Bunched at the top of the Iowa polls, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum both faced intensified scrutiny of their records Sunday morning, with Paul insisting in a pair of Sunday show outings that his past stances are “pretty mainstream.”
“I think the people who are attacking me now are the ones who can’t defend their records,” Paul said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” On Fox News Sunday, the Texas congressman was pressed on statements in his 1987 book “Freedom Under Siege” that suggested both AIDS patients and targets of sexual harassment should take more personal responsibility for their problems.
Paul defended both positions, saying that he didn’t believe either called for federal government intervention.
Back in Iowa, Newt Gingrich, who’s plummeted from the top spot he held just weeks ago, kept up his attacks on Mitt Romney, jabbing the former Massachusetts governor for the massive campaign spending being done on his behalf—both by Romey’s campaign and a friendly super PAC that has run slashing ads against Gingrich.
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