In Wisconsin, Romney links Santorum to 'big labor'

Town Hall ^ | 3/29/12 | N/A

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is attacking rival Rick Santorum as a friend of "big labor" as they campaign in Wisconsin, where a fight over labor unions is fueling a bitter recall effort aimed at Gov. Scott Walker.

Santorum, in turn, is aligning himself with the embattled Republican governor, a play for a party base that he hopes will carry him to victory in the GOP presidential primary on Tuesday.

"As you know the fight against big labor led by Gov. Walker isn't over, here in Wisconsin," a voice says in an automated Romney telephone call. "I was shocked to find out that Rick Santorum repeatedly supported big labor and joined with liberal Democrats in voting against right-to-work legislation during his time in Washington."

Romney, with help from a well-funded allied group, is pointing to union-friendly votes by the former Pennsylvania senator. His swing back from confronting President Barack Obama to attacking his main GOP rival comes as a Marquette University poll shows him overtaking Santorum in Wisconsin by an 8-point margin, 39-31.

In Michigan and Ohio, Romney criticized Santorum's 1996 Senate vote against so-called right-to-work legislation, which provides that people cannot be compelled to join a union as a condition of employment. The recession has hit hard in both states, and labor unions are unpopular with Republican primary voters there.

Wisconsin is Santorum's last chance to keep alive his claim that he can go toe-to-toe with Obama in the industrial heartland. Romney edged Santorum in Michigan and Ohio and soundly beat him in Illinois last week.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Santorum has said as a candidate for president that he supports a national right-to-work bill, and that he opposed it in the Senate because he didn't want to undermine Pennsylvania's opposition to the policy. Santorum represented southwestern Pennsylvania in the House for two terms and then won two terms in the Senate from the strong union state. Romney supports national right-to-work legislation.

There goes Saint Rick, "taking one for the team" again.

In other words, "He was for it, before he was against it!"

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Romney is disgusting!

[samtheman]

Keep hope alive. A vote for Gingrich is a vote to take this thing to the convention floor.

[Timber Rattler]

Posting Romney talking points now?

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Romney is disgusting? I would think that Santorum, speaking out of both sides of his mouth is the one who is disgusting.

Romney is what he is, but Santo is an impostor who has his following completely swooned into thinking he is something he is not.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Don’t believe anything the media tells you.

[Rational Thought]

As you continue with your Santorum bashing, the big story of the past couple of days has been the Constitutionality of Obamacare (with the individual mandate) in the Supreme Court.

I know which side Santorum is on. I guess we all know which side Romney is on as well.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

No, simply exposing more of Santorum’s phony profile.

News is news. Santorum’s own past is the window to his true soul.

[absolootezer0]

he opposed it in the Senate because he didn't want to undermine Pennsylvania's opposition to the policy.

if this is true, and he voted the way his consituents wanted him to, then i would think he made the correct vote.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

[Don’t believe anything the media tells you.]

You will have to include Santorum into that category since he was for Big Labor, before he was against it. And he had to take one for the team because he had to vote the way PA wanted him to you know,......you know,........Don't you know?

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Romney is scum. He disgusts me.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

[if this is true, and he voted the way his constituents wanted him to, then i would think he made the correct vote.]

Well then, by your logic, Specter was correct on voting for Obamacare. Since he sold out his own side to appease his loudest constituents.

[cripplecreek]

I’ll take big labor over turd burglars any day of the week.

Ronald Reagan didn’t interfere with private sector unions either in fact, they were the heart of the Reagan democrats.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

LOL! Right, which is exactly why Reagan broke the Air Traffic Controllers Union and fired every one of them, and rehired them back under his terms.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/opinion/reagan-vs-patco-the-strike-that-busted-unions.html?_r=1

[marstegreg]

Since Wisconsin pulls a lot of union weight, maybe that will backfire on Mittens.

[Timber Rattler]

In case you didn't get the memo, Newt ran out of money last week, he met with Romney on Saturday morning, fired his campaign manager and laid off a large chunk of his campaign staff yesterday, and is pretty much DOA.

Thought you might want to know all that since news is news.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

I am well aware of that news. Which is unfortunate.

But Newt is far from done, I suspect he will be offered a VP spot. Or, he will start a new party, with Sarah Palin involved. Either way, we have not seen the last of him.

Time will tell.

[cripplecreek]

The air traffic controllers are a special case and even a sub genius like yourself can figure that out. (Here’s a clue. They were interfering with the freedom of movement of Americans)

Now maybe you can explain why your candidate is pro turd burglar and why its so important that he be elected.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

ROFLMO!

Since you are the one who made the claim that Reagan was for Unions, I showed you where that was completely false and called you on it. Your response was, the ATC was a “special case” which somehow makes it nonexistent for some reason.

So who exactly, is the “sub genius” here? And Where did I ever say the it was important to elect Romney? Or are you just being your usual divisive self again?

[Timber Rattler]

Or, he will start a new party, with Sarah Palin involved.

Soooo...since when did you become a big fan of Sarah Palin?

"She does things her way, without taking valid advice or criticism well. It's why she quit as governor and it is how she is running Sarah PAC, as well as her ridiculous “campaign”."

"Just for the record, I happen to be one of those “Blood Sucking Takers who helped pioneer the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield for Atlantic Richfield and Sohio. We braved 130 Below zero wind chills for decades, to produce that badly needed oil for America...Palin’s ignorant, punitive and Populist attack on that established effort, nearly put a halt to everything good we worked so hard to create. "