Rick Santorum: 'The Issue In This Race Is Not The Economy'

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The Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingto...kusaolp00000009

Rick Santorum: 'The Issue In This Race Is Not The Economy'

 

 

The Huffington Post | By Jon Ward

Rick Santorum's presidential campaign has been beset by the impression that he talks too much about things that are not central to the concerns of most voters, such as contraception, President Barack Obama's theology, and most recently, pornography.

On Monday morning, as Santorum kicked off a full day of campaigning in Illinois, where he trails Mitt Romney in the polls, Santorum gave critics of his messaging more ammunition.

"The issue in this race is not the economy," he said.

His statement was part of a longer monologue about why Obama's health care overhaul is a symbol of government overreach, and that Americans' freedoms are eroding.

"The reason the economy is an issue in this race is because we have a government that is oppressing its people and taking away their freedom, and the economy is suffering as a result," Santorum said.

But to make such a statement so explicit is unlikely

[Valin]

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Hey lets all pretend that Huffpo is a real unbiased source of news!

[pollyannaish]

He is right. He also gave his opponents fodder. It wasn't a gaffe...but it could still hurt him.

 

The ugliness of modern politics and the legacy of spin doctors.

 

And edited to add: And the laziness of the American people, I might add. At the end of the day, that's where the real problem lies. We never left high school where we spent our time asking "Will this be on the test" instead of why is this important and what does it mean?

[Evad]

Really????

Wonder what world he is living in?

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@Draggingtree

 

Hey lets all pretend that Huffpo is a real unbiased source of news!

 

That would be hard to do