Colbert: The Santorum Surge ‘Just Got Real’

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The Rick Santorum “surge” is real, ladies and gentlemen. The former Pennsylvania senator has raised a million bucks since his photo finish in Iowa earlier this week. And, as Stephen Colbert said Thursday, he has “caught the notice of the most influential voice of the 19th century”: George Will.

The bow-tied Washington Post columnist wrote a pro-Santorum op-ed titled, “Suddenly, a fun candidate,” claiming that Republicans “crave fun.”

“Yes they crave fun,” Colbert said. “Because without fun, what would Republicans campaign against?”

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