2012 Conventions live blog
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by Jim Acosta via twitter 8/29/2012 1:21:59 AM
Santorum doesn't normally use prompter. But he is tonight. instagr.am
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by Donna Brazile via twitter 8/29/2012 1:22:09 AMSantorum's endorsement came off like something he was forced to write, like a little kid sending out thank you notes to relatives for gifts. -
by Jim Acosta via twitter 8/29/2012 1:23:57 AMSantorum: the president's plan didn't work for America. Because that's not how America works.
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Santorum mentions a Brookings Institute study: "Graduate from high school, work hard, and get married before you have children and the chance you will ever be in poverty is just two percent. Yet if you don't do these three things you're 38 times more likely to end up in poverty!" In his own speeches after Santorum left the presidential race, Romney sometimes credited Santorum with bringing this study to his attention. -
by Donna Brazile via twitter 8/29/2012 1:25:25 AMWhy do I feel like I am about to go into a confession booth? Santorum preaches marriage, but in a tone of incivility.
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One-time Republican rivial, Rick Santorum dropped out of the presidential race in April, ending a sustained, harsh back-and-forth with Romney’s team throughout much of the primaries. Santorum endorsed Romney through an email to supporters in May.
"Above all else, we both agree that President Obama must be defeated," Santorum wrote in the email. -
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by Donna Brazile via twitter 8/29/2012 1:26:24 AMSantorum once called Mitt Romney “the worst Republican in the country to put up against Barack Obama." Now, he's talking like a supporter.
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by Ari Fleischer via twitter 8/29/2012 1:27:52 AMSanto's message re marriage/kids is right on target. Poverty gets a head start when Dads walk out & single moms r left bhind. -
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Santorum references his stumping on the campaign trail earlier this year: "I held its hand. I shook the hand of the American Dream. And it has a strong grip. I shook hands of farmers and ranchers who made America the bread basket of the world. Hands weathered and worn. And proud of it."
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by Piers Morgan via twitter 8/29/2012 1:30:45 AMI think, judging by his speech at the moment, my interview with @RickSantorum at midnight is going to be pretty lively.. #CNN -
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by Donna Brazile via twitter 8/29/2012 1:32:48 AMSantorum speak. Shook the hand of the American Dream and waved it away from the middle class and working poor. Pious talk.
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by Piers Morgan via twitter 8/29/2012 1:32:52 AMI shook @RickSantorum 's hand earlier today in the #CNNGrill and it was the firmest shake I've had in years. Fact. #StrongAmericanGrip
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by Donna Brazile via twitter 8/29/2012 1:33:23 AMI thank God America has one party that believes every child deserves both a head start as well as healthy start in life. #Santorum #2012gop
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A standing ovation after Santorum mentions his daughter Bella: "Four and a half years ago I stood over a hospital isolette staring at the tiny hands of our newborn daughter who we hoped was perfectly healthy. But Bella's hands were just a little different - and I knew different wasn't good news. The doctors later told us Bella was incompatible with life and to prepare to let go. They said, even if she did survive, her disabilities would be so severe that Bella would not have a life worth living. We didn't let go and today Bella is full of life and she has made our lives and countless others much more worth living."
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by Donna Brazile via twitter 8/29/2012 1:35:04 AMSocial issues, code words, dog whistle. I this the red meat the GOP wants to attract women and independent voters?
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Santorum's praise for Romney very different than the words he had for Romney approximately a year ago: "A vote for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will put our country back in the hands of leaders who understand what America can and, for the sake of our children, must be to keep the dream alive."
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by John Berman via twitter 8/29/2012 1:35:34 AM
There goes Pete Wilson. He was going to be president in 1996 instagr.am
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by Donna Brazile via twitter 8/29/2012 1:36:13 AMHere comes another red meat conservative, the GOP Senate candidate from Texas.
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by Dana Bash via twitter 8/29/2012 1:38:35 AMOk Cruz now back on script. Reading from prompted again -
Ted Cruz, who is speaking now, is a tea party candidate who was endorsed by Sarah Palin in the Texas primary. Details here.
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by Dana Bash via twitter edited by Steve Krakauer, CNN 8/29/2012 1:40:21 AMTed Cruz now going wireless and rogue. Kinda. Not reading from prompter
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Republicans are making a united front, despite the earlier squabbling between the candidates seeking the GOP nomination. I imagine we would see squabbling among the Democrats if they had put up challenger(s) for that party's nomination with regard to President Obama. It's neither a shock nor a surprise when candidates go after each other. Hello! Each desire to be their party's nominee. I'm sure the Democrats feel the same. The Democrats are little better at being more cohesive as a party as a whole, I will give them that ~ but the Republicans are catching on they need to not be divisive in any respect among themselves in this race.
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by Gregory Wallace, CNN via I2.cdn.turner 8/29/2012 1:45:27 AM
Cruz mentions his two daughters, Caroline (age 4) and Catherine (age 1): "When Caroline was born, our national debt was $10 trillion. Today, as the debt clock shows, it's $16 trillion, larger than our gross domestic product." There are two debt clocks in the convention hall. (Getty Images)
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by Ari Fleischer via twitter 8/29/2012 1:46:17 AMClever "yes we can" by the very clever Ted Cruz.
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Cruz uses Obama's chant of "Yes, we can" against him: "Can we restore the Constitution? Yes we can. Can we retake the U.S. Senate? Can we repeal Obamacare? And can we defeat President Barack Obama? That, my friends, is change we can believe in. Thank you, and God bless America."
