Santorum: Obama and Romney

I think Rick Santorum may have sealed the deal for Mitt Romney yesterday.

From the Associated Press:

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Thursday said Republicans should give President Barack Obama another term if Santorum isn't the GOP nominee and for a second day compared rival Mitt Romney to an Etch A Sketch toy.

Santorum reiterated an argument he has made before: The former Massachusetts governor is not conservative enough to offer voters a clear choice in the fall election and that only he can provide that contrast.

"You win by giving people a choice," Santorum said during a campaign stop in Texas. "You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who's just going to be a little different than the person in there."

Santorum added: "If they're going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate for the future."

Video, from Breitbart:



Oh, my God.

If Rick Santorum truly believes that four more years of Obama is preferable to a Mitt Romney presidency, then he has lost me.

There is NO WAY that supporting Romney is a risk compared to the certainty of the catastrophe of another four years of Obama's failed policies and failed vision for the United States.

That statement was an enormous error on Santorum's part. It's a shocking thing for him to say.

I don't know what he was thinking.

Removing Obama from office is the goal. Period.

For Santorum to encourage Americans to stick with Obama if Romney wins the nomination is just crazy.

Romney would be a dramatic improvement over Obama.

If Santorum can't see that, I'm afraid his judgment is seriously impaired.

I won't support a candidate who doesn't understand the threat Obama poses.

I thought Santorum understood that. He used to be the guy focusing on Obama and stressing the importance of replacing him. That was until it became a two-person race.

I'll go with the Etch A Sketch.