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Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum on the certified results from the Iowa Caucus and the South Carolina Primary.
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Now for more on that South Carolina race the 2012 Republican presidential.
Race.
Former senator Rick Santorum.
Senator great to have you -- this year do you expect.
To prevail in this if you will.
The final certification.
Well we don't know for sure obviously they haven't finally certified and last I heard they still at a dozen or so precincts that they were trying to round up from a variety of different counties and and try to try to get get -- -- those documents and I'm hopeful you know we've we're always hopeful that that that we and and it's such a close race where.
A keystroke error here -- there are -- position of number here and there could -- can be the difference when -- -- 18100 precincts reporting -- one night.
Is obviously gonna be errors and then we're you know we always felt that that we're going and they we have a great chance of winning and we still believe we have a great chance of winning.
Give us a -- on that great chance of one.
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Well.
Well I again I mean where we're optimistic let's just put it that way that that we've been here is a good thing some rumblings out of there and at this point that we have again there could be the last twelve freezing skid could be you know could show a lot of differences that we don't anticipate a right now we're.
We're optimistic that we have we have a good chance of of may be can this thing out.
Why would -- -- quickly.
If I may to what is some pretty tough campaign now.
Advertising right now South Carolina wanna show you and our audience if -- may.
First this very tough because scorched earth bad.
From the Romney campaign directed at.
New Gingrich.
Served in the house with Newt Gingrich.
She would make.
Outrageous comments that would blind side -- -- undermined our conservative agenda chaotic decisions erratic behavior it's a problem when -- your own leader is the biggest political problem that you're dealing with which is why we removed him.
As -- speaker.
And where is the speaker -- you guys were bodies humorous news room -- was apparently allies at one point and the next thing.
You became a junior partner in the words of the of the -- speaker.
On now now I'm nonsocial galleries.
That's what he said -- that's right your first name is Rick all the -- mostly.
The other exits post gather race because side he's the only one that can do this.
And in -- like.
When I was in the leadership of the United States senate.
Every conservative came to me.
And not they knew I was trustworthy reliable stood for the principles that I that I articulated.
In private just like I did in public and you could trust me to go -- go to the mat for the things in the causes I believe that.
And you know with with congress or Gingrich.
Obviously it now I didn't -- was he removed after four years but there was a coup after three years by conservatives to try to to remove him from office so.
I did I'd like and it's a good man he's got a great.
Generator of a lot of different ideas and and and and ways of looking at things.
But if you look at leadership and if you look at someone -- steady someone who's trustworthy someone -- you can rely upon when things get tough.
There was a gonna have you know jump on one side of the issue -- -- to his advantage and another -- when it's not.
That's that you're looking for someone like gov Rick Santorum who's been a strong steady conservative all the way.
And somebody who is you're just put it will go to the map.
Well let's take a look at the you're newest and running in South Carolina.
Obama supporter of the Wall Street -- -- So did Romney and the Obama gave his radical Obama care that was -- -- -- care.
We'll resume liberal on social issues -- new ones.
Liberal than Ted Kennedy on social issues.
Why -- we approval for someone who's just like Obama.
I.
Think my guess is senator that the experts are going to mark them down is one off.
And very effective ad is -- the same -- you when you doors stood for years ago.
You have lets you know but look at what's happened since I -- that he went out a piece -- I'm gonna be a conservative I'm gonna believe in limited government.
And any cannot support of the Wall Street bailouts -- and and -- he's got out of defended Romney care which has been an abject failure in the state of Massachusetts continues to defended today.
So yeah I mean he was more conservative.
Then then then John McCain and I supported them.
Because he said he was gonna be different he said he wasn't gonna be the guy was the governor messages these sort of a mended his ways.
It was gonna be this strong conservative and what I've seen.
Is he's been nothing of the key.
What you have been endorsed by the most of the evangelicals.
You're going to as I understand it be.
Are working over the next several days with Tony Perkins will be together -- him ahead of the family research council.
Are -- leading evangelicals.
Right now in the state or 60% of the Republican voters are evangelical how much of a difference do you X.
That to me.
Well obviously these are not just evangelical leaders but conservative leaders who gather down in in Texas who who care about national security they care about.
You know growing they the economy had.
As you know Lou -- I put forth the Lou Dobbs made in America.
Plan for our economy.
To try to get manufacturing jobs back in this country and I've been talking that all over the state of south Carolina's cutting the corporate tax to zero here and.
You know -- as you know -- they know that I've got your plan -- I'm endorsing the Lou Dobbs manufacturing.
Element of your why haven't had a proposal.
I -- you a bad idea that we can restore manufacturing in this country is a compelling one.
I and I think most of which -- out -- who believe in free enterprise capitalism thing to think it's absolutely essential.
Well why isn't there more discussion.
That element of of our economy in the importance to restore manufacturing to this country.
You know it drives me crazy because if you look at you know the the conservative -- -- the Club for Growth types.
They see no you can't have an he had treat everybody the same the problem is not everybody is engaged in the same competitive game and the government can.
By their actions even though they seem to be treated everybody the same actually make one sector of the economy more uncompetitive -- another.
Look at what we do to protect intellectual property in this country look what we do to.
To protect the Internet and things like that we have special -- and special things why because we want to make sure that there is a I'm I'm a way for our.
Government -- not stay out of the way to let these areas compete.
Won the case of manufacturing.
They wanna take our jobs offshore we're not gonna lose the local grocery store to to China but we will lose the local manufacture and we have to compete not.
With a level playing field with companies in this country but with countries overseas.
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