ABC host, Jonathon Karl, refers to the Repub. race as a two man race.
Karl asks Santorum about convention fight....is this your best chance? Santorum believes there are plenty of delegates left to get. Mentions Newt pulling votes. Karl says Romney has said a convention fight would doom Rep. chances at beating obama.
Santorum says Romney hasn’t been able to close the deal because people are not convinced. Reviewing Romney’s record is helping him prepare for the general race if he runs against obama. Karl is “amazed” at that claim. Santorum specifies the big issues, healthcare mandates, capntrade, are where Romney and obama are similar.
Karl says Gingrich says he’s helping Santorum out by staying in. Asks Santorum if he wants Newt out.....Santorum deflects the question to criticizing Romney some more. Let’s see if Karl will go after getting him to answer the question again. No, he does not...he picks up on the challenge for a head-to-head debate between himself and Romney.
Karl brings up Puerto Rico and his statements about official English language being required. Stayes with the claim, says polls say only 15% are fluent in English. Criticizes Romney for pandering to PR by saying it’s fine that they don’t have English as the official language, but thinks it must be the official language for our existing states.
On foreign policy - obama has given insurgents/Taliban hope by giving a deadline of a pullout. Other actors in the region, Pakistan, etc. know they will have to deal with the Taliban when we are gone. somewhat agrees with Newt - either commit to winning or get out.
On the economy, plays Romney clip claiming Santorum is an economic lightweight. if Romney 47 out of 50 in creating jobs in MA...he may have been successful in his business, but that doesn’t translate into helping create jobs going forward. we don’t need a CEO to manage our economy, significant changes need to be made.
Ruh-roh, here comes the question about Santorum’s stance on obscenity. Santorum says his statements up on his campaign site were merely a response to questions asked of his campaing. Refers to enforcing current laws to limit hard-core pornography. (doesn’t spend much time on this issue)
W/Re to supporting SPecter - Santorum says it wasn’t one of his proudest moments.
Something about “Shamus” the dog????? I don’t know what they were talking about.
I don’t believe any of the so-called experts. The longer this race takes the more the media has to talk about our candidates as they campaign against 0bama and his cronyism. The media is forced to cover failed economic policies and horrible foreign policy because all of our candidates are commenting on them. Once it’s decided, the media will get off topic, give 0bama a pass, disparage our candidate from now until the election.
Probably a reference to Romney putting his dog, Seamus, on the roof of his car (in a carrier), then driving for hours.