Missouri To Get Visit From Presidential Candidate

Politic MO is reporting that Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum is planning a day of campaigning in the Show-Me State on Friday ahead of Tuesday's non binding presidential primary. The former Pennsylvania Senator is expected to make several stops in the state. Details have not yet completely been finalized, but it appears that he will visit at least three cities (Hannibal, Fulton, and Lee's Summit).

Santorum recently received media
attention after a strong performance
at the CNN Florida Debate.

Santorum received a late notice win of the Iowa caucuses, but since then has finished third or fourth in the contests in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida. Tuesday's primary in Missouri is not the official primary contest in the state this 2012 election year. That will be on Saturday, March 17 when Missouri will hold caucuses. However, the Gingrich campaign failed to make the ballot for the primary in the Show-Me State and the Santorum camp believes a win here on Tuesday could prove that he is the viable alternative to frontrunner Mitt Romney if Newt were to drop out.

A recent poll showed that Santorum held a slightly better than ten point lead on the former Massachussetts governor in the upcoming primary.