claim: says "rick santorum supported (arlen) specter over conservative candidates twice."
author: mitt romney
evidence_1: also problematic was santorum's 2004 endorsement of his republican senate colleague arlen specter over conservative congressman pat toomey in the primary for pennsylvania's other senate seat. many socially and fiscally conservative republicans considered the specter endorsement to be a betrayal of their cause.
evidence_2: feb 8, 2012 ... “governor romney is the candidate who will stand up for the conservative principles that we hold dear,” santorum said in a statement. 4. backed arlen specter: in 2004, santorum endorsed specter (liberal) over pat toomey (conservative) in the pennsylvania republican senatorial primary, a nod that has ...
evidence_3: arlen specter (february 12, 1930 – october 14, 2012) was an american lawyer, author and politician who served as united states senator from pennsylvania. specter was a democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the democratic party. first elected in 1980, he ...
evidence_4: he questions whether higher ed is necessary for everyone, and calls colleges godless, but in the senate, the candidate had a history of supporting colleges. by. libby a. nelson. march 9, 2012. 12 comments. as a senator from pennsylvania in 2001, rick santorum touted federal support for higher education. he boasted of ...
evidence_5: dec 1, 1995 ... rick santorum: “i was basically pro-choice all my life, until i ran for congress”. in a 1995 philadelphia magazine feature, the 2012 presidential candidate was depicted as a newt gingrich acolyte, a congressional bully, a class clown … and someone who changed his mind about abortion because of ...