we begin with rick santorum. momentum is with the pennsylvania senator and he is sticking to his conservative guns. candidate santorum this afternoon. i would suggest if you look at the history of republican nominees, that moderate voters, moderate candidates who were there to appeal to more moderates ended up losing. but is that tough enough? listen to what congressman ron paul had to say about santorum earlier to cnn s dana bash. why would not he be a good republican nominee? he is very liberal. santorum is liberal? have you looked at his record? uh-huh. go look at his record. cnn political correspondent jim acosta is in boone, iowa. he spent the day with jim santorum. i understand he got some interesting last-minute help. reporter: that s right. don t tell jim bob dug per rick santorum is too liberal. the reality show tv show star, he is the star of the reality tv show 19 kids and counting. he backed mike huckabee. he s been in support of the former pen
republicans who is that extreme on on abortion issues has that out there as a very soft target provided for the pro-choice democrat who is running. but there s also this broader issue, right? that any democrat running anywhere in the country could use that issue by saying, listen, is this the republican party that you want to empower? you want a republican majority? you re going to vote for x republican candidate? if so, you re electing christine o donnell. you re electing these incredibly radical republicans that you might have heard about nationwide. that s a national campaign strategy. and as far as i understand it, democrats have decided not to do that kind of nationalizing thing. well, certainly on social security that you re not right about that. that you re going to see all over. and again, i think you will see increasingly, you know what? emily s list found in a poll that 62% of rather uninterested women became very interested in voting against some candidate that would tak
versus local messaging. because obviously any democrat running against one of those republicans who is that extreme on on abortion issues has that out there as a very soft target provided for the pro-choice democrat who is running. but there s also this broader issue, right? that any democrat running anywhere in the country could use that issue by saying, listen, is this the republican party that you want to empower? you want a republican majority? you re going to vote for x republican candidate? if so, you re electing christine o donnell. you re electing these incredibly radical republicans that you might have heard about nationwide. that s a national campaign strategy. and as far as i understand it, democrats have decided not to do that kind of nationalizing thing. well, certainly on social security that you re not right about that. that you re going to see all over. and again, i think you will see increasingly, you know what? emily s list found in a poll that 62% of rather unint