Republican 2012 presidential candidate Rick Santorum sat down with Douglas Burns, co-publisher of The Carroll Daily Times Herald and an alum and frequent contributor to The Iowa Independent, to discuss Catholicism in relation to the GOP, rival Michele Bachmann and, of course, some of the social conservative issues well known to those who have seen Santorum on the Iowa stump.
Santorum, 53, was elected to the U.S. House in 1990 at age 32, and from 1995 to 2007, served in the Senate. In 2000, he was elected by his peers to the position of Senate Republican Conference chairman. In 2006, he was defeated by Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., son of a former Pennsylvania governor.
Burns: You’re in an historically Catholic community. It’s named after Charles Carroll, the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence. Why have we only had one Catholic president? You’re seeking to be the second. Is there still prejudice?
Santorum: That’s a good question. The Republican Party has never nominated a Catholic.
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