Mitt Romney sought to fend off an
added challenge in the Republican presidential race, opening a
coordinated assault against Rick Santorum to combat the looming
potential for a drawn-out nomination contest.
Amid signs that Santorum could make a strong showing in
tonight’s Minnesota caucuses, the Romney campaign turned its
attention from Newt Gingrich, long seen as its toughest rival,
and set its sights on the former Pennsylvania senator who won
Iowa’s party caucuses.
In an interview on a local Minnesota radio station
yesterday, Romney accused Santorum of increasing government
spending by allocating federal funds for local projects known as
earmarks.
“His approach was not effective,” Romney told WCCO radio.
“If we’re going to change Washington, we can’t just keep on
sending the same people there in different chairs.”
Santorum struck back, saying Romney’s support for a
Massachusetts health-care plan made him an unacceptable standard
bearer for the party.
“Governor Romney on that vitally important issue of
Obamacare is the weakest candidate we can put up,” he told
reporters in Golden, Colorado. “The issue will be about Mitt
Romney’s credibility, not about Barack Obama’s record.”
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