Karen Santorum: Her husband's partner and equal

March 6, 2012 7:23 AM

Karen Santorum, wife of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, is a lawyer and a nurse who talks policy and strategy with her husband - and also tells him when he slips up. She rarely talks to the media, but gave her first network television interview to CBS News political correspondent Jan Crawford.

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