visited Iowa for stops in Des Moines and Dubuque. Later that month he was headliner at a Right to Life dinner in Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

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Mario F. Cattabiani (left) has covered state government and politics from Harrisburg since 1994, the last six years for the Inquirer. In July, he was ranked by PolitickerPa.com as No. 1 among the "Most Powerful Political Reporters" in Pennsylvania.

Angela Couloumbis (center) joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1998, and has covered government and politics in New Jersey, Philadelphia and throughout Pennsylvania, including Gov. Rendell’s 2006 race against former Pittsburgh Steeler Lynn Swann.

Amy Worden (right) joined the Inquirer in 2000 and has covered governors, gubernatorial races, U.S. Senate races and three presidential campaigns. When not covering politics she can be found filing dispatches from disaster scenes or digging into local stories of national import.

Thomas FitzgeraldThomas Fitzgerald joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2000, and has covered Harrisburg as well as city, state and national politics for the newspaper. He was a “boy on the bus” in the 2004 presidential campaign and during primary contests in 2000 and 1996.

Tom Infield Tom Infield, a long-time reporter and editor at The Inquirer, has covered politics from many corners of Pennsylvania. He grew up in Pittsburgh, previously worked in Mercer and Lancaster counties, and has lived in both Philadelphia and its suburbs. He has closely followed campaigns for governor and U.S. Senate, as well as Philadelphia mayoral races.

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