Santorum: Romney running "desperate campaign"

CBS ^ | 3/25/12 | Lucy Madison

[jimbo123]

Coming off a decisive victory in Saturday night's Louisiana primary, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is blasting Mitt Romney's campaign as "desperate" and lacking in message - and one that will be unable to effectively go head-to-head with President Obama come November.

Santorum, in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation," contended on Sunday that Republican voters want to elect a nominee who has "their principles written on their heart - not on an erasable tablet."

[cripplecreek]

[mardi59]

Someone needs to tell Lil Ricky that it is better to be humble than arrogant. His senate record is going to speak for itself IF he faces obama. I wonder if Arlen will endorse him?

[proudpapa]

Romney appears to be the least liked republican front runner in the South since Abe Lincoln.

[skeeter]

Give it a rest.

[cripplecreek]

Trust me, its not just the south.

They had to change the rules in Michigan after the vote just to give Romney a two delegate edge. He should have won Michigan by double digits and couldn’t even pull that off.

[hinckley buzzard]

Yeah. Romney is so desperate because he has twice as many delegates as Ricky; and the broad sweep of "moderate" America now lies ahead, while Ricky has about exhausted his sweet spot in the South.

[alstewartfan]

Mardi, if Santorum ran as a fake Milquetoast guy as you suggest, he’d have lost by 23 points to Milt instead of having kicked his ass by 23. We NEED tough talk in these dire times. BTW, in the REAL sense of the word, Rick IS humble, before God. Bob

[jimbo123]

Romneybot begone!

[alstewartfan]

Don’t look now, but Rick is surging. This could become VERY interesting, even if the liberal Romney’s Big $$$ ultimately prevails. I think that if Mi, Oh and even Il had a re-vote, Rick may well have won. Bob

[Nextrush]

Romney is weak in the heartland of America from the Dakotas through Iowa, Kansas (21 percent in the caucuses), Missouri, Oklahoma (28 percent), the South etc.

Romney barely won Ohio and Michigan with well under 50 percent of the vote and only reached 48 percent in Illinois with Santorum winning downstate.

Romney runs best (over 50 percent) in liberal urban areas and in suburban areas (over 40 percent) close to liberal cities.

[TexasFreeper2009]

Romney only wins in states he will lose in November, and I am guessing he will pick a fellow RINO like Christie who wont be able to carry his state. In fact a Romney ticket might be the first in history where neither the presidential or vice presidential picks win their home states.

But on the plus side Utah is a lock.

[ngat]

Thanks for posting. It was interesting to read how CBS spun Santorum’s interview after just having watched it on TV a few minutes ago. I was able to actually watch Face The Nation without switching channels as Norah O’Donnell was guesthosting for the unwatchable Bob Scheiffer.

The story did not mention how Santorum handled the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman question. I do believe that will come back to haunt Santorum.

Paul Ryan did extremely well in the following interview, IMHO. Ryan did not seem to be bothered at all by being blasted by Trump for daring, politically, to put forth a plan everybody can take potshots at prior to the elections.

[cableguymn]

Romney runs best (over 50 percent) in liberal urban areas and in suburban areas (over 40 percent) close to liberal cities.

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One must ask ones self.. With a candidate that runs well in those areas. Will the people in those areas be the ones to carry the state for Romney, or will they perhaps go vote for Obama?

We can not win the general by picking up the middle left in urban areas.

Some say the south and conservatives will vote for Romney regardless.

I am not so sure. I am one that could vote for Rick or Newt. I’ll write in if it’s Romney.

[jimbo123]

The Romney campaign is having major-league financial problems and he’s having to make a pilgrimage to San Francisco to beg for more money next week.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2863524/posts

[cripplecreek]

Michigan was a tie till an after the vote rule change.

The Michigan Republican Party (MRP) Credentials Committee voted 4-2 last night to give Mitt Romney both of the state's at-large delegates, State Policy Committee Chair Mike Cox told MIRS today.

Cox was one of two "no" votes on the committee which met via telephone, along with attorney Eric Doster The "yes" votes included GOP National Committeeman Saul Anuzis, a Romney supporter, and MRP Chair Bobby Schostak.

That would put the delegate split at 16 for Romney and 14 for Rick Santorum, after each candidate won 14 delegates apiece in those divided by Michigan's 14 congressional districts.

As MIRS first reported on Wednesday, the MRP was delaying a final decision on the delegate split until after consulting with attorneys.

Cox said that according to the MRP rules, Santorum and Romney should each get one of Michigan's two at-large delegates based on their take of the popular vote.

"I supported Mitt, but the vote was clearly wrong," Cox said of the Credentials Committee. "It's kind of like Third World voting. We published rules and then we voted to change the rules."

Because The Narrative Cannot Survive A Rewrite

[DaltonNC]

“Someone needs to tell Lil Ricky that it is better to be humble than arrogant. His senate record is going to speak for itself IF he faces obama. I wonder if Arlen will endorse him?”

I agree. Who will ever forget the Santorum holding a toy in his hand. He is, in my opinion a good man but unstable.
He doesn't know when to give up. He seems obsessed with the small victory he has had.

We need Newt.
I will support Romney.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

That, and the really, really BIG states are still ahead. This teeny little blurb that gained Santo 5 MASSIVE delegates over Romney is truly “decisive”!

“Decisive”, meaning this singular event has turned the election around from here on out.......There is “desperation” alright, and it's not coming from Romney.

There is much anger, blame and disappointment still to come for the Santorumites. It has been merely prolonged by the Pollyannish obsession that Santorm can still win. And they are not helping themselves by exaggerating their potential or embellishing their candidate to such a degree.

I do not discourage it however, because it very well may force a brokered convention. Which still leaves a slot for Newt to get into.

[mardi59]

All of this still emains to be seen. Obama hasn’t even started his flaming of romney and Santorum yet. Time will tell just how strong Santorum is when obama starts his attacks. I will be watching.

[lonestar]

agree