4 reasons Rick Santorum hasn't endorsed Mitt Romney

The conservative Santorum has dropped his bid for the GOP presidential nomination, but he needs a few assurances before he gets behind the moderate Romney

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Rick Santorum promises he'll be "all in" as Republicans try to deny President Obama a second term in November, yet 10 days after suspending his own campaign, Santorum still hasn't endorsed the party's presumptive nominee, Mitt Romney. The former rivals are planning to meet in Philadelphia, possibly in the next two weeks, and Santorum strategist John Brabender says Romney has made it clear he'd like to talk about getting Santorum's endorsement. They'll have to mend fences — a Santorum fundraising mailer that was arranged before he dropped out but only landed in Iowa mailboxes this week said that nominating a "Massachusetts Moderate" like Romney "truly frightens me." What does Santorum gain by playing hard to get? Here are four things he might hope to achieve:

1. Santorum wants Romney to put conservatives on his team

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