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Santorum: Voters are enthused for Romney-Ryan

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    Former presidential candidate on GOP's chances to take White House

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What do you believe this election is only nineteen days away man -- -- that they can't come soon.

Much good anyway I don't tell that to folks in North Carolina and up -- -- crucial southern swing state opened its polls for early voting.

And -- governor Mitt Romney surging in polls instituted its Republicans -- looking to capitalize in this early momentum.

Helping lead the charge in the tar heel state where he is very very popular Rick Santorum of course you remember in the former.

Presidential candidates prized everybody.

And of course former Pennsylvania senator.

It very good to have you on the phone with a senator.

What what do you make of what's happening in North Carolina.

Now of course he's a rolling average polls we see nationally.

Some reflect a little bit of the second debate others not.

But it is a trend favorable to -- to the Republican nominee thus far but -- would.

And -- no question about that you know the momentum is clearly.

-- governor Romney's direction you know he is one of the things -- out here.

You know like a different state every day over the last a few weeks and the lament a missed clear the enthusiasm is so much army.

I can't remember a singular event at a campaign where the campaign and the candidate.

Change the direction of a operates like Mitt -- did two and a half weeks ago.

Did it change senators -- senator in the debate a couple of days ago.

The -- momentum was all or or now.

Now I think Paul Ryan you know kept the -- -- going to be -- -- -- -- the -- was was that was not was not gonna help them they have energized the far left but nobody else and I think.

President Obama -- failed on the most important thing and in the last debate and Mitt Romney act systematically storm apart what is.

You know what what -- what his record was over the last four years and and -- the Obama had not but I mean he just he did they didn't respond and I think that's that's the thing this sticking in with people must begin to settle and that we're what we're looking for the next four years is what Brock would amount to the last three got nothing do got no answers to what about what to the problems that that -- crept up under his administration.

And and Romney is stand very competent very solid very consistent and that's.

That's exactly what I think -- look Americans are looking for I I I I can -- -- in North Carolina.

That the mood was it was everywhere and it was at.

People worked -- charged up to go vote remember Obama won North Carolina by 141000 votes but he won the early voting by 300000.

And already you're seeing -- -- -- is the first they have voted -- we don't know yet but the absentee voted in North Carolina is converted from what it was you know four years ago Republicans are much stronger and I think you're.

Collection where you and I was into the early voting senator in your system better than I do is a snapshot of where you are yet either in the polls of the senate and at the time for example.

The real early voting that went on Ohio among those states that allow phones to vote really early.

-- did and that was at a time when he early voting started when the president was well ahead and it looked like.

You know Romney could nothing right.

So early voting were told there benefited the president and now it's tighter in -- some of the more.

Recent polls.

And that it if Romney has even that out in these next few weeks how big a phenomena is as early voting.

And and in in swing states particular how is it gonna sway.

Well you know it's probably is a problem in the primary and like I'm not a big fan of early -- I mean particularly when you're voting 34 weeks out from from -- -- -- that.

Because -- that the dynamics of an election can change so dramatically and in Alaska as we've seen in this race.

And it doesn't really reflect.

You know they the totality of a campaign and you don't run a campaign.

Yeah for you know for four weeks out you run a campaign -- you structure your your message and and and your resources.

For Election Day and now campaigns have to change I think that's not really beneficial for.

For four for our country but that's the reality of the situation.

And but right now I think is benefited for these states -- -- starting early voting ballots several of them are it's benefiting govern Iraq.

We shall -- senator or as a -- -- sir thank you to.

All right go vote.

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