BOB FRANKEN, SYNDICATED COLUMNIST: You then have Rick Santorum representing the theocrats and the Republican party, which is also part of the base, theocracy, of course, like perhaps the one in Iran, they would like to see that created here. This is really an appeal to the base instincts in the Republican party, and the base instincts of the Republican base. – MSNBC’s Politics Nation, January 6, 2012
