Front-runner Mitt Romney won the first of the contests, Iowa, on Tuesday but Santorum, coming from near the back of the pack, was only eight votes behind, a stunning result for a candidate fighting on a shoestring budget.
The Republican right, at least the part that detests Romney for being too moderate, has invested its hopes in Santorum building on his momentum with a second place finish behind Romney in New Hampshire and going on to win South Carolina, establishing himself as the Anti-Romney Candidate.
This is a clash of two Americas, the social conservativism of the mid-west colliding with east coast moderates. Santorum's hopes of winning the party presidential nomination, never mind the White House, are in danger of being squashed in the middle.
Romney has a poll lead of about 20% in New Hampshire and the battle among the other candidates is to emerge in second place heading into South Carolina.
The latest tracking poll in the state by Suffolk University found another slight bump for Santorum, who moved from 8% to 11% but that still leaves him a distant third behind Ron Paul in second.
The Republican right, at least the part that detests Romney for being too moderate, has invested its hopes in Santorum building on his momentum with a second place finish behind Romney in New Hampshire and going on to win South Carolina, establishing himself as the Anti-Romney Candidate.
This is a clash of two Americas, the social conservativism of the mid-west colliding with east coast moderates. Santorum's hopes of winning the party presidential nomination, never mind the White House, are in danger of being squashed in the middle.
Romney has a poll lead of about 20% in New Hampshire and the battle among the other candidates is to emerge in second place heading into South Carolina.
The latest tracking poll in the state by Suffolk University found another slight bump for Santorum, who moved from 8% to 11% but that still leaves him a distant third behind Ron Paul in second.
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