Romney, Santorum Battle For Michigan After Recent Gaffes
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Mitt Romney (photo courtesy of Creative Commons).
Romney said he made “some mistakes,” saying his wife owned two Cadillacs and that he was friends with Nascar team owners.
Santorum has received attention for his provocative statements calling Obama a “snob” for suggesting young Americans should attend college and said he wanted to “throw up” after reading John F. Kennedy’s speech on the separation of religion and politics.
Santorum’s campaign also admitted it had urged Democratic voters to turn out at the polls and vote against Romney, The New York Times reported. Automated calls to Democrats said, “Romney supported the bailouts for his Wall Street billionaire buddies but opposed the auto bailouts. That was a slap in the face to every Michigan worker, and we’re not going to let Romney get away with it.”
The calls asked Democrats “to send a loud message to Massachusetts Mitt Romney” and vote for him in the primary, CNN reported. The state’s primary is open to all voters.
Romney responded in both a television interview and press conference with reporters.
“I think Republicans have to recognize there’s a real effort to kidnap our primary process,” he said. “And if we want Republicans to nominate the Republican who takes on Barack Obama, I need Republicans to get out and vote and say no to the dirty tricks of a desperate campaign.”
According to The New York Times, Santorum defended his tactics on Laura Ingraham’s radio show on Tuesday.
“Governor Romney has repeatedly, in every state, done robocalls using my voice where I was on your program, by the way, talking about him as a conservative and saying ‘Here’s what Rick Santorum has to say about Governor Romney. And that was OK.”
Arizona and Michigan both held their Republican primaries Tuesday.
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