leaders and other people that are looking ahead to the general election to saying maybe he is in the our nominee. and how about how nasty the campaign has gotten. the ads, romney vastly out spending santorum. we were not sure how much of money santorum will put in but it s lopsided right now. we have seen this movie before. a nonmitt romney newt gingrich won in south carolina. then we move to florida that person get as bounce and then the ad wars begin. and we saw that that really helped romney who was able to win in florida and this time around after santorum s win in missouri, colorado and minnesota, have you the pro prom any up with super pac ads hoping to blow out santorum on the air waves. let s talk about the white house sitting pretty because you have the president and the payroll tax victory. the again the republicans were forced to back with down. they were, and the politics were bad.
president. alice, it s great to see you, good to toalk with you. romney is trying to remind voters of hiss roots in michigan. i grew up in michigan, it was exciting to be here. i remember going to the detroit auto show with my dad. that was a big deal. you are romney supporter. i know you came back from michigan, mitt romney, this is a home state, his father was governor and his mother ran for the senate. we are talking deep roots. i talk to republican leaders all across the country who say if mitt romney cannot do it in michigan, we have to go back to the bench. well, look, i mean, andrea, 13 days million this election. think about where we were 13 days ago, we have a new front-runner. santorum is clearlily the front-runner. governor romney is running an aggressive campaign, he has a
rick santorum has launched a new attack ad today in michigan, painting romney as a gun toting mud slinking rombo, watch. mitt romney s negative attack ad machine is back. this time he is firing at rick santorum. romney has attacked fellow republicans. alice stewart is national press secretary for the santorum campaign. many of us know you from earlier campaigns but it s great to see you. great to be here. let s talk about the ad war in michigan. you are being out spent so far, we do not know whether there s going to be a big buy, but the portion of ads so par is romney out spending santorum. but santorum said he would not go negative and that was a
hard and made this southern arizona district the corridor for most of their drug trafficking, we need to do better and i hope to do it as well. so there s a lot of work to be done. i have been a problem solver in my work with people of disabilities and in my work with my wife, those experiences, and those priorities that i ll take to congress and i think they are similar to what the congress woman was working on and i hope to continue that legacy. we know you are not opposed, ron barber and we know a republican primary is coming up, so we are not sure who your opponent will be, but lots of luck. thank you for joining us today. thank you very much for having me today. and coming up next, alice stewart, her first interview since joining the santorum campaign. what does she have to say about santorum s record on women s issues? plus it s do or die for mitt romney in michigan. and president obama is expected to speak in milwaukee just minutes from now, stay with us, live coverage ahe
good strategy and frachkand frau look at the things that are working, i was struck by this, the outsider republican governor, rick snyder has reformed taxes and cut spending. what has been the result? a $400 million surplus in the budget, if you want an outsider that will cut spending, if romney can do it in massachusetts and snyder can do it to michigan, that is the model that republicans will want to see in their president and mitt has a terrific personal connection, he has spent a lot of time there and it s an important state. but it s an important state for santorum too. romney coming out against the auto bail out. many argue that the improvements in the deficit posture in michigan that rick snyder is enjoying now really have mostly to do with president obama s white house bail out of the auto industry. it s across the board in michigan. there are a variety of things. but what happened in those bail outs is what romney recommended.