Santorum fights back against critics with barbs

[Omaha Steve]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20120118/D9SB17882.html

By PHILIP ELLIOTT

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) - Searching for traction, Rick Santorum is on the attack these days - against everyone, it seems.

On Tuesday alone, the Republican presidential candidate branded Mitt Romney a liberal, said Newt Gingrich's policy positions have been "all over the place" and laughed that Ron Paul has been running for president "since 1938."

The more acerbic tone comes as the South Carolina primary looms on Saturday and with polls showing Santorum trailing Romney, the front-runner, and other rivals.

In the effort to claw his way to the front of the pack, Santorum coupled his scathing critiques of his rivals on the campaign trail with a new TV ad that compares Romney to President Barack Obama.


Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum gestures on the USS Yorktown, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, in Mount Pleasant, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)


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[TheCowsCameHome]

1. His campaign will look like it walked into that propeller before long.

[mac56]

2. And how nice that he got Wilford Brimley to stop by.

[HopeHoops]

3. The standard reply should be, "Of course, whatever you say Mr. Frothy."