ELECTION 2012:: After wins, SANTORUM seeks funding | Reuters
By MB Snow at February 8, 2012 | 7:13 pm | Print
(Reuters) – Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum, a day after his stunning sweep of nominating contests in three states, scrambled in Texas on Wednesday to round up the support and money he needs to take on well-financed and well-organized rival Mitt Romney.
After winning in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado on Tuesday, Santorum sought to build on his momentum, addressing Texas pastors, donors and activists with the loosely organized conservative Tea Party movement.
“Nobody ever thinks I can win anything,” Santorum told about 600 people at a meeting with Christian pastors at the Bella Donna Chapel in McKinney, Texas. “The gift of being underestimated is a great gift.”
The pastors prayed and “laid hands” on Santorum in a powerful image that could resonate well with social conservatives.
A former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania and a staunch social conservative, Santorum became the first Republican White House hopeful to win four of the state-by-state contests to pick a nominee to oppose Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 6 election.
His sweep on Tuesday raised new questions about presumed front-runner Romney, who holds strong organizational and financial advantages over Santorum and the other Republican candidates but has yet to prove he can win over conservatives in the party, who see him as too moderate.
“I provide not the contrast to Mitt Romney, but we provide the conservative contrast that’s the winning one against Barack Obama,” Santorum said at a rally on Wednesday night in Allen, Texas.
About 300 people crowded around the stage in a hotel ballroom to “meet-and-greet” the presidential hopeful, including a supporter from the nearby community of Frisco, Texas.
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