Click here to watch David Gregory's Meet the Press interview with Rick Santorum (1/1/12)
Source: MSNBC
After Santorum immensely jumped in the polls in Iowa, David Gregory wanted to interview him. Santorum has spent more time in Iowa than any other candidate, visiting all 99 counties in a pick up truck due to limited money and staff. Not too long ago Santorum was at 5% and people were wondering when he would drop out. Gregory asks Santorum why no one has endorsed him yet, even though he's been serving Washington D.C. for 20 years. Santorum answers this question by saying that he didn't ask anyone to endorse him because he had really low percentages up until recently. He isn't doing this to get endorsements, he wants to change what's going on in D.C. Gregory started talking about Santorum's new ad saying that he's "rock solid on values issues," which lately Santorum has been accusing Romney of not doing. Santorum has been saying that Romney is a liberal Massachusetts moderate, when only four years ago he was saying something completely different. Santorum supported Romney in the Republican primaries in 2008, he even said that "Romney would always stand up for conservative issues and principles." Gregory asked Santorum what has changed, and Santorum said that he only said this when comparing Romney to McCain.
I'm not a huge fan of Santorum, but he's an alright guy. He stands up for what he believes in, and he must be doing something right since he won 2nd place in the Iowa caucuses! Gregory was definitely trying to find some negative things about Santorum by throwing these difficult questions at him (ex. endorsements and Mitt Romney). I think that Santorum handled the questions well, but could've been a little more diplomatic with the Romney topic. I think this interview informed voters about Santorum, and I think he really struck a chord when he said that he's not looking for endorsements. I find endorsements to be unnecessary because if you want to vote for someone, you'll end up voting for them regardless of who supports them.
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