Friday, July 12, 2013

Rick Santorum to speak in Chattanooga at the Liberty Forum

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum will visit Chattanooga next week, just 10 days before Tennessee's March 6 "Super Tuesday" primary.
Santorum will headline the Chattanooga Tea Party's Liberty Forum on Feb. 25, 2012 at Abba's House in Hixson.

   
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The former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania has surged recently in national and state polls. Santorum hat-tricked elections in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri one day last week, and a recent poll shows him beating Mitt Romney in Tennessee by seven percentage points.


 
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Mark West said more than 20 elected officials and candidates have said they will attend the three-hour forum.



 
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Michael Patrick  Leahy present his new book to Santorum, where the candidate was greeted by guest and other officials.


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"I think generally what we've seen is there's no perfect candidate," Chattanooga Tea Party President Mark West said, "but at this point we feel -- well, many of us feel -- that Rick Santorum most closely aligns with our values."

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