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To a guy who got bounced out of office like that? answer number one, it was a tough year. >> it was -- it was the worst election for republicans in, you know, probably -- maybe in the history of the republican party in pennsylvania. >> reporter: answer number two, to explain that drubing in the senate election principle. he got advice to moderate his positions in order to suit the voters' moods, but he refused. >> i lost but i stood for what i believed in. my thought is there's one thing worse than lose ing. that's fak sising your principles. i wouldn't do it. i didn't do it. >> reporter: demo...

State, pennsylvania. a battleground state. so why would the republican party risk giving the nomination to a guy who got bounced out of office like that? answer number one, it was a tough year. >> it was -- it was the worst election for republicans in, you know, probably -- maybe in the history of the republican party in pennsylvania. >> reporter: answer number two, to explain that drubbing in the senate election principle. he got advice to moderate his positions in order to suit the voters' moods, but he refused. >> i lost but i stood for what i believed in. my thought is there's one thing wo...

senator rick santorum. let's go to cnn's joe johns right now. he's joining us from des moines. i think rick santorum believed in himself. not a whole lot of others, joe, did. but it's been quite amazing over these past few days how well he's done. >> reporter: that's true, wolf. you know, more than half of the republicans who participated in this process the last time around viewed themselves as evangelical christians. born again christians. so it might be a little risque to compare this process to a seduction, but rick santorum has gone a long way. he says the other candidates in th...

Office like that? answer number one, it was a tough year. >> it was -- it was the worst election for republicans in, you know, probably -- maybe in the history of the republican party in pennsylvania. >> reporter: answer number two, to explain that drubing in the senate election principle. he got advice to moderate his positions in order to suit the voters' moods, but he refused. >> i lost but i stood for what i believed in. my thought is there's one thing worse than lose ing. that's fak sising your principles. i wouldn't do it. i didn't do it. >> reporter: democrats poke fun, of course, point...