Fix is in.
And of course, Santorum tends to make statements that people will MISUNDERSTAND and his opponents WILL EXPLOIT.
He said this (IN FULL CONTEXT ):
We need a candidate whos going to be a fighter for freedom. Whos going to get up and make that the central theme in this race because it is the central theme in this race, Santorum told a crowd of about 200 voters during a rally here on Monday. I dont care what the unemployment rates going to be. Doesnt matter to me. My campaign doesnt hinge on unemployment rates and growth rates. Its something more foundational thats going on.
Of course, Mitt’s team pulls out the entire statement and only shows video clips of the sentence:
“I dont care what the unemployment rates going to be. Doesnt matter to me.”
Santorum obviously didnt mean that he doesnt care about the unemployment rate in the abstract. He meant that, unlike Romney, his vision for the country is bigger than whatever the most important issue at this particular moment happens to be. But Romney’s team is going to MISCHARACTERIZE HIM and exploit these unfortunate choice of words nonetheless.
"An Election Day Oddity"
"Well, sort of. Although the page is gone now, a reader in Chicago says a local network affil web site had a page up with results already on it.
Of course, if Rick Santorum gets 32% and 987,453 votes in Illinois today to Romney's 29% and 919,993, then we would expect rioting in the streets tomorrow but of course that won't happen. (gulp...)
Aw, come on...I'm sure they were just testing the page layout with dummy data...we're just sure of it....err....right? If Newt Gagrich gets 28%? 876,937? I might be out there myself... "
We just voted. Rick Santorum got two votes in Illinois.