GOP Candidates Paul And Santorum Come To Springs

Two Republican presidential candidates who have given up on the Florida primary vote are hitting Colorado in hopes of a strong showing in next week’s caucuses.

About 1,100 people turned out to see Ron Paul at Colorado State University on Tuesday, and some 300 people gathered to hear him speak in an airplane hanger near the Colorado Springs Airport.

Paul made no mention of Florida at CSU and didn’t name any of his Republican opponents. Paul is the first Republican presidential hopeful to schedule a visit or have a headquarters in Colorado prior to the February 7th caucus.

Rick Santorum campaigned in Lone Tree Tuesday before heading to Las Vegas to await the Florida results. He will return the state in a visit to Colorado Springs on Wednesday in his “Faith Family and Freedom Tour.”

The event will be held at Crusaders Hall at 2221 N. Wahsatch Avenue from 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Colorado’s presidential precinct caucuses are next week. The caucuses are non-binding; Colorado’s 36 Republican National Convention delegates will be chosen at a state assembly held April. But the precinct caucuses can be evidence of a candidate’s support.