Mitt Romney Campaign Attacks Rick Santorum's Record Ahead Of Primaries

[onehandle]

WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum is suddenly getting a lot of attention from Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, a sign that they expect him to do well on Tuesday in the Minnesota and Colorado primary caucuses.

The Romney campaign blasted out an attack Sunday evening on the former Pennsylvania senator's earmark record in Congress, then followed that up Monday morning by sending out a quote from former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who has endorsed Romney.

"Rick Santorum is a nice guy, but he is simply not ready to be President," Pawlenty said. "Plus, he wants Minnesota conservatives to believe he's as conservative as they are, but he's not."

"As a U.S. Senator, he was a leading earmarker and pork-barrel spender," said Pawlenty, who planned to expand on his criticisms with reporters on a conference call. "He described himself as 'very proud' of the billions of dollars in pork-barrel projects he championed, and promised to defend the wasteful spending."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/06/romney-santorum-primaries_n_1257299.html

Because Mittens is just that weak of a candidate.

[DCBob]

1. Santorum may be the next GOPer to surge.

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Apparently there was a recent poll showing him doing the best in a head-to-head with President Obama. I heard this on RW talk radio today but not sure which poll it was.

[JI7]

3. i think SAntorum could do better than Romney among those who vote on how they feel

Santorum has extremist views but he doesn't come off crazy and hateful like Newt, Bachmann etc.

he comes off as a normal nice guy. and that's often what we need to worry about more than position on issues.

[creeksneakers2]

4. Rasmussen

[Boombaby]

2. Kick

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