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Google’s Bad News For Politicians: What’s in a Name?

By Stephanie Palla, Sean Sullivan and Carrie Mihalcik

Updated: February 17, 2011 | 6:34 p.m.
February 17, 2011 | 2:30 p.m.

Former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., recently addressed his well known Google problem, telling Roll Call in an interview that he is well aware of sex columnist Dan Savage's 2003 contest that redefined the word "santorum" as a sexual neologism. It's worth noting that the former senator is not the only politician whose name produces unusual results when using the search engine.

Jon Huntsman

(LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images and Google)

Probably not going to see this Huntsman – the giant crab spider -- on the campaign trail anytime soon. And it may be for the best.

 


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