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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