Santorum in the Lion's Den
By: Roger Simon
Politico.com
January 6, 2012 06:34 PM EST
CONCORD, N.H. – Lion’s Den events are often very good politics.
A candidate appears before a hostile crowd where with the sheer weight of his courage, calm and courtesy, he wins over the angry lions – or at the least those people watching it later on the nightly news.
There is a trick to this for the candidate, however: Even if bitten, never bite back.
The candidate, and not the lions, must be the object of sympathy.
Which Rick Santorum forgot all about at a campaign stop here Thursday, five days before Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. The event was a small one, something called the College Convention 2012 sponsored by New England College, a small, four-year institution in Henniker, N.H., with about 1,000 undergraduates and a mascot called “Patty the Pilgrim.”
(More here.)
Politico.com
January 6, 2012 06:34 PM EST
CONCORD, N.H. – Lion’s Den events are often very good politics.
A candidate appears before a hostile crowd where with the sheer weight of his courage, calm and courtesy, he wins over the angry lions – or at the least those people watching it later on the nightly news.
There is a trick to this for the candidate, however: Even if bitten, never bite back.
The candidate, and not the lions, must be the object of sympathy.
Which Rick Santorum forgot all about at a campaign stop here Thursday, five days before Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. The event was a small one, something called the College Convention 2012 sponsored by New England College, a small, four-year institution in Henniker, N.H., with about 1,000 undergraduates and a mascot called “Patty the Pilgrim.”
(More here.)
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