He has two homes in two states, has claimed residency in both this year—and his newest home in Virginia has a purchase price of $0 listed, opening the door to more questions. [sic]
The question of residency continues to haunt the former U.S. senator even as he rises in the polls before the Jan. 3, 2012 Iowa Caucus kicks off the presidential election year. He talked about Pennsylvania peaches in Iowa in August as though he lived in the Keystone State, yet in a Dec. 14 Charlotte Observer story, Santorum said he is a Virginia resident.
The reason the residency scrutiny continues is that, during his first bid for the 18th District U.S. Congressional seat in 1990, Santorum attacked then-Congressman Doug Walgren, a Democrat, for living in McLean, VA, instead of western Pennsylvania for most of the year. Yet Santorum did the same thing when he served in the U.S. Senate. [sic]
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Poster Comment:
Gosh, if Santorum tries to vote for himself in the Virginia primary, he won't be able to. And Gingrich likewise won't be able to vote for himself in his own home state of Virginia because...
every candidate except Ron Paul and Mitt Romney failed to meet the stringent requirements to get on the ballot for the state’s March 6 primary.
Santorum will probably insist that he's just a resident of Pennsylvania by voting day there.