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Fourth-place Iowa finish energizes Santorum campaign
Not so long ago, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum was being dismissed as an asterisk in the Republican presidential race, a candidate who had to raise his hand and shame moderators into calling on him during a nationally televised debate.
The straw poll in Ames changed all that. Santorum had no trouble getting noticed as he visited the networks' encampments on the floor of the Hilton Coliseum at Iowa State University for a series of interviews. He had finished a strong fourth Aug. 13 with 1,657 votes (a shade below 10 percent) in an early test of Republican candidates' organizing strength.
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks at the Iowa Straw Poll on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, at Hilton Coliseum in Ames. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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