Rombo vs Santorum
Jonathan Jones 6:43pm
Having reclaimed the mantle of ‘Anti-Romney in Chief’, Rick Santorum is now
surging in the polls. He’s moved into a narrow lead at the national
level and – more importantly – looks likely to win two of the next big states on the primary calendar: Michigan and Ohio.
Of course, that makes him the new target of Romney attack ads. Restore Our Future – the pro-Romney Super PAC – has already released a
video slamming Santorum as a ‘big spender’ and ‘Washington insider’, which it will air in Michigan, Ohio and Arizona. A Romney advisor explained the strategy
to Buzzfeed yesterday:
And Santorum’s response? This:‘“Santorum’s a blank slate, so everyone’s projecting on to him what they want because he’s the last anti-Romney,” said the advisor. “Santorum is going to get introduced to people that don’t know him.”’
But this probably won’t phase the Romney campaign too much. Mitt Romney laughed it off on TV
today, and that Buzzfeed article suggests that his team are relaxed about it too:
‘“The expectation is that Santorum, just given his personality, is going to whine like crazy about this,” the advisor laughed.’
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MagicAldo
February 15th, 2012 7:26pm Report this commentWhat the Romney team can't see is that their candidate has no clear differentiation on policy and an unattractive personality to the majority of the electorate. Santorum is a million times more authentic, he looks, talks, and sounds like a regular Joe with a level of decency and integrity that Romney won't be able to match. Santorum is Obama's real nightmare, a real compassionate conservative that voters actually like!
Jeremy
February 15th, 2012 7:40pm Report this commentThe only thing that can be "laughed off" is the quality of political debate in America.
Tim R
February 15th, 2012 9:22pm Report this commentJeremy - don't let that condescension trip you up now mate
telemachus'
February 16th, 2012 3:44am Report this commentHere in the UK we cannot be relaxed about this. Santorum is truly frightening right wing isolationist zionist militant christian America. We will get no comfort in our own spat with Europe.We will see him egging Netanyahu to attack Iran.We will see him backing Catholic Argentina in their quest for the Falklands.
Lets get behind the Mormons
EC
February 16th, 2012 9:27am Report this commenttelemachus'
Calm down, dear. Obama is going to win.
We desperately need an election in the UK so that the nation can scrape the LibDems off the bottom of its shoes. Then yer card carrying LibDem man, Jones, can return to being a hopeless romantic.
Jeremy
February 16th, 2012 11:12am Report this comment@ Tim R:
Point taken. But when you've watched a video like "Rombo", you have to ask what kind of an example it is that America sets to the rest of the world about what democracy is and how it works. And the answer is....not a very good one.
Alan
February 16th, 2012 12:49pm Report this commentWhy would Republicans select a man that could not get re-elected in his own State? If they do select him, heaven help the USA if Obama gets re-elected!
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