Here is audio of Rush Limbaugh yesterday on his radio show saying that the “Republican Establishment is in a panic” over the possibility Sen. Rick Santorum may win the GOP Nomination. In fact, Rush said the “Establishment” is prepared to look for another candidate if Mitt Romney loses his home state of Michigan to Santorum. They don’t believe Santorum can win a General Election because of his strong conservative views on Social Issues.
Toward the end of the clip, Rush says he thinks the Left actually fears Santorum, even as they claim they believe he would be the easier candidate to defeat.
Just eight days ahead of the Michigan GOP Presidential Primary, two news polls show the race tightening there significantly. Rick Santorum had been leading by double-digits in some polls just a week ago, but new polling shows Mitt Romney closing in on Santorum in a state Romney considers home territory.
Speaking in Ohio today, Rick Santorum attacked Mitt Romney for having essentially gotten an “earmark” to turn around the 2002 Winter Olympics – something Romney often uses as proof he would be effective as President. Santorum said Romney was able to do what he did because he got a “bailout” from the U.S. Congress.
It looks like Mitt Romney will hold onto victory in the Maine Caucuses. A county that did not vote last week due to a snowstorm has completed their voting, and while Ron Paul gained 83-votes, Mitt Romney still holds a 156-vote lead on Paul, even if the state GOP decides to count the county’s late votes. The state GOP already declared Romney the official winner, and has yet to decide whether the outstanding votes will be counted in the final tally:
NPR: Ron Paul has gained 83 votes on Mitt Romney following a Republican presidential caucus in eastern Maine, where voting last week had been postponed due to bad weather. Romney still holds a 156-vote lead over Paul in statewide totals.
Paul received 163 votes in Saturday’s Washington County caucus, where Republicans from more than two dozen towns gathered to cast their votes. Romney received 80 votes. Rick Santorum got 57 votes and Newt Gingrich received four votes.
The Maine Republican Party last week declared Romney the winner of the state’s GOP caucuses, but Washington County Republicans were angered their votes weren’t counted after their caucus was postponed last Saturday because of a snowstorm. . . . Read More
Here is video of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine – a former U.S. Senator – changing his endorsement for President from Mitt Romney to Rick Santorum:
“In October (2011), I endorsed Mitt Romney for President. At the same time, I became a delegate for Mitt Romney. Like a lot of people, I believed at the time that my friend, Rick Santorum, simply could not overcome Gov. Romney’s massive financial and organizational advantage, and maybe more importantly, quite candidly, I firmly believed that Gov. Romney was the best candidate – had the best chance to beat Barack Obama.
I was wrong.
Today, I am withdrawing as a Romney delegate, and I am endorsing Rick santorum for President of the United States.”
Santorum thanked DeWine for his endorsement, noting he knew “how difficult” it was for him to switch his endorsement. He said he is very pleased with how he is doing in Ohio, which holds its GOP Primary on Super Tuesday, March 6.
Here is video of Mitt Romney on the campaign trail in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he urged voters to help him win the GOP Nomination and defeat Barack Obama.
Here is video of Mitt Romney last night telling Sean Hannity that Rick Santorum “has got the most negative ad I’ve seen so far – the one attacking me for attacking him.”
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