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applegrove

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Wed May 27, 2015, 06:29 PM May 2015

Media Help Santorum Rebrand As "Champion Of The Working Class," Ignoring Economic Policies That Favo

Media Help Santorum Rebrand As "Champion Of The Working Class," Ignoring Economic Policies That Favor Wealthy

http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/05/27/media-help-santorum-rebrand-as-champion-of-the/203779

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Fox's Cameron: Santorum Argues GOP Should Be More "Sensitive" To Blue Collar Americans. Fox News correspondent Carl Cameron noted that Santorum "argues that the Republican Party needs to be much more sensitive to the middle class and the hardworking American blue collar voter, who many argue are getting lost in a big wage gap as the rich get richer and the poor and the middle class get left behind." [Fox News, Happening Now, 5/27/15]

NYT: Santorum Urges GOP To "Remake Itself As A Champion Of The Working Class, Not The Investor Class." The New York Times described Santorum's 2016 strategy as partly "urging his party not to cede the issue of wage stagnation to Democrats, and to remake itself as a champion of the working class, not the investor class." [The New York Times, 5/27/15]

WSJ: Santorum "Seeks To Appeal As A Champion Of The Working Class." The Wall Street Journal reported that Santorum will attempt "to bolster his reputation as a social-issues warrior with an appeal as a champion of the working class" including "outreach to lower-income Americans." [The Wall Street Journal, 5/27/15]



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Media Help Santorum Rebrand As "Champion Of The Working Class," Ignoring Economic Policies That Favo (Original Post) applegrove May 2015 OP
I guess he can no longer slide in on the wedge of being the pinacle of anti-lgbt scapegoating. applegrove May 2015 #1
No matter what he tries, he'll self destruct sooner or later Gidney N Cloyd May 2015 #2
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