Santorum: Statist claiming to be a conservative

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“Don’t tread on me” — the rallying cry emblazoned on the Gadsden flag — might as well have been the official motto of the Tea Party.

If there is one central theme to the most politically effective movement in recent memory, it’s that the federal government needs to get out of our lives.

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