Oops! Santorum Bucks GOP Message On The Economy

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.”

The comment distinguishes Santorum from rival Mitt Romney, who has made the economy the central issue of his campaign. Santorum may be looking to carve out areas other than the economy where he can appeal to voters more than Romney. Apart from social and religious issues, that animate Santorum but which he’s lately tried to steer clear of, the other area could be foreign policy.

The former senator is vocal and passionate about Israel and the Middle East, and he indicated over the weekend that turmoil in the region might become a big issue in the election. “People say, ‘Well what’s gonna be the most important, oh jobs, jobs, jobs.’ Well maybe not,” Santorum said at a separate event Saturday. “We’ve got a country in the Middle East that’s about, potentially about to explode a nuclear weapon, which would change the face of our Earth.”

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The pubbies had an edge on that issue? They created it, why would they have an edge? Am I missing something? Oh, yeah, Mittens said they were going to ' hang him (President Obama) with the misery index'. Hence the $5.00/gal US gas threat. Create a crisis, then run on it. That's what gopers do. We'll have a new 'islamofascist' crisis created by little ricky and he'll run on it.