Surging Santorum storms New Hampshire

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CONCORD, N.H. – Long accustomed to telling voters not to pay any attention to his low standing in the polls, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum stuck to that underdog message as he talked to voters across the Granite State Thursday, all but ignoring the considerable bump in support his near-victory in Iowa gave him.

The latest national poll from Rasmussen shows Santorum in second place, behind only Mitt Romney, a 17 percentage point gain over just a few weeks ago when he was still in single digits.

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