again. we need another moderate. we have to defeat this democratic incumbent. this time the republican establishment lost. let s not make the mistake of 1976 again. let s bypass that era and move straight to 1980 and let s defeat a democratic incumbent. you can help me here in pennsylvania. thank you very much. god bless you. god bless you. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum speaking in his home state. i believe in his home district where he represented part of the district that represented when he was in the house of representivities. mr. santorum making the decision not to be in any of the states that were voting tonight. he s not in wisconsin or maryland. he was not on the ballot in washington. nbc projected mitt romney as the winner in washington and maryland. wisconsin is still too close to call. it s interesting hearing mr.
rick santorum. it s difficult to see a realistic case for anyone but mitt romney winning this. because pennsylvania is looming, i think it s important that pennsylvania is where rick santorum is tonight. if you put yourself in rick santorum s shoes and you think what it is he s staying in for. he s joan iing it. i think he thinks it will help his issues. after having lost his seat in the senate by 18 points in pennsylvania, the only way he can go back to not just zero but maybe less than zero is if he goes back to pennsylvania and pennsylvania looks at him again and says no, rick, no. if pennsylvania votes rick down, he s worst off when he started this thing. if he loses it twice, isn t that disaster for him? that s the hope for the romney campaign is he will have a recognition and fear that that
could happen. i see no evidence of it. it s hard for candidates once they have invested their blood, sweat and tears. he s become a bigger guy in this process. he s a national figure. it s difficult for them to accept the idea that they are not going to win. the prospect of an embarrassment like that is something that might make a difference. he doesn t see it. how do you see that? there s only one candidate that s gone on and lost his home state. the interesting thing about pennsylvania is this. all the pressure is on santorum is because he s putting it on himself and it s his home state. think about the demographic stuff we re talking about with evangelical christians, if it wasn t rick santorum s home state this would not presidebe win. i still could see if this
why he crossed the delaware and turned the tide of the revolution. ladies and gentlemen, pennsylvania and half the other people in this country have yet to be heard, and we re going to go out and campaign here and across this nation to make sure that their voices are heard in the next few months. go rick. go rick, go. we know who we are here in pennsylvania. we know the stock that we re made of. we ve contributed a lot.
where america started. not only did we forge steel in the state, we forged liberty in this state. the symbol of the liberty bill in philadelphia. this document both the u.s. constitution and the declaration of independent forged right here in pennsylvania. there s no place where those values are more instilled than this this commonwealth. ladies and gentlemen, [ applause ] this great commonwealth has given a tremendous amount to our country.