Former Senator Santorum visits Manchester headquarters

Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said the main goal for his campaign was to “keep American focused on the people,” when asked at his press headquarters in Manchester, NH today.

“Campaigns are like building a solid, stable foundation for a house.  We’re still in the beginning of the campaign.”

Students from the Franklin Pierce University high school journalism seminar, The Presidency and the Press, surrounded Santorum with microphones and cameras, asking questions and testing their new journalistic skills at  his
meet and greet.

Professional journalists from across the state asked tough questions regarding the state and federal economies, teaching intelligent design in public schools and the religious representation of the people vying for national office.

The candidate discussed the importance of getting things done in Washington as opposed to fighting for one position with no compromise.  “It’s easy to play Doctor No, but you must get something done in the end,” he said.

He explained that a big part of the political battle was getting people on one
side, no matter how much they have disagreed in the past and told the crowd a
story about Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy speaking with him about a bill that
was passing through the senate regarding partial birth abortions.  He said that after their discussion, Leahy conceeded and found himself siding with the Republican group much more than he had when the bill was first set out on the senate floor.

Before he left with advisors, Santorum told an eager crowd his opinions on
science in the classroom.  “We should teach [our children] about the controversies, evolution should be taught from the standpoint of what we know.”