Originally Posted by RichieLion

I was a bit guilty of just reading a news story and accepting it against my own motto of "never believing the mainstream media". Now that I've gotten more into this story it appears Santorum was probably correct here. He's just pointing out that he believes there's not a lot of difference between Obama and Romney, or not enough to make a clear distinction.

Santorum's reference to the Romney team's stupid comments that if you don't like your campaign you can just shake it up like an etch-a-sketch and start over, does little to elicit confidence of a candidate's conviction. It makes it appear that Romney is "making it up as he goes along". I've always believed that, but now they're stupidly admitting it.

Mitt Romney's negatives with independent voters are higher than Hillary Clinton had in 2008. These comments coming from his campaign cannot help if they portray him as just the latest flip-flopper.

“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.”

Erick Erickson of RedState.com thinks it's clear from the context of Santorum's remarks that he was not expressing his own thinking, but expressing the thinking of general election voters, and thinks he is absolutely right, which is also why he thinks Romney makes such a bad nominee

He adds; "I think Santorum was spot on in describing how voters would see the race in November. Why would they want to give up a guy many of them like, but who don’t much care of his job performance, for a guy they don’t like whose own campaign admits is like an Etch-A-Sketch."

Romney is not helping himself here, and I find it strange that the mainstream media is providing cover for him here against Santorum.

That tells me something. The mainstream media wants Romney to be the one running against Obama, and we know they want Obama to win.

People Are Badly Misinterpreting Rick Santorum | RedState