Rick santorum challenges michigan to be game changer

Reporting from Novi, Mich.— Taking his presidential candidacy into the Michigan county where his main rival, Mitt Romney, grew up, Rick Santorum attempted Thursday night to weld an emotional link between the capital of America’s auto industry and his own blue-collar roots in the steel country of western Pennsylvania. Santorum, who leads Romney in several recent Michigan polls, received an enthusiastic reception from 1,300 Republicans at the Oakland County Lincoln Day fundraising dinner at a cavernous hall in suburban Detroit. “I come from steel country. We feel that same pride about what we did to forge a great and powerful nation. And there is no area of the country that can take more credit for that than you right here,” he said. (Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com …