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Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum on the GOP Presidential race, taxes and his daughter’s improving health.
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How would get the guys it's into a -- in Florida Rick is fast becoming a rock star among Tea Party leaders all of which suits Rick Santorum just fine.
We feel very get I mean we've we've been winning straw polls all over the country in the last last.
Few days -- Tea Party endorsements coming forward.
Other conservatives coming forward who have.
No David Limbaugh Michelle mall cannot Jim Dobson I mean here.
We're seeing a lot of people stepping up and say you know we don't like what these two candidates this quote top two candidates are doing they're both.
Really I mean I just -- a flawed candidates in a general election and we need someone who's gonna make Barack Obama the issue in the campaign and not be the center -- Centerpiece of the of the controversy.
-- that's that's what I I I really believe that this campaign is gonna go on for a long time.
And it's gonna come our way and now we're gonna be ready for wanted us.
I'm just -- you and senator when so many people cancer requests have like -- what do you think of Rick Santorum I really like it might vote pharma -- thought he had a chance.
Divided -- has said that you've been winning and romped.
Me today.
Yeah and retail and you know that's that's -- have to be patient had not been I I would say this is like an episode of survivor -- -- You just -- -- island and eventually people are gonna wake up and this is what happened in Iowa.
You know we we did -- my daughter and I had I had a little prayer.
That my daughter Elizabeth that if we were a double digits one -- citizen double digits before Christmas that we can win Iowa and and people civil -- status of what once people realize.
That I could win.
They'll vote for me.
And and that's exactly what happened and I would they thought well he can actually he's he's moving up in the polls.
I feel okay I can support and I think that's eventually what's gonna happen is there's this race twists and turns another time.
That that conservatives are eventually gonna come around and saying -- really liking we can't win but now it's really like -- can't win and that changes everything course.
Calls to -- on the dime on the end and Newt Gingrich right now suffering some say for.
-- a lot I think that's from -- in polyps -- describing it.
But then going after Ronald Reagan and how we.
Departed from Reagan's some.
The tax hikes in an 82 -- again and 86.
Any drew a big distinction there that he wasn't with the -- all the time do you think it back -- Well it's hard to call yourself or Reagan conservative and then not call yourself a Reagan conservative.
You know the Ronald Reagan had to do what the what he did a very different time in American history that we have today we weren't looking at.
GDP at 25%.
-- recent federal government spent in -- 25% of GDP.
So what are you -- like that that would have president Santorum come to a compromise like that that would involve.
Could you ever envision a situation where you would have factor because taxes just like Ronald Reagan did well I I get.
Yeah I is it all depends on the time men and right now that that it's a very different environment that we were not at those levels of spending.
We -- it did critically you know -- -- -- to freedom levels of spending right now.
And I think if Ronald Reagan were running right now he wouldn't compromise with a deal that would include.
Higher taxes to it to keep our our spending levels well above what has what historical levels have been so.
No I think I think you can't you can't go back and say well what I've done it back then yeah very well could have -- -- back then but it was a very different environment that is now I'm you don't want my departing -- A person wishes and I would raises unless you've been open to discussing it but your daughter -- you -- the campaign -- severe -- when she was back -- a hospital again.
On so gross facing a host of problems what you've been whether through -- contends he's defied the odds -- don't.
Well thank you for asking do you see -- -- my face because she's she's going.
Amazingly well I just got the phone with her mom and -- there -- I slept with -- -- there and our hospital bed last night and she she really made it dramatic turnaround yesterday afternoon we were.
Really worried about it this in the into say they'll seize on this hasn't been in the hospital in three years we've been able to get through some of the difficult.
You know times that there she is disorder called -- so -- eighteen she is an extra eighteenth chromosome.
It's similar to Down syndrome only unfortunately a lot more severe -- life expectancy for children like this are.
And measured using weeks and months not years and she's going to be four years old and may she is the joy of our house she is the center of our -- -- she is.
She's just just a bundle of love then.
You know it -- just feel so -- that the one day I was home in the last month was the day that she needed her dad to be home.
So I just I thank god for that that I was there when when she -- us and you know we able to get through this crisis at the hospital and now she's on the -- and we're hoping that should be home and a couple of days as are we senator thank you very much depending on.
Thanks they'll appreciate it thanks for the --
