Santorum keeps fire on Romney in CNN interview
(CNN) – Rick Santorum, who returns to the campaign trail Friday evening for the first time since Wednesday's CNN Arizona GOP Presidential Debate, escalated his rhetoric against Mitt Romney in an interview on CNN's The Situation Room.
Asked which team Romney is playing for, Santorum said, "Well, I would say that's the left. I would say that's the problem with Gov. Romney in this election."
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At the CNN debate, Santorum said "politics is a team sport," a line which Romney criticized on the campaign trail Thursday in Arizona and Friday in Michigan.
"Senator Santorum, and I think that last debate we had the other night was kind of revealing," Romney said in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. "He said that well now and then you have to take one for the team. He was explaining why it was he voted for things he didn't believe in."
Santorum offered a list of what he sees as Romney's fouls "on a variety of different issues," including the abortion, the economy, environment, and judicial appointments.
He told CNN Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger that the attacks are false.
"Governor Romney has gone full bore attacking Rick Santorum and he's doing so falsely," Santorum said. "What you can trust is that he's not going to tell you the truth about his record and he's going to try to distort somebody else's record for him to suggest that he is more conservative than me and more reliable is absolutely ludicrous."
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All nuts they are! Santorum says "I believe in good and evil"... If so then he must realize the he himself is evil. A greedy Evil man! A good man would give the shirt off their back to help others regardless of his own financial stability. An evil man kaes and banks a million dollars a year while there are hungry kids living in his same city. So yes Evil man I guess you do believe in evil.
Santorum doesn't know his left from his right. I bettcha he had tattoos on his palms (like Palin's notes) so he can differentiate them. But they're probably on the wrong hands.
Mr.RS.you I was so confident that you would have a good debate.However you missed lots of chances to attack ur opponent.Instead start explaining why u vote for ear marks and etc. That was ur weakness people saw very badly.That is where ur opponent was happy.
Santorum is still by far the most honest and sincere candidate i really think he will do excellent against Obama. We can't judge people by their past mistakes, I mean who hasn't made the wrong choice at one time or another. But i really wish that he sticks to what all people want to hear the issues
and not let himself be dragged away by others comments on his past.
The New Inquisition .
Where do these nuts come from ?
Its about smart Jobs and Energy . The GOP is stuck in a time warp , it's not the 60s anymore.
This guy is an embarrassment. He, like Willard and Newt and Paul, will NEVER become president. He's auditioning for a job a Faux Entertainment. That's it. don't waste your money supporting this clown.
Mr conservative, you killed your self on the debate by explaining why you vote for ear marks and etc!!! you already fire on your self period.
Santorum is nut
I think I've heard way more than enough from Rick Santorum.
Why can't these men tell us how good they are and what and how they will handle issues, instead of telling us how bad the other guy is. This is no way to win any contest. I don't feel they are being a very good role models for anyone. Real Christians would not do this.
Brought to you by a guy that was raised by MEN IN DRESSES that always " tell you the truth " ! Halejulia !
Nothing worse than a guy who refers to himself in the third person. This was a hideous display of Santorum's belligerent, hyper ignorant style. Ughh. Felt like barfing through the entire interview/rant.
has anyone noticed that Santorum barely caught himself before saying President Romney? Some confidence
Santorum has
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Rmoney has only one team, which is simply a feral pack of psychopathic corporate predators. That's the team he's been on for years and the GOBP deathcult is an excellent front the Rmoney team uses to corrupt our government, our economy and our nation.
Both losers who will never be president, glad to see republicans wasting their money backing these bafoons. Adalson should go to one of his casinos and blow his money there , he might be more sucessfull than backing these clowns.
Uh oh, the Little Creep That Could is referring to himself in the third person.