Oops! Santorum Bucks GOP Message On The Economy

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Pema Levy March 11, 2012, 3:38 PM 6179 44

Rick Santorum deviated from the party line this weekend when he suggested that an improving economy could damage Republicans’ chances in November. Santorum, whose campaign has helped bring social issues to the fore this year, let slip Saturday that the economy might not be a winning issue — or even the main issue during the election.

“You hear now the media starting to say, oh well, looks like the economy is getting better,” Santorum told supporters in Missouri Saturday night after winning the Kansas caucuses. “You know, the economy may be getting better and Republicans may lose their edge on that issue. Well, if that was the only issue in this race, that may or may not be the case, we don’t know.”

<..> In a sign that Santorum’s comments were too revealing for comfort, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham took issue with them Sunday. “I don’t think he’s right at all,” Graham said on ABC’s This Week. “This is an anemic recovery after a pretty long recession.” Santorum’s comments fly in the face of what the Republican Party overall has pinned their reelection message on thus far: a poor economy and high unemployment they can yoke to President Obama. Graham echoed the common GOP line that the President’s policies are hurting the recovery.

<..> Political observers have remarked for a while now that the biggest factor in determining the outcome in November will be the economy, and it won’t serve Republicans to give away the game up front and admit that Obama is presiding over a recovery. While Santorum’s remarks might make sense as a strategy against Romney, they’re an unsettling reminder to the Republican Party that if the economy continues to improve, they may need to start thinking about a plan B.

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/0...conomy.php

Santorum blows it again. LOL let him talk.

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lol...Lindsey Graham almost went into full-blown panic mode.