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"Yesterday&amp;#x27;s super-close caucus in Iowa, where Mitt Romney reportedly took the lead by just eight votes, has a lot of people re-examining Rick Santorum&amp;#x27;s potential as the Republican presidential nominee...and some people saying his sweater vests are to thank for his sudden surge in popularity! Santorum has officially adopted the sweater vest as his campaign wardrobe of choice, as The New York Times reports: &amp;quot;He said the vests started gaining notice after a forum in Des Moines a few weeks ago with Mike Huckabee. Most of the other candidates were in suits. Mr. Santorum chose a sweater vest and unwittingly made a fashion statement. After that, he said, &amp;#x27;It sort of took on a life of its own. So I started wearing more and more. My staff bought me a bunch more.&amp;#x27;&amp;quot; He also explained to radio host Laura Ingraham earlier this week, as Styleite reports, &amp;amp;#8220;That speech went over very, very well. If there was one event that really began the moment, it was that speech. And I think most people recognized that here, so all the sudden the sweater vest was like, &amp;amp;#8216;Fear the vest.&amp;amp;#8217;&amp;quot; Lo and behold, the vest now has its own Twitter account (@FearRicksVest) with more than 400 followers at last count, and a music video called &amp;quot;Sleeves Slow Me Down&amp;quot; (hey, nobody said it was a good music video): Can this casual wardrobe statement help take this man all the way to the White House? Or is this much emphasis on a piece of clothing totally distracting from his real viability as a candidate? Will Rick Santorum do for sweater vests what MC Hammer did for drop-crotch pants? Discuss. PLUS! - Crazy but true: Michele Bachmann takes wardrobe advice from George W. Bush AND... - Stop the presses: President Obama wears--gasp!--flip flops on vacation Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images News"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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