Santorum’s Ripping of Intellectuals Aimed at Base

Government Professor Elvin Lim says Santorum's attack on intellectual elites is a time-tested tactic

A piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education explores the recent disparagement of academic intellectuals by Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, a tactic that, according to Associate Professor of Government Elvin Lim, is an unsurprising, traditional appeal aimed at the most conservative members of the Republican base.