Saturday, February 18, 2012

Obama campaign shifts to targeting Rick Santorum

President Barack Obama’s campaign team has shifted gears to consider the possibility that his GOP opponent will Rick Santorum instead of Mitt Romney. - AP/Boston Herald

Campaign officials confirm Obama’s Chicago-based organization has begun combing through the former Pennsylvania senator’s background, looking for possible lines of attack. It also emailed Obama’s Pennsylvania supporters this past week asking for material that could be used against Santorum. The move reflects Santorum’s sudden surge in nationwide opinion polls and a spate of recent primary-season victories over Romney.