<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - santorum</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/santorum</link><description>Newsvine - santorum</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:59:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 09:42:48 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Santorum takes up fight against Hagel nomination</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republican opposition to Chuck Hagel as the next defense secretary swelled from inside and outside the Senate Thursday as a former Senate colleague launched a campaign to block his nomination.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna Cassata ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Donna Cassata ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16449098-santorum-takes-up-fight-against-hagel-nomination</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16449098-santorum-takes-up-fight-against-hagel-nomination</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>santorum</category><category>defense-department</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>hagel</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>former-republican</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:48:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Santorum raps Obama for 'nightmare of dependency'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Conservative Rick Santorum says that under President Barack Obama, the dream of freedom and opportunity has become a "nightmare of dependency" with almost half of America receiving some government benefit.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/28/13534212-santorum-raps-obama-for-nightmare-of-dependency</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/28/13534212-santorum-raps-obama-for-nightmare-of-dependency</guid><category>us</category><category>santorum</category><category>us-news</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>cvn</category><category>conservative-rick-santorum</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:39:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Santorum criticizes Obama on welfare reform</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rick Santorum was one of Mitt Romney's toughest foes during the GOP presidential race, but the former Pennsylvania senator plans to help Romney appeal to the party's conservative base when he addresses the Republican National Convention.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/28/13526130-santorum-criticizes-obama-on-welfare-reform</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/28/13526130-santorum-criticizes-obama-on-welfare-reform</guid><category>us</category><category>santorum</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>us-news</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>republican-national-convention</category><category>cvn</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:51:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=135d0b9e-56a4-4596-8a87-a3e53accfa53.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=135d0b9e-56a4-4596-8a87-a3e53accfa53.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 13, 2012 file photo, Rick Santorum speaks in St. Louis. Santorum was one of Mitt Romney's toughest foes during the GOP presidential race, but the former Pennsylvania senator plans to help Romney appeal to the party's conservative base when he addresses the Republican National Convention.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Santorum to release delegates</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is releasing the delegates he won during the GOP primary race to Mitt Romney.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Peoples]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Steve Peoples]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/24/13455910-santorum-to-release-delegates</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/24/13455910-santorum-to-release-delegates</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>santorum</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>delegates</category><category>former-republican</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Santorum sticks by campaign jabs of Romney</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rick Santorum is sticking by earlier questions he posed about former rival Mitt Romney's authenticity, saying the points he made during the primary campaign were legitimate.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/17/12267302-santorum-sticks-by-campaign-jabs-of-romney</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/17/12267302-santorum-sticks-by-campaign-jabs-of-romney</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>santorum</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:17:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Romney woos Christians, gains Santorum support</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/16/12258448-romney-woos-christians-gains-santorum-support</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/16/12258448-romney-woos-christians-gains-santorum-support</guid><category>washington</category><category>conservatives</category><category>santorum</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>romney</category><category>christian</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>paused</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 23:56:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Yes, you can get a good job without college</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11756681-yes-you-can-get-a-good-job-without-college</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11756681-yes-you-can-get-a-good-job-without-college</guid><category>college</category><category>jobs</category><category>for</category><category>santorum</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>degree</category><category>four-year</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:18:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Santorum endorses one-time rival Romney</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former presidential hopeful Rick Santorum urged his supporters to back fellow Republican Mitt Romney's campaign Monday in a late-night email that ignored that Santorum once calling Romney the "worst Republican in the country" during their bitter contest.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/07/11588125-santorum-endorses-one-time-rival-romney</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/07/11588125-santorum-endorses-one-time-rival-romney</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>santorum</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>republican-mitt-romney</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 03:20:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5829b60a-fdea-4a04-a09d-8cc3804cb891.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5829b60a-fdea-4a04-a09d-8cc3804cb891.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2012, file photo Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, talks with fellow candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, left, after a presidential debate in Arizona. On Monday night, May 7, 2012, Santorum endorsed Romney, saying &quot;above all else&quot; they agree that Obama must be defeated. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney and Santorum meet in Pittsburgh</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has met with former rival Rick Santorum.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11540280-romney-and-santorum-meet-in-pittsburgh</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11540280-romney-and-santorum-meet-in-pittsburgh</guid><category>us</category><category>santorum</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>us-news</category><category>romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 16:45:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Consolation prize: Santorum heads to Jay Leno show</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republican Rick Santorum lost his bid to become president this year, but he's earned a trip to Jay Leno's couch.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/27/11435499-consolation-prize-santorum-heads-to-jay-leno-show</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/27/11435499-consolation-prize-santorum-heads-to-jay-leno-show</guid><category>us</category><category>santorum</category><category>leno</category><category>jay-leno</category><category>us-news</category><category>republican-rick-santorum</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:07:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Santorum hints at Romney endorsement</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says he expects to endorse Mitt Romney.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Peoples]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Steve Peoples]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11379497-santorum-hints-at-romney-endorsement</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11379497-santorum-hints-at-romney-endorsement</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>santorum</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>former-republican</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:08:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Santorum: Money not the only reason for dropping</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11235913-santorum-money-not-the-only-reason-for-dropping</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11235913-santorum-money-not-the-only-reason-for-dropping</guid><category>campaign</category><category>money</category><category>santorum</category><category>e-mail</category><category>debt</category><category>supporters</category><category>retire</category><category>donate</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:43:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Romney rakes in cash during spring break</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11212848-romney-rakes-in-cash-during-spring-break</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11212848-romney-rakes-in-cash-during-spring-break</guid><category>for</category><category>election</category><category>money</category><category>santorum</category><category>donor</category><category>romney</category><category>anticipation</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>with-santorum</category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:05:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A sample of Santorum's potshots at Romney</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some of the things Rick Santorum said about Mitt Romney during the GOP presidential race:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/11/11133816-a-sample-of-santorums-potshots-at-romney</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/11/11133816-a-sample-of-santorums-potshots-at-romney</guid><category>us</category><category>on</category><category>politics</category><category>santorum</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:01:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/edc8ee72-d436-4e46-9935-9fea42c5e095.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/edc8ee72-d436-4e46-9935-9fea42c5e095.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 19, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a rally in Rockford, Ill. Over the course of his run for the Republican presidential nomination, Rick Santorum has taken plenty of potshots at Mitt Romney including this stop when he said Do you really believe this country wants to elect a Wall Street financier as the president of the United States? Do you think that's the kind of experience that we need?&quot; (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a7a7b076-55f4-433b-86f8-4b4b6267a010.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="451" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a7a7b076-55f4-433b-86f8-4b4b6267a010.jpg" width="120" height="135" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, speaks at the San Marino Club during a campaign stop in Troy, Mich. Over the course of his run for the Republican presidential nomination, Rick Santorum has taken plenty of potshots at Mitt Romney including this stop when he said &quot;Are you going to vote for someone that says one thing one day, anything else the next day that's necessary to win? Or are you going to vote for someone you trust?&quot;(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Santorum says the campaign was toughest on his family</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11129865-santorum-says-the-campaign-was-toughest-on-his-family</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11129865-santorum-says-the-campaign-was-toughest-on-his-family</guid><category>race</category><category>peace</category><category>santorum</category><category>dropping</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>rick</category><category>announcing</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:56:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Romney: Santorum's exit &quot;good day for me&quot;</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11127485-romney-santorums-exit-good-day-for-me</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11127485-romney-santorums-exit-good-day-for-me</guid><category>santorum</category><category>presidential</category><category>from</category><category>romney</category><category>bobby-jindal</category><category>jindal</category><category>raked</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>as-santorum</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:15:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama campaign: Romney can't 'buy the presidency'</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's campaign manager says Republican Mitt Romney has been able to grind down his opponents for the GOP presidential nomination but won't be able to "buy the presidency."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11125347-obama-campaign-romney-cant-buy-the-presidency</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11125347-obama-campaign-romney-cant-buy-the-presidency</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>santorum</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>republican-mitt-romney</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:51:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>With Santorum out, what 'suspending' a campaign means</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11124313-with-santorum-out-what-suspending-a-campaign-means</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11124313-with-santorum-out-what-suspending-a-campaign-means</guid><category>campaign</category><category>santorum</category><category>language</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>rick</category><category>suspending</category><category>suspend</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:05:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>SPIN METER: Santorum looks moderate in 2006 flier</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rick Santorum boasts that his deep conservative values make him a stronger challenger against President Barack Obama this fall than likely GOP nominee Mitt Romney. It's an argument he is making in his home state of Pennsylvania, where a primary victory in two weeks is critical to a campaign already seen by many as all but hopeless.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Miga]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11112648-spin-meter-santorum-looks-moderate-in-2006-flier</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11112648-spin-meter-santorum-looks-moderate-in-2006-flier</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>santorum</category><category>how</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>conservative</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:02:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5e9bca21-e097-4d21-968b-e08ceef45fce.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5e9bca21-e097-4d21-968b-e08ceef45fce.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 3, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks in Cranberry, Pa. Rick Santorum boasts that deep conservative values make him a stronger challenger against President Barack Obama this fall than likely GOP nominee Mitt Romney.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/dc3d5fc2-27bb-44da-8d0a-728ba9a1be06.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="469" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/dc3d5fc2-27bb-44da-8d0a-728ba9a1be06.jpg" width="120" height="141" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 13, 2001 file photo, U2 lead singer Bono, discusses the global AIDS crises with then-Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rick Santorum boasts that deep conservative values make him a stronger challenger against President Barack Obama this fall than likely GOP nominee Mitt Romney.   (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ab070abb-3cb6-469d-84ed-5927b7bd7b65.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ab070abb-3cb6-469d-84ed-5927b7bd7b65.jpg" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 19, 2005 file photo, then-Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., left, talks with then-Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rick Santorum boasts that deep conservative values make him a stronger challenger against President Barack Obama this fall than likely GOP nominee Mitt Romney.  (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/83753f02-5517-4b9f-8b4f-a55eefa52a79.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/83753f02-5517-4b9f-8b4f-a55eefa52a79.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2006 file photo, then-Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., left, and his opponent Democrat Bob Casey confront each other during the taping of a debate at the KDKA television studio in Pittsburgh. Rick Santorum boasts that deep conservative values make him a stronger challenger against President Barack Obama this fall than likely GOP nominee Mitt Romney.  (AP Photo/Steve Mellon, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Campaign says Santorum's daughter out of hospital</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11110751-campaign-says-santorums-daughter-out-of-hospital</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11110751-campaign-says-santorums-daughter-out-of-hospital</guid><category>campaign</category><category>santorum</category><category>hospital</category><category>released</category><category>bella</category><category>announced</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>bella-satorum</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Apr 2012 16:57:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Santorum hails NRA's fight for individual freedom</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum says no group has done a better job of promoting American freedom than the National Rifle Association.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Babington]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charles Babington]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11100366-santorum-hails-nras-fight-for-individual-freedom</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11100366-santorum-hails-nras-fight-for-individual-freedom</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>santorum</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>us-news</category><category>national-rifle-association</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>former-gop</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Apr 2012 15:10:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f5d305b9-aad5-41e6-93c7-d3930f0fec12.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="490" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f5d305b9-aad5-41e6-93c7-d3930f0fec12.jpg" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 6, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum holds his daughter Isabella in Somerset. The ill daughter of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has been hospitalized. Santorum's campaign said Friday that Bella had been taken to an undisclosed hospital. The 3-year-old has the rare genetic condition Trisomy 18 and was hospitalized earlier this year with pneumonia. Santorum's campaign did not say why she was hospitalized.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/08dcf575-9406-4ecb-bc06-e8ab722f0dda.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/08dcf575-9406-4ecb-bc06-e8ab722f0dda.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2012, file photo Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and his wife Karen leave the Faith and Freedom Coalition rally in Myrtle Beach, S.C.    Santorum plans no campaign events on Monday April 9, 2012 and will spend time with his wife and ailing daughter Bella.  (AP Photo/David Goldman/file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5e9bca21-e097-4d21-968b-e08ceef45fce.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5e9bca21-e097-4d21-968b-e08ceef45fce.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 3, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks in Cranberry, Pa. Rick Santorum boasts that deep conservative values make him a stronger challenger against President Barack Obama this fall than likely GOP nominee Mitt Romney.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ba1f7cc3-fa2c-4956-bb36-d5ea6789c177.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ba1f7cc3-fa2c-4956-bb36-d5ea6789c177.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 31, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum pauses while speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Presidential Kick-Off in Pewaukee, Wis. Santorum is suspending his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, clearing a path for Mitt Romney to become the nominee. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fd93e3e2-1cfe-4d88-86fe-85a357a51011.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fd93e3e2-1cfe-4d88-86fe-85a357a51011.jpg" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 4, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum visits Bob's Diner in Carnegie, Pa. Santorum is suspending his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, clearing a path for Mitt Romney to become the nominee. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/533231a5-25ce-42df-8a99-54c65cddb4ba.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/533231a5-25ce-42df-8a99-54c65cddb4ba.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - in this April 3, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks to supporters at an election night party in Cranberry Township, Pa. Santorum is suspending his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, clearing a path for Mitt Romney to become the nominee.   (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2d4d2115-9caf-4cd4-9800-a4667a3cea50.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2d4d2115-9caf-4cd4-9800-a4667a3cea50.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 3, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum gets a hug from his wife Karen in Cranberry, Pa. Santorum is suspending his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, clearing a path for Mitt Romney to become the nominee.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eb359597-d617-49f5-b2ef-24c6286e7284.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eb359597-d617-49f5-b2ef-24c6286e7284.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum announces he is suspending his candidacy for the presidency effective today, Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in Gettysburg, Pa.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ced735e9-678b-463c-8154-8d73c036d2e6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ced735e9-678b-463c-8154-8d73c036d2e6.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Surrounded by members of his family Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum announces he is suspending his candidacy effective today in Gettysburg, Pa., Tuesday, April 10, 2012.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4910bb1b-195d-4d2e-ab9f-fa7f63a2bf7d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4910bb1b-195d-4d2e-ab9f-fa7f63a2bf7d.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Surrounded by his family, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum announces he is suspending his candidacy for the presidency effective today, Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in Gettysburg, Pa.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/76d991de-eb08-4f8c-8ace-e453ec0df019.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/76d991de-eb08-4f8c-8ace-e453ec0df019.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Surrounded by his family Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum announces he is suspending his candidacy in Gettysburg, Pa., Tuesday, April 10, 2012.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a81fb278-9787-46b7-a362-133cd8fe671f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a81fb278-9787-46b7-a362-133cd8fe671f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum turns to his wife Karen, left, after announcing he is suspending his candidacy for the presidency, Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in Gettysburg, Pa.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f7860375-6322-441b-96be-38cfda299426.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f7860375-6322-441b-96be-38cfda299426.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum gets a hug from his wife Karen after announcing he is suspending his candidacy for the presidency, Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in Gettysburg, Pa.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1fad214a-b6c3-49d7-9d23-9d8d5d388e6d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1fad214a-b6c3-49d7-9d23-9d8d5d388e6d.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis, Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/acb3b766-63d8-482b-a6ea-a47fc2fd8400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/acb3b766-63d8-482b-a6ea-a47fc2fd8400.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis, Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/45703377-81db-4f7b-bd0b-80a705591120.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/45703377-81db-4f7b-bd0b-80a705591120.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis, Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Santorum's 3-year-old daughter out of hospital</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 3-year-old daughter of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has been released from a Virginia hospital and is settling in at home with her parents, a campaign spokesman said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/08/11089647-santorums-3-year-old-daughter-out-of-hospital</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/08/11089647-santorums-3-year-old-daughter-out-of-hospital</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>santorum</category><category>daughter</category><category>rick-santorum</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Apr 2012 02:46:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Santorum delegate plan hits wall in North Dakota</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's plan to use state conventions to pull support from Mitt Romney has stalled in North Dakota, where Romney has the largest group of backers among the state's delegates to the party's national convention.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dale Wetzel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dale Wetzel]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/06/11057418-santorum-delegate-plan-hits-wall-in-north-dakota</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/06/11057418-santorum-delegate-plan-hits-wall-in-north-dakota</guid><category>us</category><category>santorum</category><category>strategy</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>us-news</category><category>rick-santorum</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Apr 2012 16:56:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1b179fd2-cca0-431b-ba1b-9985900a1c2a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1b179fd2-cca0-431b-ba1b-9985900a1c2a.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 5, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets the crowd in Tunkhannock, Pa. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's plan to use state conventions to pull support from Mitt Romney has stalled in North Dakota, where Romney has the largest group of backers among the state's national convention delegates. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7c829f18-88ce-4054-a58a-2dfff702f714.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7c829f18-88ce-4054-a58a-2dfff702f714.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 3, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum greets supporters in Cranberry, Pa.  Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's plan to use state conventions to pull support from Mitt Romney has stalled in North Dakota, where Romney has the largest group of backers among the state's national convention delegates.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Santorum's 3-year-old daughter taken to hospital</title>
<description><![CDATA[The ill daughter of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has been taken to the hospital.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/06/11056641-santorums-3-year-old-daughter-taken-to-hospital</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/06/11056641-santorums-3-year-old-daughter-taken-to-hospital</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>santorum</category><category>daughter</category><category>rick-santorum</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Apr 2012 15:50:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f5d305b9-aad5-41e6-93c7-d3930f0fec12.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="490" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f5d305b9-aad5-41e6-93c7-d3930f0fec12.jpg" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 6, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum holds his daughter Isabella in Somerset. The ill daughter of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has been hospitalized. Santorum's campaign said Friday that Bella had been taken to an undisclosed hospital. The 3-year-old has the rare genetic condition Trisomy 18 and was hospitalized earlier this year with pneumonia. Santorum's campaign did not say why she was hospitalized.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Resentment lingers in Pa. after Santorum's loss</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rick Santorum is as unpopular in Pennsylvania today as he was six years ago when home-state voters kicked him out of the Senate in a rout. That sour public perception may doom his fading chances of sticking around in the GOP presidential race, along with other hurdles that dot his path to a possible, and needed, victory in the April 24 primary.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Levy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marc Levy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/06/11049234-resentment-lingers-in-pa-after-santorums-loss</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/06/11049234-resentment-lingers-in-pa-after-santorums-loss</guid><category>us</category><category>santorum</category><category>love</category><category>us-news</category><category>rick-santorum</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Apr 2012 07:10:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/10d6ad22-8c8a-4763-b5db-2302c23ab7be.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/10d6ad22-8c8a-4763-b5db-2302c23ab7be.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 3, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a primary election night party in Cranberry, Pa. Rick Santorum is as unpopular in Pennsylvania today as he was six years ago, when home-state voters kicked him out of the Senate in a rout. That sour public perception may doom his fading chances of sticking around in the GOP presidential race, along with other hurdles that dot his path to a possible, and needed, victory in the April 24 primary. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d4d46479-4b12-468d-a685-209049909a12.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d4d46479-4b12-468d-a685-209049909a12.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 4, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, center, holds a pair of boxing gloves at a campaign stop in Hollidaysburg, Pa. Santorum is as unpopular in Pennsylvania today as he was six years ago, when home-state voters kicked him out of the Senate in a rout. That sour public perception may doom his fading chances of sticking around in the GOP presidential race, along with other hurdles that dot his path to a possible, and needed, victory in the April 24 primary. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/19e0582d-2c7b-411d-99cb-241222f763b2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/19e0582d-2c7b-411d-99cb-241222f763b2.jpg" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2006 file photo, then-Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., left, and his opponent Democrat Bob Casey confront each other during the taping of a debate at the KDKA television studio in Pittsburgh. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is as unpopular in Pennsylvania today as he was six years ago, when home-state voters kicked him out of the Senate in a rout. That sour public perception may doom his fading chances of sticking around in the GOP presidential race, along with other hurdles that dot his path to a possible, and needed, victory in the April 24 primary. (AP Photo/Steve Mellon, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>