Santorum: Might As Well Have Obama Over Romney

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — 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.”

Santorum was referencing Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom’s comment Wednesday that “everything changes” for the fall campaign. “It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch,” he said on CNN. “You can kind of shake it up and we start all over again.”

The remark reignited criticism of Romney as the type of politician who will say or do anything to win.

Romney, who made no public appearances Thursday, issued a statement expressing disappointment “that Rick Santorum would rather have Barack Obama as president than a Republican.”

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Lou Buren of TWAU BLOG: I'm disappointed in Santorum for saying something like this. It's the words of a sore loser, and it sends the wrong message to American voters. If Romney wins the nomination, of course he'll be better than Obama. I have said time and time again, anybody would be better than Obama. He needs to go!

I'm not a huge Romney fan, but I understand that Obama is destroying our nation from within. Advocating and passing wicked laws that undermine our morals and our constitution. He claims to be a Christian, but he advocates abortion and homosexuality. It's been clearly shown that he's a socialist. And he's spending our nation into oblivion. Of course Romney would be better than Obama! And I'm disappointed that Santorum would say such a thing.