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you interrupted rick santorum big time. mr. santorum spoke for 60% -- 60% of the nearly eight minute interview. it's my job to ask as many questions as possible and keep the conversation pithy. no campaign speeches are allowed on "the factor." doris, one in idaho. why do you bully all the conservatives and lavish praise on all your liberal friends? doris, that's just lunacy, as dick morris said last night, kool-aid drinking goes both ways. the point here is that we have been remarkably consistent for more than 15 years about asking tough questions. but we have also sharpened our focus recently. all americans seeking power will be scrutinized on the program, which is why some of them are too frightened to come on. we don't care much about party politics here. we care a lot about looking out for you. one more letter about santorum and we'll have more mail later on. this one from deborah in virginia. you were a little soft on mr. santorum. you let him off on questions about birth control and gay marriage. it was obvious he did not
you interrupted rick santorum big time. mr. santorum spoke for 60% -- 60% of the nearly eight minute interview. it's my job to ask as many questions as possible and keep the conversation pithy. no campaign speeches are allowed on "the factor." doris, one in idaho. why do you bully all the conservatives and lavish praise on all your liberal friends? doris, that's just lunacy, as dick morris said last night, kool-aid drinking goes both ways. the point here is that we have been...
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santorum could be the nominee. because when they go to south carolina, santorum is a viable candidate. which he will be if he wins tomorrow. those conservatives, the 75% of the people in the republican party who just are much too far right for mitt romney are going to have somebody they can vote for it. he doesn't have a dime. he's just done this on shoe leather. it's fascinating. >> rick, what's your take on the details in your paper's poll? >> there are two things you have to remember here. first, santorum's numbers weren't moving at all the first two days of our polling last week. it was only after the initial polls came out that we started seeing a big rise from him on thursday night then an even bigger spike going into friday night. we got together on saturday morning, we saw the final numbers. his numbers just rocketed. here's something that's really important to remember, ed. his electability numbers where republicans are saying who offers the best shot at toppling the president next november are nowhere nea
santorum could be the nominee. because when they go to south carolina, santorum is a viable candidate. which he will be if he wins tomorrow. those conservatives, the 75% of the people in the republican party who just are much too far right for mitt romney are going to have somebody they can vote for it. he doesn't have a dime. he's just done this on shoe leather. it's fascinating. >> rick, what's your take on the details in your paper's poll? >> there are two things you have to...
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senator rick santorum. piers anderson and all the guys, when you think about this, when you think where he was, it is really amazing, anderson, how quickly within a matter of two, three weeks, this has turned around in iowa. >> so how does the race change if in fact per i have dropping out. which it seems like, he is talking about going back it texas, praying on it, thinking about it, talking to advisors about it. how does this change for rick santorum? >> a little bit. but if you look the at polls in new hampshire, south carolina and florida, rick perry was only getting five, six percent. so it is an big change. and he got 10% here in iowa. >> and in terms of money, rick perry was a money draw -- >> it may be easier for him -- >> i was talking to someone from the santorum campaign today who said that they raised more money on-line in this past week than they had raised throughout the entire campaign. so clearly, you know, success will certainly help them and maybe they can get some of those perry voters. i
senator rick santorum. piers anderson and all the guys, when you think about this, when you think where he was, it is really amazing, anderson, how quickly within a matter of two, three weeks, this has turned around in iowa. >> so how does the race change if in fact per i have dropping out. which it seems like, he is talking about going back it texas, praying on it, thinking about it, talking to advisors about it. how does this change for rick santorum? >> a little bit. but if you...
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you see santorum at 18%. the iowa real clear politics average, this is the latest average of all the recent polls, as romney slight lead over ron paul. and santorum again in third. there you see the rest of the candidates in line. it is going to be an interesting day, day-and-a-half. let's bring in the panel. sam youngman, national political correspondent for reuters. a.b. stoddard, associate editor of fai the hill. steve hayes. we traveled to a santorum event today. it seemed like there was a lot of activity. i went to a ron paul event. a lot of energy. what is your take? >> the big question as the vote looms is whether this divided party is going to close ranks around the winner. and do it soon. when you look at the top three contenders you saw the energy in the ron paul event today. those people are so fired up to use a quote from iowa. four years ago. they are not going to let anything stop them from getting to the caucuses. >> bret: however, we should point out there were a lot of people in that room tod
you see santorum at 18%. the iowa real clear politics average, this is the latest average of all the recent polls, as romney slight lead over ron paul. and santorum again in third. there you see the rest of the candidates in line. it is going to be an interesting day, day-and-a-half. let's bring in the panel. sam youngman, national political correspondent for reuters. a.b. stoddard, associate editor of fai the hill. steve hayes. we traveled to a santorum event today. it seemed like there was a...
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rick santorum is coming for your birth control. the rick santorum that america doesn't know. talk of annulling gay marriage. questioning the right to birth control. you know what a lot of these things are. >> yeah. >> sean: people keep bringing up that you supported arlen specter. i wanted to give you a chance to respond because this is a narrative that's gaining intensity day by day and i want to get your thoughts. >> on the birth control issue. i'm a catholic, catholic church preaches birth control is wrong. i try to practice my faith, as closely as i can, as does my wife. so visaid, i don't believe birth control is right. vialso said repeatedly, i would never voted for a law to outlaw birth control. i think that's a partial decision, one that the vast majority of americans believe is a legitimate form of birth control. that's absolutely fine. what i won't fund -- i have said i would defund planned parenthood and not fund planned parenthood, but that's different from saying whether something is legal, as to whether we are going to federally fund something. so the idea that
rick santorum is coming for your birth control. the rick santorum that america doesn't know. talk of annulling gay marriage. questioning the right to birth control. you know what a lot of these things are. >> yeah. >> sean: people keep bringing up that you supported arlen specter. i wanted to give you a chance to respond because this is a narrative that's gaining intensity day by day and i want to get your thoughts. >> on the birth control issue. i'm a catholic, catholic...
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, the first result was for rick santorum. what exactly lifted santorum above the froth? >> it was fashion. >> the sweater vest was like, fear the vest. >> yes, fear the vest. in iowa, that look is fierce. plus, we all know throughout history, electoral power has hinged on clothing. remember ice sen howers cumber bun and
, the first result was for rick santorum. what exactly lifted santorum above the froth? >> it was fashion. >> the sweater vest was like, fear the vest. >> yes, fear the vest. in iowa, that look is fierce. plus, we all know throughout history, electoral power has hinged on clothing. remember ice sen howers cumber bun and
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they caught the santorum surge. but the point you were making in your conversation with gwen is the salient, judy and that is rick perry and newt gingrich together, together probably scraped together to get maybe as many votes as ron paul and fewer votes than rick santorum. so they have to be staring into their hold card tonight. it's a long long time from the 3rd of january to the 21st in south carolina and the world's going to turn many times. the toughest decircumstance is newt gingrich. me has new gingrich newb?does hd say no more mr. nice guy. calling mitt romney a liar and just go scorch to earth for the next week. if so that could certainly change the dynamic of this race. >> david what do these numbers say to you and particularly i'm interested in what happened to mitt romney. he got this% of th in 24% of thd mike hum be who had 37 percent pemplets hiand yet he's runningn one would assume to iowa republicans. >> demography is destiny. what wewwn%ó saw four years agon the clinton/obama race, there were more
they caught the santorum surge. but the point you were making in your conversation with gwen is the salient, judy and that is rick perry and newt gingrich together, together probably scraped together to get maybe as many votes as ron paul and fewer votes than rick santorum. so they have to be staring into their hold card tonight. it's a long long time from the 3rd of january to the 21st in south carolina and the world's going to turn many times. the toughest decircumstance is newt gingrich. me...
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rick santorum. a full spectrum conservative, rick santorum is rock solid on values issues. >> so you've been making that contrast consistently questioning governor romney. calling him a liberal massachusetts governor. arguing, in fact, that he is a moderate. yet back in 2008, when he was running for the presidency you were singing a different tune. this was your press release back then. you said governor romney is the candidate who will stand up for the conservative principals that we hold dear. he has a deep understanding of the important issues confronting our country today, and he is the clear conservative candidate that can go into the general election with united republican party. will stand up for the conservative principles that we hold dear. you even praised his work on fighting same-sex marriage. what changed? >> well, what changed was who he's running against. at the time, that was five days or four days before super tuesday. it was after florida. it became clear to me that there were two
rick santorum. a full spectrum conservative, rick santorum is rock solid on values issues. >> so you've been making that contrast consistently questioning governor romney. calling him a liberal massachusetts governor. arguing, in fact, that he is a moderate. yet back in 2008, when he was running for the presidency you were singing a different tune. this was your press release back then. you said governor romney is the candidate who will stand up for the conservative principals that we...
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you tell santorum to do what? >> don't get into the weeds of the little things people are going to try to get him into. in other words, he's going to be pushed with a statement that he made 15 years ago. don't answer that. back it up and look at the ma crow picture and give the big vision. in other words, if somebody says, you said x about same sex marriage, don't defend the comment. back up and talk about the important things. >> bill: what do you do, blow off the question? you go, look, i'm not going to answer that? >> you pivot. you don't allow yourself to get into the nuances -- >> bill: the moderator also say he didn't answer it. >> let them say whatever they want to. >> bill: but you flat out don't answer it. >> it's not that you don't answer it, you answer with a big picture, not a little picture. always give the big picture. >> bill: correct me if i am wrong, sansom's big -- santorum's big picture is pretty much gingrich's big picture, is pretty much romney's big picture. they all want is maller government
you tell santorum to do what? >> don't get into the weeds of the little things people are going to try to get him into. in other words, he's going to be pushed with a statement that he made 15 years ago. don't answer that. back it up and look at the ma crow picture and give the big vision. in other words, if somebody says, you said x about same sex marriage, don't defend the comment. back up and talk about the important things. >> bill: what do you do, blow off the question? you go,...
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they thought santorum had won. but they gave credit to romney for being tough, but santorum, when he challenged romney and gingrich, stop attacking each other, give each other credit and focus on the issues, that was the highlight. >> that's fascinating. one of the reasons i am torn, because there is some of this, i am getting a headache hearing the nit-picky stuff. on the other hand, i am thinking: obama's not going to run on his record. he is saying that republicans want dirty air, dirty water. we have ads by democrats throwing grandma over a cliff, a paul ryan look-alike. i am thinking that maybe in the end this will be helpful to the nominee. >> reporter: perhaps. but one thing that unites republicans, conservatives, independents and moderates, is the belief in economic freedom. if the republican candidates are promoting economic freedom, small business, job creator, entrepreneurs, if they are, quote, fighting for hard-working taxpayers, if that's their message, they will be successful. but if they are undercut
they thought santorum had won. but they gave credit to romney for being tough, but santorum, when he challenged romney and gingrich, stop attacking each other, give each other credit and focus on the issues, that was the highlight. >> that's fascinating. one of the reasons i am torn, because there is some of this, i am getting a headache hearing the nit-picky stuff. on the other hand, i am thinking: obama's not going to run on his record. he is saying that republicans want dirty air,...
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whats what jimmy carter learned and that is what rick santorum learned. what i would say is, worry less about having fund-raising events all the time and more worry about getting to know yourself, if i was giving some advice you say u need to know yourself, you. >> rose: towed have a tal sense of your own gut, you need to develop a narrative of your own self and how to communicate with that vote, with the voters if you need to learn and be able to connect practice as you go through things in iowa, but don't spend all of this time on fund-raising, don't spend all of this time on searching for the right consultant and all of this time on doing all of these things that campaigns seem to spend way too much time on and basically figure out a development develop of your own self a and say what are moments, debates and other press moments where at those moments am going to be at the top of my payment. if you can do that, you can win this thing without, while being out spent five to one. >> rose: i would add know your country. what would you add to that, david, k
whats what jimmy carter learned and that is what rick santorum learned. what i would say is, worry less about having fund-raising events all the time and more worry about getting to know yourself, if i was giving some advice you say u need to know yourself, you. >> rose: towed have a tal sense of your own gut, you need to develop a narrative of your own self and how to communicate with that vote, with the voters if you need to learn and be able to connect practice as you go through things...
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rick santorum is a momentum candidate. he's a candidate who has supporters he's met in person, more than the others. he's been on the ground more than mitt romney and ron paul. i've been a skeptic of ron paul's ability to turn out his supporters. i thought of them are fervent in the moment but not the kind of people who go caucus. mitt romney has closed strong. he's not doing anything that daring or dramatic. he's closed strong. he's had big events, good crowds. that number may be misleading, as well. the kind of people that vote for mitt romney and caucus every four years no matter what. they end up with mitt romney because he's the only establish candidate here. >> you you'd be least surprised by a mitt romney win. what would you be most surprised most? >> if ron paul won, i would be surprised. right now, my gut is that ron paul has hit his ceiling and maybe be depressed by the pounding he's taken in the last few weeks. i think right now, those three will be the top three finishers in all likelihood. but i don't count ou
rick santorum is a momentum candidate. he's a candidate who has supporters he's met in person, more than the others. he's been on the ground more than mitt romney and ron paul. i've been a skeptic of ron paul's ability to turn out his supporters. i thought of them are fervent in the moment but not the kind of people who go caucus. mitt romney has closed strong. he's not doing anything that daring or dramatic. he's closed strong. he's had big events, good crowds. that number may be misleading,...
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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 pennsylvania senator. you won't
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...
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rick santorum and ron paul tied with 33 votes each. >> that's 51-33. if this is the missing precinct, wolf, add it up there, mitt romney wins. >> reporter: as john cain did a little bit of math edith showed off her feisty size at 2:00 a.m. >> if this is what is missing, the numbers receiving from the state do not match the numbers we just receivered from the county claire woman. >> what do you mean, the numbers don't match? >> i'll explain it to you. you go ahead and explain it. it looks like the math we got from edith and carolyn, our ladies in clinton county, anderson, who would have thought -- >> that was the best live phone call ever. >> edith and carolyn, they knew what they were talking about. >> edith and carolyn started blowing up on twitter. >> they took the twitter-verse and media by storm at 2:30 in the morning when they came to the rescue of everyone and solved the mystery of the missing votes in iowa. >> you're trending worldwide apparently on twitter i just learned from ali velshi. are you big on the twitter? >> caller: not so good. i jus
rick santorum and ron paul tied with 33 votes each. >> that's 51-33. if this is the missing precinct, wolf, add it up there, mitt romney wins. >> reporter: as john cain did a little bit of math edith showed off her feisty size at 2:00 a.m. >> if this is what is missing, the numbers receiving from the state do not match the numbers we just receivered from the county claire woman. >> what do you mean, the numbers don't match? >> i'll explain it to you. you go ahead...
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is that person rick santorum? >> this idea of a conspiracy, meetings and all that, it is amusing and people feel self important. in the end, it will have no effect. >> are you going? >> no. [laughter] i stick to one conspiracy at a time. i'm with the washington masonic establishment, and that is it. that is my membership. [laughter] the point is this -- perry had his chance in iowa, had his chance in the debates. the most memorable thing he uttered was "oops." with the south carolina, i am not sure what is going other than that he has a lot of money and some hope. it looks as if there is going to be a consensus candidate who will oppose romney, then it would be santorum. it is hard to imagine anybody else imaging right now. >> we had take this week when santorum was talking by john f. kennedy, the meeting with baptist ministers, and he said that when he read, it made him want to throw up. that is the kind of tape that will not play well for santorum. >> colby? >> in addition to the "oops" line, there was his line
is that person rick santorum? >> this idea of a conspiracy, meetings and all that, it is amusing and people feel self important. in the end, it will have no effect. >> are you going? >> no. [laughter] i stick to one conspiracy at a time. i'm with the washington masonic establishment, and that is it. that is my membership. [laughter] the point is this -- perry had his chance in iowa, had his chance in the debates. the most memorable thing he uttered was "oops." with...
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rick santorum? how well will santorum have to do in new hampshire next tuesday to become a real challenger? the warhead. could he become the warhead of the abm crowd? the good news for santorum is he's peaked at just the right time, before he could be hit by his rivals, vetted by the media. the bad news, there's time now. just who is this deeply conservative republican who won twice in blue state pennsylvania before getting clobbered by 18 points? plus, when president obama appointed richard cordray as head of the new consumer financial protection bureau, he essentially had five words for congressional republicans. like it or lump it. the president's feisty new attitude has as much to do with politics as anything else. he'd love a fight. >>> and what two republican presidential candidates have managed to get themselves into a silly twitter war? that's in the "hardball sideshow" tonight. let me finish tonight with the conservative church tent of the far right opening its flaps to catholics. >>> we st
rick santorum? how well will santorum have to do in new hampshire next tuesday to become a real challenger? the warhead. could he become the warhead of the abm crowd? the good news for santorum is he's peaked at just the right time, before he could be hit by his rivals, vetted by the media. the bad news, there's time now. just who is this deeply conservative republican who won twice in blue state pennsylvania before getting clobbered by 18 points? plus, when president obama appointed richard...
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rick santorum out of the race? >> no, but don't buy futures in rick santorum. >> we'll discuss why he might be out of the race soon. i'm not going to lie to you. the story we have on mitt romney is by far the most unbelievable think you've heard about him. it's incredible. i'm not playing with you. you really want to see i did later in the show. >> we'll show you how buying politicians makes rich people so much money. we're going to use newt's sugar daddy to show you the numbers. did you know threatening war with iron makes billions for some people? that might be why they're doing it. >> turns out michael's son might be a national celebrity. it's true! we'll tell you about that later in the show, as well. you know what? go time. >> all right now one of the things we do is break down republican talking points. we crush them be in fact, because we like that and it's fun. one of the talking points you always hear is that we have to give tax breaks to rich executives because they create jobs. mitch daniels made that po
rick santorum out of the race? >> no, but don't buy futures in rick santorum. >> we'll discuss why he might be out of the race soon. i'm not going to lie to you. the story we have on mitt romney is by far the most unbelievable think you've heard about him. it's incredible. i'm not playing with you. you really want to see i did later in the show. >> we'll show you how buying politicians makes rich people so much money. we're going to use newt's sugar daddy to show you the...
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>> take a look at senator santorum. he lost his last election by a wider margin than any other sitting republican senator. he lost that race. i won four races in the last four years in the toughest years for republicans in a liberal state like, minnesota, i won. also if you look at the spending issue, senator santorum voted for the bridge to no, no where. he defended ear marks. he is spending which is the number one issue, he has been a big spender in washington, d.c. that is not what the american people are looking for. they want someone who is a fiscal conservative. i'm a tax lawyer who has gone to washington to fight the out of control spending. my record is one of being a fiscal conservative as opposed to -- and i'm not trashing the candidates. it is just a point of clarity. senator santorum as stood for ear marks and stood for spending. that is not what we want. we have to look at our records. >> chris: since you came to congress you have gotten almost $4 million in ear marks for your district and when republicans
>> take a look at senator santorum. he lost his last election by a wider margin than any other sitting republican senator. he lost that race. i won four races in the last four years in the toughest years for republicans in a liberal state like, minnesota, i won. also if you look at the spending issue, senator santorum voted for the bridge to no, no where. he defended ear marks. he is spending which is the number one issue, he has been a big spender in washington, d.c. that is not what the...
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rick santorum constantly plugging his working class roots. all of them understand that americans are thinking about their pocketbooks. bret? >> bret: molly lion live in manchester. thank you. one of the more remarkable stories of the campaign so far is rick santorum. the former pennsylvania senator was not considered a serious contender by many pundits. some who even sat at a panel at this table. chief congressional correspondent reports now people are paying attention to what santorum is all about. >> reporter: while former senator rick santorum's popularity on the campaign trail may be new, he remains a committed social conservative. when asked about gay rights today in new hampshire, santorum stayed true to his beliefs. >> marriage is a privilege. it is not a right. it's a privilege given by society, held up by society for purposes that it provides some societal good. i would make the argument some extraordinary societal good. it's not inalienable right. >> reporter: it was a trademark for his 16 years in congress when he tackled controver
rick santorum constantly plugging his working class roots. all of them understand that americans are thinking about their pocketbooks. bret? >> bret: molly lion live in manchester. thank you. one of the more remarkable stories of the campaign so far is rick santorum. the former pennsylvania senator was not considered a serious contender by many pundits. some who even sat at a panel at this table. chief congressional correspondent reports now people are paying attention to what santorum is...
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and santorum, it did him no good. this had resonance everywhere, it's been up, been down. >> we're going to show rick santorum going after mitt romney on a big part of what he's running on, health care. let's show that. >> when he was governor of massachusetts he put forth romney care, which is not a bottom up free market system, it was a government-run health care system that was the basis of obamacare and it's been an abject failure and he has stood by it, stood by the fact that it's 8 billion dollars more expensive than under the current law. >> jason, the first time in a long time any of the competitors have raised that issue which a lot of people thought, including me, was one to be one of the main, governor romney's main liability in the the election, did he score points with that? >> absolutely. rick santorum's finalest moment in the campaign. he went after mitt romney there on health care and he went after gingrich in the same debate on character, and i thinks' scored direct hits there. but, back to dan's poin
and santorum, it did him no good. this had resonance everywhere, it's been up, been down. >> we're going to show rick santorum going after mitt romney on a big part of what he's running on, health care. let's show that. >> when he was governor of massachusetts he put forth romney care, which is not a bottom up free market system, it was a government-run health care system that was the basis of obamacare and it's been an abject failure and he has stood by it, stood by the fact that...