Evangelical leaders back Santorum
A group of 150 influential Christian conservative leaders on Saturday backed former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum as their choice for Republican U.S. presidential nominee.
The conservatives concurred to support Santorum on the third ballot in a meeting at a ranch outside Houston.
“What I did not think was possible appears to be possible,” stated Tony Perkins, leader of the Family Research Council and spokesman for the group.
The group had not been expected to reach agreement on one candidate since evangelical support was divided between Santorum, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
The backing gives Santorum a boost against Republican front-runner Mitt Romney, particularly in South Carolina which holds the next primary on Jan. 21.
In the 2008 election, about 60 percent of the voters in South Carolina described themselves as evangelical Christians.
“There emerged a strong consensus around Rick Santorum,” Perkins stated in a telephone news conference after the meeting. “While there was not a lot of hope that we could reach consensus around one candidate, that was achieved.”
Copyright 2011 Thomson Reuters. Click for restrictions.
source : nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com
Related News:
- BHP states there is a future in nickel
- Horton, McEniry join AHG board
- Chinese Companies Form Video Content Group
- 55tuan.com To Operate Ganji.com’s Group Buying Business
- HBT: Magic’s group to purchase Dodgers for $2 billion
- Merged broker becomes Octa Phillip
- $27B tobacco lawsuit headed for Quebec court
- FMG swipes back at Swan
- China’s Alibaba.com May Go Private
- Chinese Group Buying Website Gains IBM’s Support
Details :
Submited at Saturday, January 14th, 2012 at 7:00 pm on Politics by nuterman
Comment RSS 2.0 - leave a comment - trackback