The Tournament of Rick: Rnd 1 - SANTORUM vs PERRY

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From the Potpourri Bracket, it's the first round matchup of the politicians!

The Matchup:

Rick Santorum

Richard John Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is a former United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Santorum is a member of the Republican Party and was the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, the number-three job in the party leadership of the Senate. Santorum is usually considered a strong social and fiscal conservative, although many paleoconservatives and paleolibertarians have accused him of being too reliant upon the federal government. He also holds strong neoconservative stances in regard to foreign policy, which has further alienated many conservatives of a more traditional nature. He is particularly known for his stances on the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Social Security, intelligent design, homosexuality, and the Terri Schiavo case. Santorum was defeated 59% to 41% in the 2006 U.S. Senate election by Democratic candidate Bob Casey, Jr. This was the largest margin of defeat for an incumbent Senator since 1980.

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Rick Perry

James Richard Perry (b. March 4, 1950) is a Republican politician and the Governor of Texas. He assumed office in December 2000 when then-Governor George W. Bush resigned to prepare for his inauguration as President of the United States. Gov. Perry was elected to full terms in 2002 and 2006. In the 2006 November general election Perry defeated a Democrat, former Congressman Chris Bell of Houston; a Libertarian, sales consultant James Werner; and two independent candidates, outgoing Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Richard "Kinky" Friedman, a country singer. Perry polled 1,714,618 (39 percent) to Bell's 1,309,774 (29.8 percent), Strayhorn's 789,432 (18 percent), Friedman's 553,327 (12.6 percent), and Werner's 26,726 (0.6 percent). If he serves a full second term, Perry would become the longest serving governor in Texas history, with 10 years of total uninterrupted service. This would break the records held by Bill Clements (eight years, over two non-consecutive terms) and Allan Shivers (7.5 years consecutive service).


Voting will be open for two days.