Santorum Fears Ron Paul Gunning For Platform Fight

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Rick Santorum wants the delegates that he won in the primary to go to the Republican National Convention in order to “counterbalance” the influence of Ron Paul’s delegates, the former presidential candidate said Sunday. In an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Santorum explained that the reason he wants his delegates to go to Tampa and have influence on the platform is to protect conservative principles, not change the platform in a specific way.

“I like the platform that we have right now,” Santorum said. “I am concerned that, you know, Ron Paul and some of his supporters out there are looking for a platform fight and I want to make sure that we have strong, principled conservatives there who stood with me in our primary fight to go there and counterbalance the effect of the Paul folks.”

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