January 21, 2012
Article by Katharine Q. Seelye
Even though Rick Santorum finished third place in South Carolina, his campaign is pressing Florida as well as planning for primaries and caucuses nationwide. They want to take the race state by state. He will take part in the Tampa debate and continue to campaign in states like Nevada, Minnesota, and Colorado which vote the week after Florida and states that vote in the end of February like Arizona and Michigan. John Brabender, a media strategist for the Santorum campaign, said "Our campaign is small, and no state is a make-or-break dress for us." Since Florida is an all-or-nothing state where the delegates go to the winner and the runner-up gets none, the other states are more "enticing" to the campaign. While Santorum won Iowa, the votes were recounted later than the campaign hoped. Going into the primaries and caucuses after Iowa saying that they won would've helped immensely with South Carolina and New Hampshire. Gingrich's sudden surge in the polls means the media will scrutinize him more according to Santorum's campaign. They also expect Romney to release more negative ads attacking Gingrich. Santorumw will also attack Gingrich more aggressively.
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