Santorum Blasts Perry on Immigration
Saturday, 24 Sep 2011 08:56 AM

By Jim Meyers and Ashley Martella

In an exclusive Newsmax interview, former Pennsylvania Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum accuses Rick Perry of being soft on illegal immigration and launches a three-pronged attack on the Texas governor’s policies on undocumented aliens.

He also disagrees with those who say the GOP candidates shouldn’t be so outspoken in criticizing one another, saying it’s important to find out now who will be able to take the pressure of a hard-fought general election campaign.

Santorum was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994 and re-elected in 2000, but lost his re-election bid in 2006. He spoke with Newsmax.TV after participating in Thursday night’s GOP presidential debate in Orlando, Fla.

Recent polls show Perry and Mitt Romney the clear front-runners in the race for the GOP nomination, but Santorum believes he can close the gap.
“This is not a national horse race. This is a race in individual states, one at a time, and these national polls are just a snapshot of somebody’s popularity and name identification,â€