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Rick Santorum: I'm the 'real conservative that can win'

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Rick Santorum headed out of Florida before the big primary there today making big campaign stops in the show me state yesterday.

And the former Pennsylvania senator in 2012 GOP presidential candidate joins us a lot of right now are you South Dakota today.

We I did an event in Minnesota which also as a caucus a week from tomorrow and and we're just got to be flat out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota we did something here at southwest Minnesota Leo how would we know that.

We spoke to last you were -- home to do your taxes because you're the guy -- your taxes and then.

Something happened your daughter bella got very very sick in -- She is thank you so much -- to.

On the very well I just wanna thank everybody out there for for all those prayers they really made a difference for -- and me and obviously for -- she had a very tough out 36 hours -- what a blessing it was Iowa and I hate to do this -- thank the national media for -- immediately taxes stuff.

I get them out because -- -- had -- and had I not done that I wouldn't have been home and and I was just blessed to be home at a time when you know you -- needed -- It was a very tough tough time that she says she's for the worst and we're optimistic should be out of the hospital a couple of days.

-- that's great to hear we just had a the other contender won the other contenders in this race Newt Gingrich on the show.

And -- he seemed to allude to the fact that she would like you to drop out of the race of that the conservatives can coalesce.

Listen to this and then your reaction.

It's going to be very clear that that I am the leading conservative.

That I have the best chance of beating governor Romney in that the longer conservatives stay split.

The harder it's going to be for us to stop and moderates who was as governor.

Pro abortion pro gun control and pro tax increase I think that's a very weak record to take.

Into a campaign against Barack Obama and I think that we risk.

Not being able to beat Obama unless we get a conservative to the nomination.

Response.

My response is I think -- be week to take someone into the nomination who is for a government mandated health care system that that would require everybody to buy health insurance -- federal level someone who was.

For the Wall Street bail out.

Someone who is for cap and trade and believe the hoax global warming.

Those are very very important issues and by the way -- Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich both have those positions and I would agree that we don't need someone as he said -- and two to the fall against Barack Obama but I think we need either one of those guys going and I don't think either one of them.

Are the the right choice and if -- what I look at the real conservative.

Where the real conservative they can win.

Neither governor Romney norm Newt Gingrich have ever run as a conservative.

In a state that we have to win and been able to show that they can get the kind of voters to swing in our direction to win those states.

I've done -- I've done it repeatedly.

And that's the kind of candidate who has a positive uplifting message -- -- out there attacking each other personal stuff.

It's gonna get this nomination won since senator if anyone she'd stopped running it should be Newt Gingrich is that your message.

-- my message is everybody should run whoever wants to run whoever wants to be in this race.

I don't and I don't think of the people should be telling other folks to get out of the -- and get out of my way.

If you want to show if you wanted run a race run a race you don't have someone to quit.

Just because you know you think you're the better candidate I you know I think -- the better candidate -- -- has every right to run he should run and you know this is only the fourth stayed out of over fifty more because we have you know territories like -- Puerto Rico Guam and others in DC we're gonna also have.

A selection of delegates is a long way to go let's take our time let's make sure that the best candidate rises up.

And I think in the end will be that best candidate.

By the way congratulations I know Michelle Malkin the famous blogger -- through her weight behind your candidacy yesterday.

Also you were -- and as we mentioned a moment ago in Missouri and last night of the community college.

Think -- had a gigantic crowd there hundreds of people standing there you say that miseries get a big role to play in the process.

And yet they don't have any delegates -- do that.

They don't have delegates in this primary they have a caucus coming up in about a month after the after the primary but.

You know this it's a primary people are gonna about the -- -- what is always looking at what do the polls say -- the best poll is.

You know folks in -- in the most one of the most important states in the country in the general election.

It's gonna speak and they're gonna speak very loudly and that's why I was in Minnesota they have a caucus coming up -- being Colorado and Nevada.

They'll have caucuses also on Tuesday and we're gonna get out and we had a big crowd last night and a little town in southwest Missouri -- himself with Minnesota Laverne.

We had we have that we were supposed to do -- -- -- at a pizza ranch we ended up having to go to -- theater and that packed out so we were over 500 people last night in the small rural town.

We've got big crowds that were -- in in Colorado today and and a lot of enthusiasm out their forces is a long way to go.

-- Real quick senator I'm just wondered how you feel about Donald Trump possibly happening in the race making overtures that he is looking into jump and in what would that do.

I I.

What day is it just about what what Donald Trump was gonna do I I've I can't -- diverted about someone who's.

There's obviously focused on promoting.

Himself and promoting his his brand that's great I'm running for president because I think -- the best best person defeat Barack Obama had to get this country going again.

All right tell you heard -- from the senator Rick Santorum -- and South Dakota this morning but going to be making his way.

Across the United States as he continues to try and become the nominee good to see this morning -- That -- and appreciate it -- working on is Florida behind already looking ahead it's Tuesday.

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