There's also c) No one at Google with the power to change this judged Rick Santorum an important enough figure to modify the results. Here's Google's response

There's also c) No one at Google with the power to change this judged Rick Santorum an important enough figure to modify the results. Here's Google's response on this issue from back in September, after Santorum requested the result be removed: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63952.html http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63952.html "Google’s search results are a reflection of the content and information that is available on the web."