Question on Obama's religion puts Santorum in awkward spot
Shame on him.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-santorum-makes-case-against-romney-gingrich-20120123,0,5749623.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fpolitics+%28L.A.+Times+-+Politics%29
By John Hoeffel
January 23, 2012, 4:42 p.m.
Reporting from Lady Lake, Fla.—
With Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich engaging in a dogfight, Rick Santorum soldiered on, trying to persuade some of Florida's reddest Republicans that the top two finishers in South Carolina's upending primary are convenient conservatives, while he is the real deal.
As the campaign wound down in South Carolina, the former Pennsylvania senator's rhetoric became increasingly sharp. In one speech, he even dismissed Romney and Gingrich as Tweedledum and Tweedledee. But in Florida, he has tempered his language, becoming almost mild.
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Santorum dodged a few awkward questions. One woman claimed Obama's presidency was illegal, which led Santorum to smile tightly. When she claimed the president was a Muslim, he looked down at the podium and concentrated on writing on a small piece of paper. When she had finished, he said, "Well, yeah, I'm doing my best to get him out of the government."
He reacted angrily when reporters asked he afterward why he did not challenge her contention. Calling the question "a media gotcha thing," he said, "It's not my responsibility as a candidate to correct everybody who makes a statement that I disagree with."
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