Santorum’s surge and is religion good for you?

    Gallup’s Frank Newport and NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller discuss polls on Rick Santorum, N.J. Governor Chris Christie and the link between religion and well-being.
    Here’s the complete list of topics:

    Rick Santorum: Pennsylvania’s own is now…something no one predicted…at the head of the pack among GOP Candidates…..what’s behind this surge?
    Is a particular type of Republican supporting Santorum?
    Upcoming are Arizona and Michigan primaries in about a week and a half – does Santorum have any kind of edge in those states?
    Governor Christie vows to veto same sex marriage bill in NJ. Good for Christie’s national office-holding aspirations, or bad?
    Gallup analysts along with professors for Harvard, Princeton, and Wisconsin held a special summit in Washington Thursday looking at the relationship between being religious and having higher well-being and being healthier. Is religion actually good for you?
    Which nation around the world do Americans say is the #1 economic power?

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