Kansas Caucus Brings Attention From Candidates

Republican presidential candidate Rick
Santorum says it’s important for him to win the GOP caucuses in
Kansas as he tries to overcome front-runner Mitt Romney.
Santorum had a rally Wednesday afternoon at a commercial
printing business in the Kansas City suburb of Lenexa. About 200
people attended, sometimes chanting his first name, while several
dozen more waited outside.
Santorum’s visit was a nod to the state’s suddenly heavily
contested GOP caucuses, which are Saturday. He said he plans to
return to Kansas on Friday and his wife, Karen, will visit the
state Saturday.
Lenexa is located in Johnson County, a GOP stronghold that’s
home to more than one-fifth of Kansas’ registered Republicans.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul is planning multiple events Friday in
Kansas, but former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich on Wednesday
scrubbed his planned Kansas appearances. Paul drew a crowd of
around two thousand people to a rally at Kansas City’s Union
Station on February 18th.