The Michigan Primary is a crucial state for both Republican presidential candidates. While both have been attacking each other on various grounds throughout the race, Romney has recently shifted his attacks from cultural and conservative issues that he has been using lately to insist that Santorum does not know how to create jobs.
He spoke out to a crowd at the Byrne Electrical Warehouse and said, ” I understand why jobs go, why they come, I understand what happens to coporate profit, where it goes if the government takes it”.
So far, it is looking to be a close race in Michigan, which Romney is not happy about. If Santorum were to take Michigan, as is possible in what looks like an unexpectedly close match up, it would be embarrassing to the former Massachusetts governor.
Some of the comments from both candidates have been unusual and very popular in the news. Recently, Rick Santorum mentioned that the separation of church and states makes him want to throw up. However, he took back the comment on Sunday with an interveiw with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, and gave his actual opinion on the issue.
He says, “I don’t believe in an America where the separation of church and state are absolute. The idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of cour country…to say that people of faith have no role in the public square? You bet that makes me want to throw up.”
During this interview he criticized John F. Kennedy who said that he believes in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.
Though the issue of faith and religion comes up every presidential campaign, it seems as though it has become a cornerstone of Santorum’s campaign. It will be interesting to see whether voters warm to his strong beliefs or if they will be turned off by the amount of emphasis that is being placed on religion and its place in politics.
Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are the two republican candidates that are in the lead with states they have won, but it is too soon to say that either one will be the chosen candidate to face Obama in the upcoming election. Newt Gingrich, who seemed to be a likely candidate early on in the race has lost his appeal for most voters, and Ron Paul, though popular among some, has never really stood much of a chance in the race.