The voters of Missouri head to the polls today. But this primary is a little different.
 

The Missouri primary is what's known as non-binding. That means whoever wins the primary will win zero delegates. Missouri will hold a caucus on March 17, and that vote will award delegates to a candidate. Delegates are what a candidate needs to win their party's nomination. The Republican candidate who wins 1144 delegates will be the Republican nominee for President.
 

Depsite the odd nature of the Missouri primary, it has attracted candidates to the state. Last Friday Rick Santorum came to Lee's Summit to meet supporters and voters.
 

It was an enthusiastic crowd. Officials estimated nearly 700 people were at the rally, which was held at John Knox Village.
 

In his speech, Santorum told the enthusiastic crowd he thought that this was the most important election of our lifetime. What's at stake, Santorum said, was what kind of country we will be.
 

He talked a lot about health care reform — especially how he would repeal President Barack Obama's health care plan. He also described the Constitution as an operations manual for America. Santorum said he believes the Constitution is such an important document that he always carries a copy of the Constitution with him.
 

Tom Lehman was one of the people at Santorum's rally. Lehman told me that he thought Santorum's most important qualities are that "he's conservative and he has been consistent."
 

Missouri State Senator Will Kraus from District 8 was also at the rally. He said that he thought that the most important issues that people would vote for would be the economy and jobs.
 

Senator Kraus added that he did not agree with Santorum on every issue. But like Lehman, the Senator said that Santorum was a "consistent conservative."
 

After the event, Santorum took time to answer questions from the media. I asked him if he had a historical role model. He told me his historical role models were George Washington and Ronald Reagan.
 

Voters will also caucus in Colorado and Minnesota today. Those votes will be binding, and whoever wins will be awarded delegates.
 

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