I snickered when I read the headline, "Santorum surges from behind" a few weeks ago. However, since then, I've read a tidal wave of surging headlines -- Gingrich surges in SC, Romney fights Gingrich's surge, etc.
OK, headline writers -- find a new verb/noun for surge. How about upswing, rush, groundswell? Rise, grow, escalate, leap? Or any of the others found in any thesaurus? It would take a little bit of thought, but isn't that what a free press should be about?
