Romney Camp Plans To Make Santorum ‘Whine Like Crazy’

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In an interview with Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith an unnamed Romney adviser outlines a plan to hit the “blank slate” Rick Santorum on two levels: first for having no executive experience; second for an attachment to earmarks during his time in DC. 

The pro-Romney Restore Our Future Super PAC already has web ads widely circulating with the earmarks attack. Romney has in several speeches noted that he is the last of the remaining GOP contenders who has managed businesses outside of Washington. 

The adviser said the team was getting over its fears that voters would react poorly to negative attacks. The final line of Smith’s article is this:

“The expectation is that Santorum, just given his personality, is going to whine like crazy about this,” the advisor laughed.

 

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