re-election team basically begged him to do it. the assumption was toomey could not win a general election in a presidential election year. romney s most effective hits on santorum were for policies the bush administration needed santorum to support but which are now unpopular with the base. summed up in this exchange on no child left behind. it was against the principles i believed in but, you know, when you re part of the team sometimes you take one for the team for the leader and i made a mistake. you know, politics is a team sport, folks. he calls this a team sport. he has to go along to get along and that s the way the team plays. that s the problem with washington. that s what s been going on for so long. here s the bottom line on santorum s performance last night. many times he was right on the facts and if you were a debate coach at a university you would say he got the facts correct, won on points. the problem is those facts are now pretty unpopular with republican pri
morning joe. thanks for watching. we apologize to chuck todd, a great guy. go hurricanes. see you tomorrow. something like that. i like that. pay by the second. anyway. i don t want to be treated that way. consistent, courage, resolute, cheerful. those are four words from the four candidates in debate number 20. did rick santorum sell himself as a front-runner? did mitt romney change the minds of skeptical conservatives? reaction this morning from two of santorum s former senate colleagues, one who has been with romney from the start and one who just abandoned romney to back santorum. meanwhile, did anybody do anything in the debate last night? to the folks residing in sweet home chicago? why team obama believes they were last night s real winners. plus it s one of romney s most touted biopoints. you heard it a lot last night. what did he do as he put it to save the 2002 winter olympics? what exactly was the scandal he had to clean up? we ll take a deep dive into the