Rick Santorum Secret Service Protection: GOP Candidate Requests Security

Federal law allows candidates to seek protection if they meet a series of standards, including public prominence as measured by polls and fundraising.

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If polls and fundraising are part of the criteria, then this is nothing but politicizing the Secret Service to gain an edge over other candidates in voters' perception.  Protecting the perceived 'frontrunner'.  

What makes protecting one candidate over another any more imperative during the primary process?  As we're seeing, Romney was no more likely to be the party's nominee at the time he got Secret Service protection than any of the other candidates.  If it's not based on actual threats (as was the stated reason for Obama's receiving SS protection before he became the Democratic Party's nominee and Herman Cain last November), then give it to none or all.  
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