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Rick Santorum speaks at Depot Deli in Shenandoah, Iowa Monday.
CLARINDA, Iowa -- Rick Santorum concludes a three-day swing of Iowa today, making seven stops in the Hawkeye State.
Santorum, who typically focuses his talking points more about himself, spent additional time talking about his GOP rivals and President Obama this trip.
"He has just conceded the Middle East to Iran,” the former senator from Pennsylvania told a crowd about President Obama’s decision to withdraw troops from Iraq. "He owns Iraq now. He owns Iraq,” because the president made a strategic decision there, Santorum said.
Santorum took a jab at Mitt Romney in Glenwood this morning, citing a contradiction in Romney’s stance on same-sex marriage from when he was governor of Massachusetts.
“Now for him to go out and say, I am for traditional marriage, when he went against the law and the constitution of Massachusetts in ordering those licenses,” Santorum said regarding Romney allowing same-sex couples to marry in his state while governor. “I have no idea how he says he will be strong and stand up to judges when in the one major case when he needed to stand up for religious liberty, the constitution, and the law of the land, he sided with judges in favor of same-sex marriage.”
At one point, Santorum even joked about why he rooted for Iowa State University over the weekend. "Rick Perry went to A&M, so that was an easy one," Santorum said.
By the end of today, the former senator will have visited 78 of Iowa's 99 counties. He promises to visit the last 21 by Thanksgiving, a month earlier than he had originally planned.
Although Santorum remains low in recent Iowa polls, his crowd sizes today were promising, and he remains optimistic about his chances here.
“We can win this. I have a lot of faith in the people of Iowa,” he told the crowd at J’s Pizza and Steak House.
Santorum returns to Iowa this weekend.
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I guess Santorum is considering same sex marriage ?..
The Question kind of surprised Perry for a moment -Same Sex Marriage WITH YOU? I only promised you vice-President in exchange of trashing Mitt Romney in the last debate....However....
Santorum hits Romney again! I hope Mitt takes a good hot shower after that. The glazed look is good for a doughnut, not Mitt.
Google santorun.com
The repubs only chance now is to meld together all 8 or 10(don't want to leave any out) candudates. In this way all bases are covered. The ensuing multiple tongues wagging will entrance their followers. Who says Americans don't like a good circus?
Hey Rick --- if you're against same sex marriage, don't marry a guy.
lol
I don't see where Santorum has a prayer of getting the nomination and wish he would leave the podium. also I am tired of seeing Itchy and Scratchy going at it at every debate instead of discussing the issues in a Presidential manner. Newt on the other hand is always cool and collected and answers the questions with thought and deliberation. Cain has it together and the others may as well save their money and step down.
The main thing however is, Obama must not serve a second term.
The real wish is that all of them would shut the F up -All of the Republicans, that is-
One of them will be President in 2013, so you will not get your wish. A GOP Senate and House will be the icing on the cake.
@ Bob:
You Republicans are like the banks in the South: No credit for a black person....
You do not give President Obama any credit for all of his accomplishments in Foreign Policy...The only reason that he has not been able to do all that he can in the economy is because those Dumbass Republicans are blocking him all the time.
Their main goal is to sink Obama---Never mid that they are sinking the country along with their ideas---And you all are for it...Your hate for this man is amazing....
Irespond,
What Foreign Policy accomplishments are you talking about? Pulling all the troops out of Iraq? That was an agreement between President Bush and the Iraqi government in 2008. Obama tried to keep American troops in Iraq and could not accomplish anything (weak negotiating skills) and told by the Iraqi government to get out by the end of the year.
Libya, Started the first wave of assistance and then turned it over to NATO within a week or so. Promised it would be over in a couple of months, actually took 8 months and 1.1 billion. (American tax payers paid 80% of cost). Thousand of Libyan's killed and wounded. The new government has said they will rule with Sharia Law.
Killing Osama, President Bush had issued a capture/kill order back in 2003, and the CIA spend many months tracking this man down, some of it based on enhanced interrogation. When finally confirmed where he was living, the Special Operations Team (Seal team 6) and the CIA took him out. Obama was notified when it was confirmed where Osama was, so he wants to take credit by issuing an order to kill him.
Backed the Arab Spring Uprising in Egypt, Yemen, Syria (but not Iran) and pushed to topple Mubarak in Egypt, now we have rule by the military and a strong presence in Islamic Brotherhood and now a failure on the part of Egypt to live up to their agreements with Israel.
I don't see any of the above a great accomplishments to be proud of.
@sfcrt
So, now it's ok because it was President Bush the one that signed the agreement?
The "Republican hopefuls" are trashing him because he is letting the troops come home...and also trashing him because of what you are saying...that President Bush signed the agreement....
Do you realize that you have a no win argument? How can anybody deal with that kind of treatment? Would you consider that a healthy work enviornment...where every idea that you have is trash, just because it is your idea, but ok if it comes from the guy across the hall, just because he is wearing a different uniform? That is exactly the situation of President Obama.
Besides the non-ending Obama- bash on the debates, the Republicans have not offered any real solutions to our problems. Everybody jumped on Cain's 999 just because he was the only one bringing SOMETHING to the table. -never mind that his taxing plan is not going to work because we have a tax system that is not designed to -one-fits-all....
Anyway...I can go on, but I realized that it is impossible to really get any kind of positive answers from you guys...Have a great evening.
It is getting too the point of childish bullying.....
One of them will be President in 2013, so you will not get your wish.
No Bob -- not a single one to the crop in crazies the teapublican party is running for president will be elected. In a head to head contest Obama beats all of them.
Bob,
Let's just say you're right and "one of them will be President," Please share which one is your preference? If you don't have a preference - even Bachman, Santorum, etc, that effects how seriously anyone should take you
It does look like Rick "Man on Dog" Santorum protests too much doesn't it.
Didn't W break it (Iraq) so I guess he owns it..."Mission Accomplished!" those pesky WMDs where found to the north and the south and east and the west of Tikrit...wasn't that the mission? good thing we got them all..Good thing the neocons got it right I feel so secure...thanks for putting the Shiite factions in power they've got no connection with Iran (sic)...
Every republican running for president is just a continuation of the Bush policies. More tax cuts and less regulations. We are swimming in jobs, cause everyone knows tax cuts create jobs.
Our country was in such good shape when Bush left, I guess I can understand why the republicans want to go back to their last success.
A paper towel is not a napkin...or is it a napkin? What the f$&% am I even talking about?
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/oct/24/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-terror-attacks-have-increased/
I would love to see how many people would be out in the streets if the GOP wins the presidency, house
and senate. This freak show of a party couldn't wipe their own asses. Every time....every single time they
are in control, the country goes to hell. They are liars and can't handle governing. Righties, go ahead and
vote for one of these idiot candidates. You reap what you sow. Oh yeah, I love the way the tea party
says they were formed during the Bush administration. In other words, after cheating to win, the tea
party part of the republican party was so sick and tired of their own guy, that they formed the tea party.
Good one guys. You are all liars hypocrites and idiots. Good luck with the election. Obama 2012
I would not love to see that. That's why Obama wins. No real American is going to side with the party that would destroy this country so they can win the Presidency...(although one might say at long last, they're being very up front about that.)
sfcret
Irespond,
What Foreign Policy accomplishments are you talking about? Pulling all the troops out of Iraq? That was an agreement between President Bush and the Iraqi government in 2008.
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Hmmm, that statement would seem to be in direct contrast to what the former Senator stated to the folks when stating that the President conceeded Iraq to Iran.
So, how about you try less to diminish the actions of the President which are vetted each and every second because HE IS President of the United States and actually put some effort in vetting the commentary of this bunch of worthless GOP candidates since they are only wishing to be the President of the United States?
Rick Santorum meet Mittens. I can't believe you feel these inconsistencies need to be addressed. That is Old Hat.
Former Sen Sanatorium needs to be put in a straight jacket, this kook is total looney tunes.
I would ask Santorium why not ask the mothers,kids, wife ect how would they feel about the war keeping on. Did he forget he was Bush idea to leave.