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Subscribe to RSSCompleting a two-day Southern swing that wrapped up in Newt Gingrich's home state of Georgia, Rick Santorum predicted Thursday that he will win or place in each of next week's primary contests.
"We're going to do well in every state," he told supporters at an Atlanta-area rally in an airplane hangar. "First or second, every state, right?"
(Of course, as readers and Twitter followers remind, Santorum isn't on the ballot in Virginia -- just Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are.)
The former Pennsylvania senator leads by a wide margin in Tennessee, where he campaigned yesterday, while Gingrich bests him by double digits in the Peach State.
He implored Georgians to take his side in the state, hinting that a vote for Gingrich would ultimately be a boost to "moderate" Romney, whom he says would follow in the footsteps of failed general election candidates like Bob Dole and John McCain.
"Georgia needs to be a part of transforming this race," he said. "The good people in this race, people I admire, but this race is narrowing down and we need the people of Georgia to stand with the conservative to make sure that the Washington establishment doesn't again give us another moderate Republican who will not motivate our country and who will lose this election in the general election."
Santorum also took aim at Romney for what critics called a high-speed flip-flop yesterday on the so-dubbed Blunt amendment, a measure pegged to the controversy over federal funding for mandated contraception coverage.
After telling an Ohio radio host that he was "not going there" on an issue he said should be made by families, Romney's team quickly clarified that their candidate did support the bill and that he had been confused by the wording of the question that prompted his answer.
Santorum appeared unconvinced by that explanation, telling supporters that "after [Romney's] consultants talked to him and then he came back, ‘Oh,' he said, ‘I didn't understand the question.' Well, maybe he did and maybe he didn't."
The Blunt measure narrowly failed in the Senate today.
*** UPDATE *** The Romney campaign passes along this response: “Washington insider Sen. Santorum’s ‘gut reaction’ is to ‘take one for the team’ instead of standing up for what he says he believes in," Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said. "Rick Santorum plays for Team Washington, while Mitt Romney’s team is the American people.”
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I miised this did Santorum buy a gun too?
You seem like an intelligent poster UAW, do you really see the country being ran by one of these two men? Or is your hate for the other party so strong that you can't get past the fact that your ABO stance is to close to heart?
I'm not hating, just truly asking.
And on the Blunt decision, Romney has ran his campaign on flipping on ideas the whole time, its not so surprising he's done the same here.
Rot, I think thats a great question to ask any of us who are very disappointed with Obama's economic policies and his rhetoric. I am not an ABO and actually pine for Clinton and/or Reagan as I think both tilted in their campaign rhetoric in one direction but actually were great leaders who had great appeal for the middle. We have had two idealogues as the past two presidents and they tend to bring out such passionate hatred from their other sides that I feel it hurts the country and our chances at accomplishing anything. I can see Romney much more than Santorum as another idealogue. Romney is much more likely to be a president who isnt an idealogue. My concern is that none of the 3 will accomplish much for the next 4 years.
Rottthem, I'm not fundamentally opposed to Obama being President. I'm just disappointed in his message that your lot in life is someone elses fault or responsibility. I guess it goes back to before he was elected, he was always blaming Bush. That continued deep into his presidency. The mortgage crisis had more to do with liberal democrats controlling the bank committees and insisting that everyone deserves a mortgage. Everyone knows Bush tried reforming Fannie and Freddie early in his term but was shut out by liberal democrats.
We deserve a better example of a leader than someone who blames others for their party's faults.
Kirk, funny you mention both Reagan and Clinton. Each of them had charisma and could sell ice cubes to Eskimos. The ract is that Reagan's policis are what got us in this mess. He didn't implement much of them himself but the last Bush sure did. Obama may not have been able to wave his magic wand fast enough for some people but he has the country moving in the right direction. He has said, and rightly so, that it is going to take both tax increases and spending cuts in order to get the economy going at the rate we want and need.
Now back to the topic of the original article:
Romney is apt to do better in the West and Santorum in the uberconservative South. The East and Midwest will be a tossup between them. Ultimately sane heads will prevail in the GOP, yes there are still a few, and Romney will win the Republican nomination. In the general election he will struggle to raise enough money to beat Obama and will not be successful no matter how much he spends. His history of flip flopping and pandering to whoever he is presently talking to and his disconnect to the average American will cause Willard to lose. People will realize just how crazy the other GOP candidates are. After Super Tuesday we may have a better view of that. Egos may carry all the way to the convention but in the end Willard will be the nominee. Obama will win by a comfortable margin if not a landslide and both houses of Congress will be dominated by the Democrats.
The Tea Party has failed in their attempt to hyjack America for big business and the Fascist wannabes that seem to dominate the Republican party even though it is not their original intent.
Does that include Virginia, where he didn't manage to get on the ballot?
NRA
OK you have made your point in your numerous previous posts of this infomercial. Get over it. I questioned you who should take the fall for this well intentioned program gone sour.
It was started as the "Gunwalker" program under a previous unnamed Administration. Is "He" guilty for starting it or is his successor guilty of not terminating it on his first day in office?
Sure you will continue to post this garbage and ignore my question, but your cowardly posts speak for your credibility
My bad, post 2.1 should have been posted to NRA post 4.
Santorum predicts first or second in every Super Tuesday state!
Wooow! That Santorum must be a fu#king Nostradamus! There's only two real candidates "Duh"
"LOL"
What is this guy smoking? He will be on the train to ignominy with Herman and Michelle. Once he moves away from religious matters, he has nothing of consequence to say. He's anti higher and public education. What a doofus. How does he think uneducated Americans can compete in a global economy? And my faith weakened as an undergraduate, not because of liberal professors, but because I went to too many beer parties on Saturday nights, and was usually hung over on Sunday mornings.
To be honest with you moonbaseGOP: the people who are voting in these primaries are just that crazy to vote Santorum to first or second because of the hatred for President Obama so yes they are!!!
Everyone from the right and left have a great evening and let me comment and say Mr. Romney is in for long day this super Tuesday because he knows he can't win the truly quote unquote conservative base. Or if he does win the nomination he isn't inspiring enough or trustworthy enough to win the general. Sorry Mr. Romney you're going to have keep carpetbombing to win.
The real question about gus -were they America nmade or some European fancy dan model? With romney's tastes they'll probably be German Lugers.
May be we can get all the candidates tod onate them to the syrian uprising and do some good.
why oh why does the media try to lead when reporting is their job ????
According to the media, Obama has already won. Perhaps we should stop worrying about the candidates and focus on the media. Media, you do not represent me. You haven't a clue about what I want or how I feel. You have lost touch with the American people. Do not predict this election because in doing so you prevent some people from actually voting. What I hope for is a rallying of the American people against you. Let's bring back that true American spirit that our forefathers had. Vote for whomever you choose but please do your homework. Be informed. Do not be led like sheep by the media gods
Ron Paul President 2012!!!!! the ONLY TRUE American running for President!!!!!!!
this is breaking my heart i wake up every morning feeling miserably helpless while my country goes down the drain .. i love u.s.a. with all my heart ! please america wake up we have a gr8 shot at fixing this country ! RON PAUL 2012
Rick Santorum must be wearing the Carnac turban, to be able to predict for Super Tuesday.