Is the Contraception Fight Santorum's Opportunity—or Obama's?
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum arrives at a campaign event at the Bella Donna Chapel on February 8, 2012 in McKinney, Texas (Tom Pennington / Getty Images)
The Political Omnivore blog raises a startling idea:
Could President Obama—by amplifying this fight over healthcare and contraception—help swing more states to Santorum and thus weaken Mitt Romney?
However: one thing is for sure this is Santorum's moment (he just won three states in a surprise upset) and this is Santorum's issue. If there was ever an issue for a hard-right Catholic to get behind? He's the man to do it. Whatever cred he doesn't have on fiscal conservativism (pro-union, pro-welfare, etc.) he's always been dead-center in the social category.
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If Team Obama is playing this carefully they might be able to both improve Santorum's chances and, if they really do own the mindshare, burn him with it.
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