Florida Repubican debate: Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich throw jabs in Jacksonville

I think Santorum got the best of Mitt and Newt. It is amazing how these people just continue to lie about the real issues. In my opinion, they spent way too much time talking about repealing the Affordable Health Care Act and not enough about rebuilding this economy. When will they be forced to actually answer a question as oppose to talking about what they want to?

Newt Gingrich abandoned his role as Mitt Romney’s chief antagonist in Thursday night’s presidential debate, going easy on the national GOP front-runner as a third candidate joined the fray in force.

It was Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator and Iowa caucus winner, who challenged Romney aggressively over his record on health care as Gingrich repeatedly pulled his punches — a surprising strategy that he may regret if his momentum cools before next Tuesday’s primary.

“What Gov. Romney just said is that government-run, top-down medicine is working pretty well in Massachusetts and he supports it,” Santorum said as Romney spoke up for his home state’s universal health care law. “Folks, we can’t give this issue away in this election. It is about fundamental freedom.”

Romney responded with a forceful defense of the Massachusetts law, which includes an individual mandate, and chided Santorum for his intense demeanor.

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