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Drudge Hitting Santorum Hard Over Old 'Satan' Speech

Sign of trouble for him among conservatives?

(Newser) - Rick Santorum's two biggest problems today appear to be Satan and Matt Drudge. The latter is using his influential Drudge Report to highlight a 2008 speech Santorum gave in which he warned about Satan having his "sights on" the US, reports Politico . "Drudge is making Santorum look...

Santorum: Big Beer's Best Friend

Beer lobby poured money into his Senate campaign coffers

(Newser) - Rick Santorum is a tireless crusader for Christian values, the traditional family, and… beer? Yep, during his Senate career, Santorum was the beer industry's main man, in part because some major breweries are located in Pennsylvania. From 1995 to 2006, brewers, beer executives, and wholesalers pumped $80,000 into...

Santorum Is Victim of Double Standard
Santorum Is Victim
of Double Standard
OPINION
Feb 21, 2012 1:23 PM CST

Santorum Is Victim of Double Standard

Obama opposes gay marriage, too, but nobody cares: William McGurn

(Newser) - William McGurn complains in the Wall Street Journal today about what he sees as the "most glaring double standard in American life today:" Candidate Obama in 2008 declares marriage to be a union between man and woman, and the media yawns. Rick Santorum says the same in 2012...

Stats Prove It: 2012 Race Much, Much Nastier

Negative ads rule the airwaves

(Newser) - It's not your imagination: This year's Republican primary season really has been drastically more negative than usual. In 2008, just 6% of GOP primary campaign advertising attacked other Republicans, but this year that figure has shot to 51%, the Washington Post reports. The tone of the ads has...

Santorum: Obamacare Bad for Marriage

Latest poll gives Santorum 10-point lead

(Newser) - Rick Santorum kept up the attacks on President Obama yesterday as polls showed his nationwide lead over Mitt Romney widening. Santorum accused Obama's policies, including health care reform, of hurting traditional families, Reuters reports. "Do you realize that if you are married under Obamacare, you pay a lot...

Romney Super PAC Spent 2x What It Raised Last Month

Restore Our Future spent $13.9M in January

(Newser) - Mitt Romney and the pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future were big spenders in January, according to the latest campaign filings. Restore Our Future spent $13.9 million in January—mostly on attack ads—and raised less than half that amount during the same period, Politico reports. Romney's campaign...

Contested Convention Would Be Disastrous

David Frum explains how it would pan out

(Newser) - As the GOP struggles to settle on a candidate , some are talking about a "brokered convention," at which party leaders would choose the nominee. But today's parties don't have the kind of power players that used to dominate the political scene—and "you can't...

Jittery GOP Eyes Daniels, Christie

But some call new candidacy a 'fairy-tale'

(Newser) - Republican insiders are increasingly worried that Mitt Romney will come up short with voters—so once again, they're looking toward Indiana and New Jersey for help. Mitch Daniels and Chris Christie are hearing renewed calls to enter the race, sources close to the governors tell Politico . For Daniels, "...

Romney Closing Gap in Michigan

Rick Santorum's 15-point lead shrinks to 4

(Newser) - Last week, Rick Santorum led Mitt Romney in the Michigan race by 15 points ; now, that lead is down to just four points, Public Policy Polling finds. Some 37% of voters say they support Santorum, compared to 33% for Romney; Ron Paul follows with 15%, while Newt Gingrich stands at...

Santorum Opposes Prenatal Tests

He rips insurance for amniocentesis, which 'creates abortions'

(Newser) - Amniocentesis for pregnant women? Forget it, says Rick Santorum. Such prenatal testing only results in more abortions, the candidate says. Santorum reiterated views he first expressed over the weekend in Ohio, where he ripped President Obama's support of insurance coverage of the test "because it ends up in...

Santorum Rips Obama's Earth Worship

But he backtracks on accusations of 'phony theology'

(Newser) - Rick Santorum set his sights on the president this weekend. On Saturday, Santorum accused President Obama of believing a "phony theology," not a theology "based on the Bible." Then, yesterday, he clarified that he wasn't talking about Obama's religious faith, just his faith in...

Forget Hope: Obama Shops Slogan Change for 2012

Incumbency, economy changes 'Change' message

(Newser) - After four years in office and facing continued unemployment and a weak economy— albeit with some signs of life —"Change we can believe in" just isn't going to cut it anymore. So the Obama campaign team is on the hunt of a new slogan, reports Reuters . Some...

Santorum Backer Sorry for Birth Control 'Joke'

Foster Friess' unfunny comment not campaign's problem: candidate

(Newser) - After making headlines yesterday by saying aspirin "between [gals'] knees" once served as birth control , Foster Friess explained his comments to Lawrence O'Donnell last night. "I love the expression, 'It’s not so much what people say, it’s what people hear,' and obviously...

Santorum Backer on Birth Control: 'Gals' Put Aspirin Between Knees

Foster Friess raises eyebrows with odd recollection

(Newser) - The billionaire pouring money into a super PAC in support of Rick Santorum went on Andrea Mitchell's MSNBC show today to make the case that Santorum's views on birth control ( he's not a fan ) were being blown out of proportion, reports USA Today . In the...

Santorum: Culture Warrior in Hiding
 Santorum: Culture 
 Warrior in Hiding   
Dave Weigel
Feb 16, 2012 1:58 PM CST

Santorum: Culture Warrior in Hiding

Dave Weigel says Rick Santorum has softened as he's risen in the polls

(Newser) - Rick Santorum went to the Washington state capital Monday just hours after the governor signed gay marriage into law there. And what did the right's fiercest culture warrior say? He told everyone to be respectful, that each side had "legitimate reasons" for its views, that "there are...

Daily Kos Hatches Scheme: Get Dems to Vote Santorum!

Liberal blog plans 'Operation Hilarity' to give Romney a headache

(Newser) - The Daily Kos may be a liberal blog, but it's throwing its support behind Rick Santorum—sort of. In a post yesterday announcing "Operation Hilarity," Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas urged Democrats to take advantage of the upcoming open primaries and caucuses in Michigan, North Dakota, Tennessee,...

Santorum's New Ad Is Very, Very Unfortunate

It appears to show him surrounded by, well, ' santorum '

(Newser) - When your last name has been turned into an unfortunate synonym for fecal matter , it's maybe not a great idea to air an ad that appears to show you surrounded by … fecal matter. In Rick Santorum's new anti-Romney ad , a Romney lookalike is shown shooting what is...

Santorum Asks for Secret Service After Protest

Protesters got 'rowdy' at Tacoma event this week

(Newser) - Rick Santorum must really be a frontrunner now, because the Republican presidential candidate is requesting Secret Service protection. His campaign sent the request to the Department of Homeland Security yesterday after what Fox News calls a "rowdy rally" in Washington state Monday night. Occupy protesters crashed the outdoor event...

Santorum Releases 4 Years of Tax Returns

Records bare rise in media, consulting fees, nearly double Romney's rate

(Newser) - Rick Santorum has released four years of his tax returns to Politico , and they show that while his income falls a long way short of Mitt Romney's or Newt Gingrich's, his Washington connections have helped him prosper since leaving Congress. His income hit $1.1 million in 2009—...

Megadeth Frontman Hails Santorum

But it's not an endorsement, Dave Mustaine says

(Newser) - Rick Santorum and heavy metal—together at last? Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine took a look at the GOP field in an interview with Music Radar and picked Santorum over too-rich Mitt Romney, too out-there Ron Paul, and "angry little man" Newt Gingrich. Mustaine, who founded Megadeth after getting kicked...

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