Santorum tied 6th in values poll

Rick Santorum has been preachin' about as hard as a poltician can lately, but still came in sixth in a straw poll among religious conservatives at the Values Voter summit in DC last week.

Indiana's Mike Pence (coming off a recent Pgh campaign visit) came in first, pointing up a possible Pence/Palin presidential ticket, says TPM. Here are the straw poll results:

Presidential Poll

1. Mike Pence (24%)
2. Mike Huckabee (22%)
3. Mitt Romney (13%)
4. Newt Gingrich (10%)
5. Sarah Palin (7%)
6. Rick Santorum (5%)
7. Jim DeMint (5%)
8. Bobby Jindal (2%)
9. Mitch Daniels (2%)
10. Chris Christie (2%)
11. John Thune (2%)
12. Bob McDonnell (1%)
13. Marco Rubio (1%)
14. Paul Ryan (1%)
15. Haley Barbour (1%)
16. Ron Paul (1%)
17. Jan Brewer (1%)