Santorum Makes an Appeal to Conservatives in the South MEMPHIS - Rick Santorum fought to shore up conservative support in the South on Sunday, attending a Baptist megachurch and courting voters over ribs and pulled pork at a famous barbecue restaurant here. Polls show that Mr. Santorum is leading in Tennessee two days before the Super Tuesday contests. At a campaign stop at the barbecue restaurant, Corky's, Mr. Santorum said he expected to make a strong showing in states across the country this week. "We're doing as well as anybody," he said. In all of the races, we're either first or second, and that's going to make a good Super Tuesday for us. Southern states will be crucial to Mr. Santorum's performance on Tuesday. The 10 states with electoral contests that day include Tennessee, Georgia and Oklahoma. Mr. Santorum has a strong constituency among Southern conservatives who are drawn by his religious faith and vocal opposition to abortion. But he has struggled to pull support in Georgia away from Mr. Gingrich, who once represented the state's Sixth District in Congress. Asked for his reaction to the recent endorsements of Mitt Romney by key conservatives like the House majority leader, Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, and Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Mr. Santorum said he did not spend much time seeking such support. "We're running the insurgent campaign," he said, and Mr. Romney "is running the insider campaign." At the megachurch he visited on Sunday, Bellevue Baptist, Mr. Santorum and his wife, Karen, did not address the congregation but were praised for their faith and received a standing ovation. "Lord, give us the president that we need," the Rev. Steve Gaines said, as church leaders laid hands on the Santorums in prayer. "But we also know that our troubles as a nation are beyond what the White House can help us with. Lord, please heal America.