Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, his campaign floundering amidst stagnant poll numbers and dismal fundraising, pleaded with New Hampshire voters to go all out if they choose to support him.

I need your help, Santorum said at a house party in Henniker, New Hampshire. You can sign up, volunteer, send a check, $5, $10, whatever it is, I would just say one thing: Make it hurt.

Santorum registered under one percent in a recent poll and has managed to raise lackluster $582,000 since he declared his candidacy, of spending about half of that sum to cover campaign costs. He has reprised his role as a social values-oriented candidate, joining Michele Bachmann as the only GOP contenders to sign a controversial pledge condemning same-sex marriage and pornography. In his speech, he suggested that other candidates were lacking in genuine conservative credentials.

We have a lot of candidates who find their way to be conservatives at the time a Republican primary is coming around for president, but I think a lot of voters understand that those candidates, when the get elected, don't tend to keep to the commitments they made when they ran, he said.

Pressed for specifics, Santorum called out candidates who had shown some flexibility on universal health care -- for instance, Mitt Romney has repeatedly said it is an issue that should be left to the states to decide. Santorum also slammed Republican leadership for being open to a deal on raising the debt limit that would not include an amendment mandating a balanced budget.

For [U.S. Sen.] Mitch McConnell not to stay on the playing field and fight for a balanced budget amendment, fight for responsible spending reductions and punt to the president, is ceding the high ground, Santorum told reporters.

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