Mich. and Ohio Contradict Santorum‘s Claim That He’s ‘Won Every State in the Midwest’
- Posted on March 17, 2012 at 8:52pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has been apparently telling people in Missouri that he’s “won every state in the Midwest.”
“If you look at the Midwest, all of the Midwest is one color. It’s our color. We’ve won every state in the Midwest. Let’s keep that going in the state of Illinois, obviously we need to keep that going here with the delegate selection here in Missouri,” Santorum said during a speech in Hazelwood.
Mitt Romney won the Republican primary contests in Ohio and Michigan, states commonly referred to be in the Midwest, earlier this month and at the end of February.
The National Journal notes that Romney spokesman Andrea Saul quickly issued a statement after the flub, saying “As usual, Senator Santorum has no regard for the facts. Mitt Romney beat him in both Michigan and Ohio because of his strong, pro-jobs message – and despite Senator Santorum’s desperate attempt to get Obama supporters to throw the primary his way.”
Santorum’s comment could have been derived from a narrative he’s promoted on the campaign trail of late, that his delegate race with Romney is closer than the current delegate math estimates suggest.
CBS News reports that Santorum told a crowd Saturday in Ballwin, Missouri, that he has got some “new delegate math” that shows “this race is a lot different than what the consensus is.”
“We’re looking at the rules, we’re looking at how things are stacking up, and we’re in much better shape in these caucuses and some of these apportioned states or winner-take-all states, which in fact are not winner-take-all states,” Santorum said. “We’re in this fight. We’re going to be in it till the end. We’re going to win.”
Missouri Republicans on Saturday began selecting delegates to the national convention, a process that the National Journal notes won’t become final, with its 52 delegates assigned to certain candidates, until early June. The nearby Midwestern state of Illinois will hold its critical GOP primary Tuesday.
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Comments (59)
MR_ANDERSON
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:02amI don’t consider Michigan and Ohio in the “Midwest.” They don’t border the Mississippi river or a state that is the Gateway to the West. Ohio is definitely eastern, and I am close to calling Michigan the Middle East of the United States.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 7:45pmYep sounds right
Report Post »WithoutGuile
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 10:07amMitt Romney is awkward and a bit stiff… precisely because he is not some smooth talking experienced liar… I mean washington insider, lobbyist, historian, ear marker… and he is also NOT the establishment guy. He is however the guy who is using the establishment as a strategy to win the white house…where, if he is true to his past. He will not take a paycheck, he will not have sex with interns or lie, or do 121 fundraiser, or play 100 rounds of golf. BUT HE WILL cut waste, eliminate red tape, create confidence in the business sector… which will help to create jobs… and he will work to win wars…not just be in them. Oh and he won’t give himself a raise…or take vacations in separate jets. This man knows how to work 80-120 hours a week…he’s done it his whole life. Which is why he is successful.
Furthermore… I am voting for him because of Romney Care…not in spite of it. Because IF every state had been pro-actively working to solve the very broken health care system and issues in their own states(As the constitution allows and even directs) if they had all been doing this then the FED would have no reason to even get involved. Let me be very clear here… I’m not for a mandate…but I am for the constitution and states rights. When Obama care is repealed… we will still have a very broken and expensive medical system… each state will then need to craft a solution. So far only one has attempted this in an effort to do so. He LEADS
Report Post »Got2bRoni
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:41pmAmen. Santorum needs to step down. We need to rally around Romney.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 7:47pmWell, you just go rally around whoever floats your boat, but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord and help any man who has backbone enough to stand up for his faith, his family (his dog) and his country.
Report Post »Peacewise
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 8:16amWe need to remind ourselves that the key battle in the primary is to wrestle control of the party from the establishment. I define the establishment as those washingtom elites who have from the beginning come out in support of Romney. Thus anyone but Romney should be our goal. Supporters of Newt, Santorum and Paul at some point need to look at the polls and start voting with that end in mind. I really like Paul’s message and it is where we need to be ultimately, However voting for him this time around is not going to change the elites grip on the party.
We are now at a tactical phase of the primary.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 8:51amThis dragged out primary has scuttled the effort to oust Obama. The longer it continues, the better O’s chances are. People are tired of listening to BS that is being shoveled by these guys and it is showing in Obama’s approval ratings. Have Americans become too stupid and too petty to remain free? We will see come Nov.
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:04amI disagree. as long as the GOP candidates keep it focused and not ugly, this is a benefit.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 8:07amSasha and Malia love Rick Santorum. He’s gonna help their daddy. Sasha says she thinks Rick’s big belly is cute. Malia likes his big front teeth. They both like it when he points.
Report Post »50Caliber
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 7:37amI like you Rick. You’re a nice guy. You gave it a great effort, but its over! Accept reality, go sit down and STFU!
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:09amAmericans love the underdog who doesn’t give up. The guy who keeps getting knocked down and then stands back up and says, I’m still here. The man who has no chance but comes out of nowhere to win the support of everyone solely because he has heart,
That is Rick Santorum.
Was Rocky Balboa the fastest, strongest, or smartest fighter? No, he had heart and never gave up.
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:45amWake up people or we are going to wake you up this election: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82wfE8xuQ5U&feature=youtu.be
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:36amWhat good is it to be an American when there is so much fraud in the GOP? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDChEDnISOw&feature=youtu.be I believe it is time to rid our country of the GOP. I call on all Ron Paul supporters to refuse to vote for the Republican nominee if it happens to be Romney, Santorum or Gingrich. Write in Pauls name, or vote for Gary Johnson. It is time to show the GOP that they will not win a single election without us. We need to prove this and we will this election. It is time for us to stand up to the dishonest GOP party and send them packing into oblivion.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 6:24amRon Paul will be a good VP. Maybe we should be backing and supporting someone else.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:57amThese poor, poor politicians just can’t help themselves. Why stray one bit from the truth? Guess that is a qualifying factor.
Report Post »eileen for freedom liberty
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:32am“Real” Conservatives see the glass half full…and the others see the glass half empty. We are optimistic all the way to the White House!
Now here are the ‘real’ facts…as we ‘real’ conservatives see them!.
Michigan
NWO Romney 41.1% 409,899
Santorum 37.9% 377,521
A DIFFERENCE OF 32,378 VOTES!
Ohio…
NWO Romney 37.9% 456,513
Santorum 37.1% 446,225
A difference of only 10,288 votes.
The fact is that the only ‘real’ conservative in this race…Rick Santorum came out a winner in both those states WITHOUT…millions of NWO/Trump money and/or big establishment Repuglican endorsements. He did it with ‘real’ conservatives in all parties who are voting their convictions in 2012…and not who we are told to vote for!
WE ARE BACKING A WINNER…RICK SANTORUM…AND WE ARE CLOSING IN!
Report Post »justangry
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:59am“Real” conservatives don’t pick and chose what parts of the Constitution the abide by. Heck, Santorum doesn’t even support the free speech portion of the 1st. He’s a fake and the social progressives eating his crap up are gullible.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 8:09amSonya Sotomayor thanks Rick for giving her the boost she needed to become the most liberal Supreme Court Justice in history. Rick was happy to vote for her, even if most of his GOP colleagues refused to.
Report Post »MCLOVINIT
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:11amPolitical Prayer:
Report Post »“It is January 20th, 2013.
Rick Santorum is being sworn in as the new President of the United States.
I give thanks to you Almighty God, for your blessings! Thank you, Lord.”
I see it. I feel it. I believe it. It is so.
lukerw
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:22pmThe Unions… prevent the MidWest Conservatives from being the Americans that they should be.
Report Post »Goldi
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:39pm.Leavitt served as Utah’s governor from 1993-2003
Report Post »Well I guess it took me three tries.
BTW, I was one of those volunteers, and I loved it.
Chuck Stein
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:48amI think that the next time you do a multi-part posting, you should post a sort of “topic” message, then “reply” to it with what you want to say. Otherwise, readers like me will get confused seeing the last part first.
Report Post »Goldi
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:38pm“Help wanted; hard work, no pay, better hurry.” Fifty thousand people responded. When the Games had concluded, they were an unqualified success. In a world still reeling from the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, people across the globe were assured that they could gather in safety to celebrate the highest qualities of the human family. Mitt Romney’s leadership had turned the $400 million deficit into a $100 million surplus. It was a spectacular turnaround.
Report Post »Sen. Santorum’s suggestion that only a “federal bailout” made all this possible is flatly wrong. We looked to the federal government only to assist with security and necessary infrastructure. Throughout, Mitt did the right thing, and he did it extraordinarily well.
After the Olympic Games had concluded, Mitt Romney returned to Massachusetts where he was elected governor. His state had a $3 billion deficit and the economy needed a turnaround. With the same discipline he used in business and the Olympics, at the end of four years he turned it into a $2 billion rainy-day fund. The bottom line is this:
The profile of the person we were looking for to rescue the Olympics matches almost perfectly what United States needs in our next president. We need a leader who can return us to fiscal responsibility, discern between those things that are needs and wants, and inspire a demoralized people to believe again. Mitt Romney is a leader who can do those things, and more
.Leavitt served as Utah’s governo
Goldi
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:37pmSubject: Mike Leavitt on the 2002 Olympics
Report Post »Fitting the profileMike Leavitt
Guest columnist Contrary to what Rick Santorum says, Mitt Romney was responsible for turning around the 2002 Winter Olympics, writes Mike Leavitt. Thanks to some charges leveled by former Sen. Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney’s stewardship of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games has become the subject of a curious controversy. Among other things, Santorum has suggested that Mitt succeeded thanks only to a “federal bailout.” As I was governor of Utah at the time, I’m in a unique position to set the record straight.
Here are the facts: Four years before the Games were to begin, they got caught up in a scandal. Sponsors began to withdraw and the budget of the Games was nearly $400 million over anticipated expenditures. A new leader was needed. Utah was at risk financially and I personally engaged in the search for the right person. I found Mitt Romney, who had a distinguished career in business, helping to start new companies and turn around failing ones. Within weeks of his arrival, Mitt had laid out a revitalized vision for the Games. Mitt assembled a new team to bring the budget under control. I repeatedly heard him explain that if the budget was to be balanced, every spending request had to be divided into needs and wants. He called on the people of Utah to volunteer to close the gap. I’ll never forget the ad he placed in Utah papers. It read:
LeadNotFollow
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:17pm…
Report Post »Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul need to drop out, and let Romney and Santorum fight it out.
justangry
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:55amWishful thinking. Ron Paul isn’t going to drop out. You might as well just get used to that. I don’t think most of his supporters are going to go for Romney and Santorum anyway. The establishment has pushed us too far, it’s time for them to pack their bags and go home. Ron Paul realized what kind of supporters he has the last time around. We’re not like Romney/Santorum supporters. You can thank us after we win our country back.
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:18amLeadnotfollow, Why don’t you start acting like your name? I am telling you, with all the election fraud happening, Ron Paul supporters will not vote for Santorum or Romney or Gingrich. We will write his name in or vote for Johnson, you watch. None of your candidates can win if that happens. We are not going to be pushed under the bus. This election is going to be something for the history books. If Obama wins because of this, you all will have noone to blame but yourselves. If you can sit back and not say anything about the fraud that is happenning, then you are part of the problem in our country. You will all deserve what you get.
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:14amRon Paul is in it to help Mitt Romney.
Newt Gingrich is in it to help his ego.
Both are in it for political gain, as neither can win.
Report Post »James Humbert
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:08pmhttp://www.ricksantorum.com/enforcing-laws-against-illegal-pornography
Report Post »justangry
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:01amLOL, yeah that’s a winning platform. All the problems we have in this country he’s worried about someone tossing off. He’s an idiot.
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:23amSounds like Ricky is all for the government restricting the internet. Everyone yells and screams about Obama wanting to do the very same thing. Ricky is big government.
Report Post »James Humbert
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:00pmhttp://www.c-span.org/Campaign2012/Rick-Santorum-campaigns-in-Illinois/10737429126-1/ I SAID I MEANT THE HEARTLAND COME ON GUYS !!!
Report Post »James Humbert
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:06pmRick replies Don’t you guys got better things to ask about !
Report Post »Ultracurmudgeon
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:56pmWe can argue the boundaries of “the Midwest ” or we can agree with the liberal left that the flyover states are just a bunch of “low sloping foreheads”& clinging to their “guns & Bibles”. Uug praise the Lord & pass the ammo!
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:06pmLOL…
Report Post »There are far more vertically sloped forehead , gun slinging & bible quoting people here in fly over country than washington d c thinks. And since bible means book, they might want to find out what we are quoting; like oh say… The Constitution.
wewantchillywilly
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:56pmSantorum only uses the constitution when it fits his lifestyle. essentially he is no different than obama, just opposite intentions.
the fact that he says he wants to ban pornography says it all. i will not stop posting about this until he is soundly defeated. i don’t care if you like porn or not, you cannot go ban it because you’re offended by it. just don’t watch it. rick says it contributes so sex trafficking and violence against women. he sounds like a freaking democrat! he is just hiding behind women’s rights to get something outlawed. sound familiar?
Santorum is the type of guy who will ban or boycott if he is offended by something. sorry rick, but you’re not free from being offended in this country.
i really, really hope Glenn Beck blasts Rick for doing this. this proves that Ron Paul was right: Rick Santorum is a fake. nice guy. but a fake.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:32pmyou are whipping a dead horse…… Dr Ron is a want-ta-be with no record to back up his big words.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:18pmDamn it Republiicorp, what bill has he introduced that you don’t like? You keep running away from this quesiton like a french schoolgirl. You got nothing!
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:20amRepublicorp is an Obama supporter, you will never get him to answer your questions. He has his lips smack up against Obama’s pooper.
Report Post »dissentnow
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 7:09am@republicorp
Report Post »I am sick and tired of the “he has no record to run on” argument.
I‘m sorry but i’ll pick the guy that has the integrity to be the only person that votes either for or against something because he knows, in his heart, that its the right thing to do over the guy that votes for something because he wants to “take one for the team” because everyone else is voting for it, even though he knows it isn’t the right thing to do.
Taking one for the team is NOT leadership. I’ll take the guy that has the guts to stand by himself.
James Humbert
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:54pmRick Santorum won Iowa ,Kansas Minnesota. Missouri, ,North Dakota and if the Caucus goes as the primary Missouri .As he was speaking to a crowd and Illinois wins there too hmm !
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:16pmLOL .. Michigan should have been a cake walk for Romney … he had to spend a ton to squeek out a win.
Report Post »James Humbert
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:48pmWell it should of been a 15 -15 delegate split in MI http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2012/3/1/163521/7207 . Because of back door cheating by pro Romney committee.That gave both of the 2 undeserving votes to Romney. Plus FYI Romney spent 8-1 in OH and the total from CNN was 456,513 to 446,225. ALSO he was ask about the Mid West comment when he was leaving the event and clarified what he meant . Hmmm he doesn’t use a teleprompter lol and sometimes he means something different and you the media types just try up to just try to dig something up . If the Missouri Caucus goes as the primary did early and he wins Illinois ,Well as he told when asked he will of won the slot in the middle . Hopefully Glenn doesn’t allow this B.S !
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:26amJames, Paul will pick up over half the delegates.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:39pmWhy is Santorum still in the race?
Report Post »striker_58201
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:27pmBecause he’s the only true conservative in the race? That was easy!
Report Post »justangry
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:17amAnd you both think Ron Paul supporters are high. lol
Report Post »dissentnow
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 7:45amVoting to raise the debt ceiling, no child left behind, and medicare prescription drug benefits….hmmm, doesn’t sound very conservative to me.
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:32pmWhat is “new delegate math”? 2+2 does not =4? Is Santorum going to act like the Democrats and sue the states that he doesn’t win? He sounds like just another typical attorney.
Report Post »striker_58201
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:31pmLets try this on for size. How about as much as they might want to be MICHIGAN AND OHIO AREN’T IN THE MIDWEST!!!!!! When you no more than 9 hours from the ocean you’re not in the midwest!!! The Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas… etc they are in the midwest!
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:38pmI’ve lived in Ohio most my life. Everyone here calls it the Midwest, regardless of what you think.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:47pmActually, it originated in the New England area, and refers to the part of the U.S. that is “MIDway” to the “WEST” coast.
Report Post »According to the Census Bureau, it does include Ohio and Michigan.
Personally I always visualized it as being more belt-ish, like the “Bible Belt”.
I would certainly never have thought of Michigan as Midwest, but, rather, as North.
striker_58201
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:26pmWell Goodstuff, I live in Ohio now!!! And I’ve lived in the real midwest also. You really need to get out of the state once in a while. I also know people in Ohio that think they’re from the south too.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:20am@ Tomferrari
Report Post »I think you are right. My wife is from Kansas & she thinks it odd that I consider Ohio as part of the Midwest — but I’m from Massachusetts.
justangry
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:15pmThey say Romney won Ohio. Of course they’re the same people who say global warming is caused by man. Franklin County is one of the areas they say Romney did well in, but everything I seen and heard here was either Santorum or Paul. The GOP better realize that the crap they’re pulling is going to be the same crap that Obama pulls in November. I heard these electronic voting booths were maintained/serviced by the Union folks, and there’s a lot of evidence out there showing how easily they can be manipulated. Better wake up folks. You might think it‘s funny what’s been happening to my guy, but it could just as easily be your guy that gets the shaft. Remember the media that’s reporting this crap is all in the CFR with Goldman Sachs, and we know who they’re supporting.
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