Santorum the Hot Name Among Ohio GOP Voters

The Columbus Dispatch reports:

He’s the right kind of conservative.

He cares about the problems of average people.

He’s got a small unfavorability rating.

Oh, and Rick Santorum is also the “hot” candidate.

In a nutshell, that’s why the former Pennsylvania senator has wrangled the lead in the Ohio presidential primary less than three weeks before voters head to the polls, a survey released yesterday shows.

Santorum is the new favorite of Buckeye State Republicans, leading ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney among likely voters by 7 points, 36 percent to 29 percent, in the Quinnipiac University poll. Romney was ahead with registered voters two months ago; Herman Cain was on top two months before that.
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“Santorum’s a hot candidate,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

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Poll: Santorum Ahead Of Romney In Buckeye State