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"FacebookPinterest\n\nIn this final debate for Super Tuesday, the dick moves were resplendent, and mostly of the anti-Santorum variety. Romney slammed him on earmarks, Ron Paul thrashed him for being a phony fiscal conservative. For balance, and to keep things focused on the real issues, Newt Gingrich accused Obama of favoring infanticide. Even though the former Pennsylvania Senator and erstwhile frontrunner came out of it battered and bruised, Santorum, who despite the Mr. Rogers persona he adopted as a second-tier candidate is an especially rancorous attack dog, scored the biggest dick move of the debate, comparing Mitt Romney to Michael Dukakis, that bloodless, unelectable Massachusetts blunderbuss who steamrolled on his own presidential campaign with a spin in a tank.\n\n\"Yes, you balanced the budget for four years. You have a constitutional requirement to balance the budget for four years. No great shakes,\" Santorum said in riposte to Romney, who attacked him for supporting Pennsylvania party switcher Arlen Specter--even though a balanced budget amendment is the shiny toy conservatives, including Rick Santorum, favor most. \"I'm all for it federally, but don't go around bragging about something you have to do. Michael Dukakis balanced the budget federally for ten years, does that make him qualified for the presidency? I don't think so.\"\n\nThis one cut especially close to the bone--not least because he's not the first Republican to make the comparison, but likening Romney to the GOP's favorite walking punch line is pretty much a rhetorical shanking.\n\nRead more from Death Race 2012\n\nA Senator Without Constituents: Russ Feingold on Obama, the GOP primary, and the Tea Party's patriotism-deficit\n\n_[\"GQ's Presidential Playlist: Michigan Edition\"\n\n](http://www.gq.com/news-politics/blogs/death-race/2012/02/gqs-presidential-playlist-michigan-edition-022212.html)_\n\n \"The Thimble vs. The Iron: Walter Kirn on Why The Republican Primary Has Turned Into a Game of Monopoly\"\n\n\"The Truth About Young Republicans and Gay Marriage\"\n\n\"Megadeath for Santorum: A Political Reading of Their Lyrics\"\n\n\"Everything's Coming Up Obama (Here's Why)\"\n\nFollow Marin on Twitter for more updates from the campaign trail."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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