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Santorum Scares Romney In Three Pointless Contests
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Christopher Robbins
Published Feb 8, 2012
Modified Feb 8, 2012
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Left for dead in Florida and Nevada, Rick Santorum won all three contests last night in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado, sending warning signals from Mitt Romney's CPU to the mini replica of the 2001 monolith that stands in for the candidate's heart. At his victory speech, Santorum said he wasn't aiming to become "the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney. I stand here to be the conservative alternative to Barack Obama."
Unfortunately for the bigoted former senator from Pennsylvania, none of the three races awarded him any delegates. Still, Romney's people were confident about Colorado, and the Mormon Machine failed him. Now, he's aiming to paint his opponents as creatures of Washington and the establishment, and his surrogates are assuring the media that he has "never lived a day in Washington." This is true! He lived in Wolfeboro, La Jolla, Deer Valley, Belmont…
Heathen New York Times editorial boardmember David Firestone succinctly describes Santorum as a credible manifestation of what the GOP currently represents.
Mr. Santorum is the only one of the three who can actually appear heartfelt when asserting, as he did today on Morning Joe, that “the central issue of the day is government oppressing and taking away our economic freedoms.” For him, as for the true believers who now dominate his party, this isn’t just a cynically crowd-pleasing line at a debate; he actually subscribes to the notion that the federal government is stalking its own citizens and mugging them of free choice, and he has for years.
And as yet another example of things happening in Vegas not staying in Vegas, Donald Trump took to CNN today to discuss his possible position in a Romney administration.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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