Stay updated with breaking news from Rick santorum may. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
What rick santorum did in iowa. go from town hall to town hall sometimes without the press following you and he s hoping that it will pay off for him here in new hampshire the way it did rick santorum in iowa. it s a tough challenge, no question about it. rick santorum surged in iowa, we ve been talking about that for a number of days now. but he got a frosty reception in new hampshire, right? he really did. you know, rick santorum is a social conservative. and he makes no bones about it. while that kind of politics works in iowa, it may work down in south carolina, it doesn t work so well in live and let live new hampshire. live free or die new hampshire. where folks are a bit more relaxed when it comes to the social issues and yesterday he got into it with some college students here at this event that i m standing at right now over the issue of same-sex marriage. santorum compared same-sex marriage to polygamy. the reaction he got when he was ....
Frankly, he needed a little bit of work and i can tell you, just from watching this very well received. it s interesting, too, sort of gave a stump speech and hit president obama very hard and then the interesting part, i think, was last night and, again, this morning. it was john mccain who went before the audience and sort of went after rick santorum, who s basically the chief competition for romney at this stage and mccain, last night, as well as today, talked about earmarking, which is a process that santorum was very much involved in when he was in the united states senate and let s just listen to what mccain said about that last night. one of the reasons why we have mortgaged our children and our grandchildren s future is because the pork barrel, earmark corruption in washington. believe me, earmark spending is the gateway to corruption. and that was practiced when republicans were in the ....
Politician. he s a states man. he s a gentleman. he s thoughtful and he thinks through each of the issues. and i think people that have been around him understand that he has incredible judgment and wisdom. i think these are things that are very important. i think there s a contrast when you look at what he brings to the table versus some of the others. you mentioned this morning s endorsement. he dissed iowa saying iowa picks corn, new hampshire picks president. of high profile endorsements, he has said who cares. do you think he s being too cavalier here with party tradition? i think what he s talking about is the fact that here in new hampshire people want to shake your hand. they want to know your heart and your soul. we have been through this state through and through, and we have met the people of this great state. he has done the groundwork. as we saw in iowa, rick santorum did a lot of that there and it paid off for him. as we re doing here in new hampshire, we re not looki ....
South carolina. also had the governor of south carolina nikki haley who has already endorsed mitt romney. even taking a little bit of heat for that. one thing that s very interesting about mitt romney in both of his stops here in south carolina he didn t discuss his chief rival for the nomination at this stage. that would be rick santorum, but he kind of left that to john mccain who went after it with glee. let s listen to what john mccain said about rick santorum. the issue, of course, is earmarks, which is something that santorum was very much engaged in when he was in the united states house and the senate. so listen to this. lindsey graham and jim dement have joined with me to go to the floor to fight against the earmark pork barrel corruption that goes on in washington, d.c. earmarks are a gateway to corruption and i can tell you ....
for the first time in a very long time, kyra. we have six months in a row of jobs created. boom, boom, boom, more than 100,000 jobs created. that hasn t happened since 2006. think about that, since 2006 that we have been able to put together 6 1/2 months. that was also better than anybody expected. i want to really give you some perspective here because, kyra, as you know, this is a political story, as well. on the campaign trail you hear how this is the obama economy or how president obama is responsible for your job being lost. this is that incredible recession and financial crisis. financial crisis first and then the recession. this was, this was horrible for the american worker and the american economy. and then it was very careful start i mean, these gains here you had to have census and hiring and stimulus to get anything going and we had all these concerns about a double dip recession and now at the end of last year, you re starting to see slow and steady impro ....