Looks like Rick Santorum got the Romney campaign’s attention. On a Romney conference call with reporters intended bracket Santorum’s announcement that former Romney backer and Ohio Attorney Gen. Mike DeWine has switched his allegiances to Santorum, Romney surrogate Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) said Santorum doesn’t have “the basic level of comptence” to run for president.
Turner:
“One of the things with Senator Santorum, he’s not even on every ballot. He won’t even be on all the ballots across the country, including Virginia. There tends to be a basic level of the test of competence in running for president, the ability to get on the ballot everywhere to reflect on how you can govern as president. Senator Santorum has looked to his record as a consultant and everyone knows you don’t hire a consultant to run your company. You interview a consultant, you take their advice, throw out half of it and then you turn to managers like Gov. Romney to get the work done and to choose what needs to be done.”
Surrogates on the call dismissed DeWine, too. Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu told reporters that DeWine doesn’t bring much to the table in terms of organization or public support. He said the loss of DeWine’s support was “not a significant thing” for Romney.
