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MACON, GA -- For the first time this cycle, the Newt Gingrich campaign is directly targeting Rick Santorum to voters -- rolling out robo calls in two key Super Tuesday states against the former Pennsylvania senator.
In the next 24 hours, 150,000 households in both Oklahoma and Tennessee will hear a female voice hitting Santorum on supporting “big labor.”
“On the campaign trail Rick Santorum talks a good game about his blue collar roots and about being for the average family,” the females says. “As senator from Pennsylvania, Santorum cozied up to the labor union bosses and voted for the AFL-CIO and against a national 'right to work' bill that would have let workers opt-out of paying union dues Union dues that hurt families and small businesses.”
“Rick Santorum -- friend of working families or the Union bosses pal? You decide,” the robo call ends.
This is the first paid “advertisement” focusing on a GOP opponent the Gingrich campaign has paid for since Florida. Gingrich is battling for his political life and sees his path back to the front of the pack through the Southern states. Santorum seems to be the Speaker’s biggest competition down South.
Gingrich campaign spokesman, R.C. Hammond, said Santorum has a “Jimmy Hoffa problem.”
“Rick Santorum is the one who has to come to Georgia and explain why he tried to bury his big labor voting record in the end zone of this primary,” Hammond said.
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Gingrich, fighting hard to be number 2. Personally, I'd hate to be in a position where I was fighting for Romney's table scraps.
You know, Chucky, if the GOP establishment had a lick of common sense, they would let either Santorum or Gingrich get the nod for the nomination so they could lose big and maybe purge the far right element in their party. Maybe even attract some moderate conservatives. They would be helping themselves in the long run. However, I don't see common sense breaking out any time soon. How embarrassing for the GOP.
Phine, its almost as if the GOP has decided to toss Independents out the window. Not a good stategy.
Chucky,
It is like they are tossing about everybody but their own right wing fringe!
Phine and Chucky -It was a choice between the Teaparty or the Independents - I guess we see who has the clout
Noot.
Bloated pig.
Not presidential material.
Not a decent human, actually.
How do these 'things' stay in the race? Mr Adelson- do you have any clues for us??
Sure, but how much fin is it to watch Newtie when he thinks he's relevant beyond his own mind?
The guy only got into the race in an attempt to Newton the brand, the marketing machine that made him rich and keeps him rich. A quick, superficial run for President with an early exit would have sold a lot of books, videos, talk show appearances, and seats on the lecture circuit.
Instead a little early success turned him into a darling of the authoritarian wing of the Conservative Movement and activated his killer instinct. Once that happened there was no stopping the guy.
Thanks, Newton Leroy Gingrich for contributing to the breakup of the always phony "Conservative Movement."
For all those Gingrich supporters out there, watch the video titled, 'The Real Newt Gingrich'. It's an eye-opener! He is a globalist who feels that the Constitution is an antiquated document that needs replaced, he supported GATT, the WTO, and NAFTA. All of which were/are detrimental to the U.S. He also had over 300 ethics violations levied against him while in Congress! Don't believe his feined Conservatism.
Yeah, well, of course Gingrich is hitting Santorum. He still thinks he has a shot, if he can get himself back into the position of the anti-Romney. Besides, trying to show a little relevance in the South if no where else, between Romney and Santorum, which is Gingrich's threat there?
This was always the concern among the anyone-but-Romneyers. End up with more than one anti-Romney down the stretch, allowing the slick one to slide ride through the middle.
If Gingrich and Santorum play the anti-Romney see-saw, then Mitt wins. He probably wins regardless, but they can't stop him if they're sabotaging each other.
Newt was history before he ever began. People don't like hypocrites, and see Callinton when they see Newt...
Santorum is just fricken NUTS... He needs help...
Mitt seems to be the guy in the middle of the mud shute... And, with a way of turning to keep it mostly rubbed off, or at least fresh mud! And, he looks younger all the time!
The only thing Mitt has going for him is his wife. She seems genuine...
The hilarity of the GOP primary race continues unabated! How can these brain-dead losers keep topping themselves day after day?
I want the old days back where the guys who lost actually quit and their campaigns died instead of being reanimated and continuing to stalk the robust and viable candidates. Yes, and I realize with our current crop of Republican candidates, robust and viable might be a misnomer here.