Santorum defended his endorsement of Romney for president too. Romney used Santorums own words against him. Santorum told Laura Ingrahm, “this is the guy who is really conservative and we can support him” RS on Mitt Romney election 2008.
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I see it differently. Romney had the crowd, the moderator and Ron Paul all on his side trying to help him. He had many easy targets to enhance his canditacy. He could have attacked Obama providing guns to Mexican cartels, Obama’s failed economic policy, Obama’s failed immigration policy, Obama’s failed energy policy, the Iranian situation, American hostages in Egypt, the problems with Korans in Afghanistan etc. Any of these would have helped Romney and made him seem like a serious and attractive candidate.
Instead Romney wasted time on omnibus bills, Arlen Specter and Santorum’s endorsement of him in 2008.
None of these issues really matter. None of these points make Romney seem like a stronger presidential candidate. None of it makes him seem like someone we would want to nominate to go up against Obama.
Newt did best in the debate. His statement on infanticide was great. He also articulated positions that made him seem like a viable presidential candidate.
Satorum did fine. Nothing in the debate would make an intelligent voter not want to support him.
Romney, despite all the help he got from Ron Paul and others, did little to make him seem like a good candidate in the general election.