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Conservative Christian leaders endorse Rick Santorum after Texas meeting

By Tracy Jan

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 14, 2012

A group of about 150 conservative Christian leaders and political activists emerged today from a two-day meeting at a Texas ranch and endorsed former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum for president – a surprising turn for a critical demographic that has been notoriously divided this election cycle. “What I did not think was possible appears to be possible,” said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, during a conference call with reporters this afternoon about the emergency confab. “There was not a lot of hope we could come to a consensus but that was achieved.”

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