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Added: Feb 22, 2012
From: NewsyPolitics
Duration: 1:54
Transcript by http://www.newsy.com BY ZACH TOOMBS A new ad from Ron Paul marks the latest round in a barrage of attacks against Rick Santorum. The former Pennsylvania senator's recent success has made him a big target for his GOP rivals. "Is this dude serious? Fiscal conservative? Really? Santorum voted to raise the debt ceiling five times, doubled the size of the Department of Education, then supported the biggest entitlement expansion since the '60s." On the verge of a major upset in Michigan over Mitt Romney, Santorum is polling high and gaining newfound attention. RealClearPolitics shows Santorum has climbed to an almost-six percent lead nationally — up to 34 percent support in an average of the polls tracking the race. But with more support from the electorate comes more scrutiny for Santorum. And, as NBC Nightly News reports, the spotlight has not been kind to the candidate in the last few days. "For Rick Santorum, his recent frontrunner status is forcing him to backtrack and explain some of his campaign's more highly-charged rhetoric." "It's about some phony ideal... some phony theology." And in another sign of the candidate's growing strength, the president's campaign turned its sights away from the typical target of Romney and toward Santorum. Los Angeles Times cites a memo released Tuesday by Team Obama. "'As Sen. Santorum has risen in the polls, the scrutiny of his policies will follow.' [Obama's campaign spokesman] also criticized the Republican for focusing 'on issues that divide Americans rather than issues that the American people are focused on right now,' like the economy." Although Santorum has faced heat from Republicans and Democrats alike, Dan Balz of The Washington Post writes he could be a tough target... if he presents himself in the right way. "GOP strategist [Terry] Holt said Santorum may not be more conservative than many others in the party, 'but he's said and done things that are off-key'... 'This is his moment to shine ... but now it becomes not so much a matter of ideology but of tone. There's no question that he's very conservative. Now it's how he handles questions that will be the test.'"
Channel: News
Tags: rick santorum rick santorum campaign president obama politics news mitt romney barack obama ron paul gop candidates republican candidates michigan primary
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