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Santorum stumps in Akron
A surging Rick Santorum wrapped up a tour of Ohio at a Lincoln Day dinner in Akron on Saturday
by WKSU's KABIR BHATIA
This story is part of a special series.


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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was the keynote speaker for the Summit County Republican Party's Lincoln Day dinner held in Akron on Saturday, February 18.
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A surging Rick Santorum wrapped up a tour of Ohio at a Lincoln Day dinner in Akron on Saturday.
Santorum stumps in Akron

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Attendees formed a line for  Santorum's autograph, but many say he seemed dazed on the dais
Mary Matisak, 19 of University Heights, comforts her friend Joe Barbicas, 21 of Cleveland, during a protest of GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum's visit to Akron on Saturday, February 18. A crowd gathered outside Quaker Square to protest Santorum's position on several issues--including gay rights and birth control.
In contrast to his other appearances over the past two days, the GOP frontrunner talked about jobs and the economy, and stayed away from religion, in his stump speech.
Kevin Cook of Akron came away impressed.  Like much of the audience, he’s a former Romney supporter who’s shifted toward Santorum’s more consistent platform.
“I don't think that Romney's a true conservative.  I think that Romney is trying to chameleon is way in and be whatever the people he's talking to want him to be.”
After dinner, Santorum won the Summit County Republicans' straw poll with 74 percent of the vote.
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