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L. Coyote

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Mon Jan 2, 2012, 08:48 PM Jan 2012

Santorum sends Iowa caucus rivals scrambling [View all]

By Steve Holland
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/02/us-usa-campaign-idUSTRE7BT14220120102
DES MOINES | Mon Jan 2, 2012 6:52pm EST

(Reuters) - With time running out, rivals of surging Republican Rick Santorum raised doubts about his conservative record on Monday in hopes of heading off a last-minute victory by the former senator a day before Iowa kicks off the 2012 presidential election season.

Santorum, a second-tier candidate until a jump in the polls last week, claimed the momentum as he and the other Republican candidates barnstormed across Iowa making final arguments and trying to bolster turnout ahead of Tuesday's Iowa caucuses.

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and libertarian congressman Ron Paul are neck-and-neck in the lead in Iowa polls

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