In Thursdays debate Mr. Gingrich called upon Santorum to help him attack Romney on his abortion ideas. Santorum did attack Romney, but then he unexpectedly turned around and attacked Gingrich. Santorum used Gingrich's own time to attack his devotion to the cause. Being that Gingrich and Santorum were good friends, this was an interesting time. It showed that Santorum was really serious, and will not allow anything to get in his way of becoming the Republican candidate for 2012. The two men will have a long battle on Saturday in South Carolina because both are appealing to the same group of Conservative Evangelical Christians. Both Men are hoping to win this group because it evangelicals make up 60% of the state. Whichever man loses will feel the pressure to drop out. Frank Luntz, a long time friend to Santorum and an advisor to Gingrich says, "If they both stay in, they both lose. One of them has to go, but they both have the right to stay in."
Both men hold very similar political views. Both call for less government and lower taxes. The only thing that separates the two, is Rick draws a little more from the hard-core social conservatives, on things such as gay marriage, while Newt draws more from the economic freedom side of it. Other than that, the two are basically the same person!
Santorum said "Newts a friend, I love him!", but thats not what it sounded like during the debate. The two were tearing each other up, from their thoughts/ideas to their qualifications. It got pretty brutal, especially considering that they are friends. It is still very likely that after all of this they will end up working together again.
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