February 06, 2012 09:52 PM UTC

They Love Them Some Santorum In Montrose

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• by: Colorado Pols

As the Grand Junction Sentinel’s Gary Harmon reports:

Santorum, who served two terms in the Senate, pointed to a Rasmussen poll that showed him two points ahead of the president in a head-to-head matchup and said he was the best person in the GOP field to clearly differentiate himself from Obama’s policies.

He pointed in particular to the health care system shepherded by one of Santorum’s leading GOP foes, Mitt Romney, in Massachusetts, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s alliance with Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi on global-warming legislation.

Both of his opponents in the Republican Party are too entwined with Obama policy for voters to draw clear contrasts between either if they face off against the incumbent, Santorum said.

Rick Santorum had a tough night in Nevada Saturday, finishing a distant 4th place, but has invested much more time in Colorado in the past seven days than ever before. A poll follows–would a solid finish in Colorado put Santorum back in the “Romney alternative” hunt?

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