How Rick Santorum Spent New Years Day

Title: One on One with Rick Santorum
Date: Jan. 1, 2012
Post: MSN's Meet the Press - Sunday Talk Show with David Gregory

Rick Santorum starts off his new years on MSN's Meet the Press talk show with David Gregory. Before the interview started, the talk show gave some brief facts about the candidate. The two-term senator from Pennsylvania spent more time in Iowa than any other candidate and was the first to visit all 99 counties in the state. Earlier this week, CNN time poll showed that, for the first time, he was in the top three in the Iowa race, behind Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. The show then begins and I have divided it into segments based on the topics:
Santorum's Thoughts on Primary: Many people have doubted Santorum for the past weeks. He says, "10 days ago, I was at 5%  and every question I got was, 'Why don't you pack it up?' and 10 days later, they say, 'Oh, you gotta win!'" Santorum believes that the race is not over and he is waiting for Jan 3 to see what the people in Iowa thinks.
Santorum on Abortion: Santorum says he supports the "Height Amendment." This provides exceptions to abortions that would endanger a woman's life. Overall he says that he supports a "partial-birth Abortion ban Act" which does not ban all abortion but "moves the country in the right direction," Santorum quotes.
Santorum on Obama: Santorum is very critical on Obama in terms of foreign policy. Santorum is critical because Obama did not support the pro-democracy movement in Iran in 2009. Obama did not help the people in the streets of Iran to make Iran a democracy government as opposed to a theocracy.
Santorum Concludes: Rick feels good about the election. He is trusting and depending on the people of Iowa and New Hampshire. He says that he has a solid team in New Hampshire, with about two dozen state legislators who have signed on his team. Unlike Bachmann and Perry, he his going to to New Hampshire.

I believe that this talk show was not biased. David Gregory called out Santorum on discrepancies with his policies and questioned him. I learned a great deal within this talk show. I have not heard of Santorum and his policies because he was not mentioned a lot, probably because he was behind in the polls. However, he now could be a potential threat and is not far from Romney and Paul. I learned that the voting is set in Iowa on Jan 3rd ( tomorrow ) and that Bachmann and Perry are not planning to go to New Hampshire which could affect their game. Overall, Santorum is confident in where he stands and has always remained optimistic, then again, all candidates act like they are.