Rick Santorum

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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum talks with a customer while surrounded by news crews as he pays a visit to customers at the Tilt 'n Diner. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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People watch and try to catch the attention of Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum as he pays a visit to customers and employees at the Tilt 'n Diner. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum chats with Baltimore, Md., residents Bob Feldman (left) and Jack Skurnik (right) as he pays a visit to customers and employees at the Tilt 'n Diner. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Tilt 'n Diner Assistant Manager Ann Malvey (second from right) talks with news tv crews while customer Dona Mueller (right) waits for a table as the people of the diner prepare for the visit of Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, at the Tilt 'n Diner in Tilton, NH, Thursday, January 5, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Sara Smith, of Northfield, NH, holds her seven year-old son Evan as they listen to Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum's campaign speech at the Merrimack Valley Railroad Company. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum delivers his campaign speech at the Merrimack Valley Railroad Company. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Shawn Hogaboom of Franklin, NH, listens as Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum delivers his campaign speech and fields questions from the audience at the Merrimack Valley Railroad Company. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Backlit by television lights, Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum stands before a large crowd as he delivers his campaign speech at the Merrimack Valley Railroad Company. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Kevin Mochen, of Laconia, NH, listens as Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum delivers his campaign speech and fields questions from the audience at the Merrimack Valley Railroad Company in Northfield, NH, Thursday, January 5, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum addresses the Queen City Rotary Club at the Puritan Backroom restaurant. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum arrives to deliver his campaign speech at the Merrimack Valley Railroad Company in Northfield, NH, Thursday, January 5, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum stops for a brief moment to talk with reporters as he makes his exit after addressing the Queen City Rotary Club at the Puritan Backroom restaurant in Manchester, NH, Thursday, January 5, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum fields questions from the audience during his speech at a "Faith, Family and Freedom" town hall meeting at the Rockingham County Nursing Home Hilton Auditorium in Brentwood, NH, Wednesday, January 4, 2012, which lasted almost two hours. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum delivers his speech to a mixed crowd of younger and older people during a "Faith, Family and Freedom" town hall meeting at the Rockingham County Nursing Home Hilton Auditorium on Wednesday, January 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum talks about the social security surplus during his speech to a mixed crowd of younger and older people, for a "Faith, Family and Freedom" town hall meeting at the Rockingham County Nursing Home Hilton Auditorium in Brentwood, NH, Wednesday, January 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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'TRUST': "I've never been for government-run health care," Rick Santorum told the Queen City Rotary Club on Thursday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Mike Ahern (left) of Plymouth, N.H., asks GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum about the lack of jobs not related to stores that pay minimum wage that make it hard for people to succeed financially during a lunchtime visit to the Tilt'n Diner. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)