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Victoria Brein Windsor
April 17, 1946 – July 11, 2012
Rest in Peace

Donations to help defray funeral expenses can be sent to:
Victoria Windsor
c/o Ron Hartley
12509 Doverton Road
Henrico, VA 23233

The visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 Saturday, July 14th
A short memorial will begin at 6:00.

Bennett Funeral Home
11020 West Broad Street
Glen Allen, VA 23060
804 270 6321

Directions: (from Bennett’s, go right on Broad to Pump Rd. and turn left
at Gayton Road (library on right) turn right.
the next left is Stoneycreek Drive (Kingsley Subdivision), 5th house on right.
804 741 3455 or 804 937 4880)

The burial will be on Sunday, July 15th at 1:00 at Hanover Memorial Gardens
4447 Mechanicsville Turnpike
Mechanicsville, VA 23111
804 779 1003
We (Victoria’s close friends) will be putting together an online memorial fund
and remembrance website here Remember Victoria.com

By Miki Booth

Dear Friends,

It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that Victoria passed away this morning at 4:15AM after a sudden illness. She is survived by her daughter, Deborah Rhodus, her mother, Betty Pugh, both of Colorado and 3 grandchildren. Prior to moving to Richmond, VA, Victoria lived in San Diego, Denver and Amarillo. Victoria ran a blog entitled, “Windsor’s America” on the website, “Richmond Patriots” or “The Patriots.” She was a champion for liberty defending the Constitution and instrumental in exposing corruption in the state of Virginia and criminal activity in and of the Obama administration. Victoria fought the good fight for our country and now deservedly and peacefully rests with God.

http://www.mikibooth.com/

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BUT WE WILL NOT FORGET HER AND WHAT SHE STOOD FOR

by Sharon Rondeau

Victoria is now “in the palm of His hand”

(Jul. 11, 2012) — The Post & Email has been told by a close friend that Victoria passed away at 4:15 EDT this morning. We extend our deepest condolences to her family and friends, of which there were many.

Victoria was active on blogs and newspapers in the constitutional arena. She was an excellent researcher, particularly in the area of ancestry. One of the last emails The Post & Email received from her stated that she had found evidence that the records of Madelyn Payne Dunham and Stanley Armour Dunham had been “tampered with.”

Victoria had also performed extensive research on the background of then-presidential candidate Rick Santorum in an attempt to determine if he met the definition of “natural born Citizen” found in Article II, Section 1, clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution. It was believed that Santorum’s father had not naturalized prior to his son’s birth. Santorum dropped out of the race on April 10 but could be a candidate for vice president. The vice president must qualify under Article II in order to assume the duties of the president in the event of the president’s “removal, death or resignation” under the 25th Amendment.

The last email exchanged between this writer and Victoria was on April 15. Although something seemed amiss, it was not identifiable. Others had also begun to notice that something was different. We believe that Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III was one of the last people in our community to speak with her before she was hospitalized. Fitzpatrick has had her in his prayers since learning of her illness.

Victoria was very concerned about the signs of Sharia law taking hold in the United States and introduced us to a knowledgeable person on the subject.

Over the last several months, Victoria had been involved in a new project which we do not believe she was able to complete.

She was a strong moral supporter of all of her friends. Last fall, when this writer was experiencing some personal challenges, Victoria was one of the few people in whom we confided. She would sign her name with just a “V.” In one of her messages about the subject, she said, in part:

Stay warm and safe. Your spirit is brighter now, I can hear it in your words. V

Victoria also provided assistance to this writer and others upon the receipt of death threats in June of last year through her research on cyberstalking laws. She stood up for what was right and always showed concern for others. Ever vibrant and energetic, it was a shock to this writer to learn approximately three weeks ago that she was gravely ill.

Upon the death of this writer’s father last July, Victoria sent a lovely note, to which we responded, in part:

The way in which you have expressed your thoughts to me has great meaning, and I take comfort from your words.

She was also supportive of others who have lost loved ones during the past year.

We never met her, but we are told she was beautiful, with blue eyes and long blond hair. We were told she looked much younger than her actual age.

We pray that her journey was a warm and safe one. We take comfort in knowing that she is now in repose with He Who “raises us up on eagle’s wings and holds us in the palm of His hand.” Rest well, dear friend.
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Source: HeraldOnline.com

By William McKenzie

Posted: June 7th, 2012

Abortion and same-sex marriage will get ample airtime during this fall’s campaign. But add to the social agenda the notion that religious freedom is under attack.

Conservative Catholics and evangelicals are driving the topic, which Rick Santorum and Rick Perry pressed during the primaries with their suggestion that the Obama administration has declared war on religion.

Most Republicans agree. Sixty percent of Republicans think religious freedoms are in jeopardy, according to a March poll by the Public Religion Research Institute and Religion News Service.

As is often true in cultural debates, we have a red-blue divide. The poll found 69 percent of Democrats don’t consider religious liberties under attack.

Both sides have a point – and each is missing something important.

Let’s start with the Obama administration requirement that employers provide birth control through their health plans. The mandate illustrates where some liberals fail to recognize an issue of religious liberty.

Yes, the administration exempted houses of worship. But Catholic leaders claimed the move violated their teachings about contraception. They were right, especially about how far government can go in forcing a faith to compromise its identity.

The administration scrambled to compromise, proposing that insurers be required to fund the contraceptive coverage of workers in religiously affiliated organizations.

But numerous Catholic leaders blew back again. Last month, 43 institutions sued.

They argue – persuasively – that this debate isn’t just about contraception. It’s about religious freedom, which remains threatened under the compromise.

During an email exchange last week, Bishop Kevin Farrell, who heads the Dallas diocese, backed up that claim. I especially was struck by his contention that the compromise creates an unworkable formula for determining what organizations can be exempted from the ruling.

For instance, to qualify for the exemption, an institution must primarily serve people who share the institution’s religious beliefs. How will Washington enforce that provision? Should it survey every client who enters, say, a Catholic charity to determine how many are Catholic?

That’s a slippery slope for any administration to head down.

Now, let’s flip this discussion around, and look at how conservatives, especially conservative evangelicals, miss a key point in their concerns about religious freedom. In their case, they too often confuse religious freedom with religious privilege. Specifically, some seem to want an advantage for their faith, which leads them to complain when they feel that privilege is not being upheld.

By Becca Lower

When former presidential candidate and Senator Rick Santorum endorsed Indiana senatorial hopeful Richard Mourdock on Friday, garnering himself a just-at-local-news-time mention in Politico, there may have been more going on than one conservative politician scratching another’s back.

Santorum likely sensed a kindred spirit.

From Twitter–

@RickSantorum: If I lived in Indiana, Richard Mourdock would have my vote in Tuesday’s U.S. Senate primary race. I encourage Hoosiers to help get out the vote for him.

Source: Politico

In April, The Indianapolis Star reported that Mourdock’s donation haul beat out Lugar’s; from Jan. 1 through March 31, he raised $875,000 to Lugar’s $817,000. (Lugar’s warchest totaled $2.5 million, however.) The absentee incumbent, who lost the ability to vote for himself with a March vote by the Marion County Election Board, wasn’t able to best the challenger. And the Lugar campaign’s cries that these donations were tainted– some of them happened to come from out of state– sound downright petulant.

In the same article, The National Review notes that Dick Lugar has lived exclusively in McLean, VA, since sometime in the 1970s. In fact,

Sam Frain, chairman of the 2nd Congressional District GOP in Indiana, says the last face time he had with Lugar was in 1976.

Senator Rick Santorum fought an underdog race for president. As he once said, to paraphrase, to call it living on a shoe string is an insult to shoe strings. Mourdock, in his bid to replace Lugar, is doing the same thing.

The Indiana Senate race is truly a bellwether in one other way, too: voters everywhere are heeding the message– House and Senate races aren’t just a local concern anymore.

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Huntsville, Ala. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Source: News.Yahoo.com

By: Chris Moody

Posted: May 2nd,2012

At an event that is long past his campaign’s expiration date, Newt Gingrich is scheduled to suspend his presidential campaign at a press conference Wednesday afternoon in Virginia.

“All of us have an obligation I think to do whatever we can to defeat Barack Obama,” Gingrich said in a video released Tuesday that did not mention Mitt Romney. “I want you to know that we’re going to continue out there on the road. Callista and I will be talking, campaigning, making speeches, doing everything we can to help defeat Barack Obama.”

Although Mitt Romney has not yet reached the number of delegates needed to officially clinch the Republican presidential nomination, he became the presumptive nominee weeks ago, when former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum announced an end to his candidacy. Gingrich, however, stayed on course, while his campaign drowned in debt and his chances for the nomination dropped to near zero.

From when he first announced his intention to run in May 2011 through his triumphant win in the South Carolina primary,  Gingrich insisted that his mastery of conservative issues and his vast legislative experience was enough to beat President Barack Obama, but he failed to capture the support of the Republican primary electorate.

While Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann of Minnesota rode high in the summer of 2011, Gingrich was written off as a pretender. When Texas Gov. Rick Perry branded himself as the conservative alternative to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Gingrich trudged on.

“There are lots of bunny rabbits who run through,” Gingrich would later say. “I am the tortoise. I just take one step at a time.”

Read More: News.Yahoo.com

Mitt Romney – Bobby Jindal (Right)

The names are familiar now:

Chris Christie, the now-famous tough talking Governor of New Jersey; Florida Congressman Allen West, the über patriotic Tea Party favorite. Spinning in the midst of these two superstars of the political constellation are Senators Rick Santorum and Marco Rubio, each in his own right a probable pick. Now Governor from Massachusetts needs to ask himself: who among these men can help me carry the aggressively- conservative Tea Party coalitions, the Deep South and the very conservative wing of the Christian right?

Back in 2008 and the mid-terms:

A young Governor from the Bayou State’s name was on the tip of everyone’s tongue– Bobby Jindal. You can read a brief bio here: ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Jindal ). This fellow talks tough, he’s truly pro-life,  budget-conscious, an avid supporter of the Second Amendment, pro-business, pro-growth and a champion of the middle class.

Would Bobby Jindal be a logical choice for Mitt Romney? He brings experience as the Chief Executive of  Louisiana, with a thriving economy despite a harsh recession. For those states where Christianity is a major concern, Jindal wears his faith on his sleeve. His being a Southerner can only help Romney, who will have to capture many of the Southern states to get the needed electoral votes. Lastly, Jindal is very much pro-oil and pro-drilling.

The reason for this piece was something I heard from a couple of folks I ran into the other day. When asked, these very knowledgeable,  political professionals told me, if Mitt Romney wants to win,  ” Bobby Jindal ” is the obvious answer.

What are your thoughts? Is Bobby Jindal the right choice? Will he complete the dream ticket  Governor Romney needs to win back the White House for the right side of the aisle? We know that Chris Christie, Allen West, Rick Santorum, Marco Rubio and others, could be good choices, but what about this very quiet Governor from the Bayou? What about this little fellow who comes from Cajunland carrying a big stick?

Please jump in the poll and give us your thoughts.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll.

Now that it’s About Over…Or is it?

By Scott Rohter, April 2012

Rick Santorum threw in the towel last week and all but ended his surprising, come from behind political campaign for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2012. In so doing he dropped his conservative political challenge to rival frontrunner Mitt Romney, and he essentially handed him the Party’s nomination at Tampa in August on a silver platter. Now that progressives in the Republican Party have their typical, checked pants, country club, big business Republican nominee to lead the Party once again in 2012, they can turn their attention to defeating Obama, the other progressive candidate in the race, and to playing another round of golf at the country club!

In either case they win. I say the rest of us spend the rest of our time trying to elect REAL grass roots conservatives to both Houses of Congress this Fall instead of worrying about who is going to win the White House in November? And let’s see how well the Establishment does with Mitt Romney. They wanted him. Now they’ve got him! Let’s see what they can do with him.

Obama v. Romney is no “Thrilla in Manilla”! It is not my idea of a dream matchup and I personally wouldn’t waste my money on a front row seat! I don’t believe anything that either one of them says, especially now that they are both running for office. “Mr. Hope and Change” and “Mr. Etch a Sketch”, formerly known as Mr. Flip-flop will say just about anything now to get elected, or re-elected as the case may be! I believe their records, not their words! And progressives believe that if enough people are discouraged by their general lack of candor, then there will be a low voter turnout, and Obama will be the beneficiary and the winner by default!

But let’s take a look at their records. Mr. Obama’s record is a great American train wreck, at least if you actually love America unlike Michelle Obama who has only recently learned to love her country! There is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with its individual mandates, the “let’s pass this Bill so we can find out what’s in it” approach to governing. Then there is the President’s support for gays in the military which literally turns our armed forces into one great big social experiment. Then there is the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act which allows Americans to be arrested in their own homes and locked away indefinitely. Then there is Elena Kagen’s appointment to the Supreme Court. And finally there is “Fast and Furious” the gun running operation to sell assault weapons to Mexican drug lords! I’ll just stop there…But Mitt Romney’s political record as the Governor of Massachusetts, and as a perennial Republican candidate for President, speaks to me in loud, strident tones followed by long uncomfortable pauses that are filled with sober, reflective thought about just who Mitt Romney really is too!

Sure I will vote for Mitt Romney in spite of his inconsistency, over President Obama. I am not crazy, or stupid! But let me be perfectly clear. Romney was not my first choice, or my second choice, or even my third choice in this race! I am going to hold my nose and vote for him because I have to, the same way that I voted for John McCain in 2008, but I don’t like doing it, and I am going to spend most of my time and effort helping to elect REAL conservatives to Congress. Let’s see if the Republican Establishment who wanted Romney so badly, can cajole enough conservatives to do more than just pull the lever or mark their ballot for this guy. To me he is just the latest model of a typical big business Republican to come down the pike from Washington D.C. I didn’t make Mitt Romney’s record for him, and I certainly can’t erase it and neither can he!

Let’s see if the Republican Establishment can get enough conservatives to get up off of our sofas and away from our favorite television shows long enough to actually go out and campaign for their guy. Now that he is virtually assured of winning the Republican nomination, let’s see if he engenders more than just a tepid response from conservatives, and more than mere grudging support for all of his inconsistency over the years with such statements like this, “I’m not trying to return to Reagan-Bush!” Let’s see if Romney can inspire even half of the love and affection that Ronald Reagan did, or engender any great passion or enthusiasm at all for just the latest version of an empty suit to be handed down to us by the political Establishment.

I’d like to make the following suggestion. Let’s all promise to hold our noses and vote for Mitt Romney in 2012, just like we did for John McCain in 2008. But at the same time let’s all promise to spend most of our time and effort helping to elect real grassroots conservatives to both Houses of Congress from local districts in States all across the country. Let’s try to take back Congress for the American people and for our children in order to effectively put the brakes on progressivism in our country, no matter which Party or which candidate wins the White House in 2013!

This will throw a big wet towel on whatever hot plans the socialist Obama Administration is considering if by chance they win again in November, but it will also put a damper on whatever progressive shenanigans a future Romney Administration might be contemplating if they win. Because if I am not mistaken, whoever wins the 2012 Presidential Election will be a useful tool of the Progressive Establishment, no matter which Party they come from! Why do I say this? Well for one thing, are you going to tell me that Mitt Romney is a man of such strong convictions and conservative principles, that he will actually have the courage to resist the call from the Progressive Establishment when it comes?

I don’t think so! Hell, he couldn’t even stand up to a few liberal members of his own State Legislature when he was the Governor of Massachusetts. That’s why he was Pro-Choice, anti –Second Amendment, and he fully supported individual mandates! I am not going to waste my time working to elect somebody like that! If he wasn’t running against somebody who is actually much worse than he was, I probably wouldn’t even vote for him!

But wait, there is breaking news coming from Colorado and Missouri. Maybe Republicans in those two State caucuses haven’t rolled over yet and they aren’t about ready to go silently into the night!…

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A thoughtful missive from the founder of the modern conservative movement, on Rick Santorum’s moment.

By Richard A. Viguerie | 4/10/12

http://www.conservativehq.com/article/7510-santorum%E2%80%99s-national-leadership-needed-conservatives

The grassroots conservative activists who powered Rick Santorum’s campaign of course respect his decision to suspend his campaign.

Conservatives are deeply in Rick’s debt for making their issues the theme of his campaign. That Rick Santorum came from the back of the pack with virtually no resources to threaten the establishment candidate speaks volumes about the power of conservative ideas to win elections.

Conservatives have been looking for a leader ever since Ronald Reagan left the public stage. Rick has been one of the few public figures to regularly unite all four legs of the winning 2010 conservative coalition: social conservatives, national defense conservatives, economic conservatives, and the small government constitutional conservatives of the Tea Party.

Party leaders must recognize that many movement conservatives believe they were denied a voice in the selection of the Republican presidential nominee because party insiders had their thumb on the scale. From ignoring their own party rules on delegate allocation, to jumping the gun on setting up joint campaign and fundraising efforts with Mitt Romney, it appears to many grassroots movement conservatives the fix for Romney was in.

Today, Rick Santorum is the only conservative who can provide the national leadership necessary to bring these conservative voters back to the fold and, most importantly, to demonstrate that conservatives are not merely some interest group to be placated–conservatives ARE the Republican Party.

Without the united and enthusiastic support of most all conservatives, Republican candidates, from President to the local level, will have an exceedingly difficult challenge winning in November.

After a courageous, underdog campaign, and eleven primary and caucus wins in the race for the GOP nomination, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is scheduled to end his bid at this hour. Fox News Channel reports that he will speak in Gettysburg, PA, shortly.

Source: WashingtonPost.com

By: Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake

Posted: April 9th, 2012

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich’s long, slow fade into political oblivion in this presidential primary race has received lots — and lots — of attention.

Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, cheer as Paul speaks at the University of California at Berkeley, Calif., Thursday, April 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

“People walk up again and again and say, ‘Please stay in, and please fight for conservatism’,” Gingrich told the Post’s Karen Tumulty over the weekend. (Gingrich has never been one to hide his light under a bushel.)

Rumors fly constantly — some cropped up late last week — that conservatives are attempting to broker a deal whereby Gingrich gets out of the race (he’s not going to) and throws his support behind former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum. Conservatives are united and re-energized, the logic goes, and Gingrich, who has won a total of one state outside of his home state of Georgia, saves the conservative cause.

There’s only one problem with all of that: There’s virtually no evidence that Gingrich retains any significant constituency within the GOP or will play an influential role in the presidential race as it moves to its general election phase.

In fact, there is a case to be made that Gingrich matters far less in the contest than Texas Rep. Ron Paul.

To wit:

* In the last two major primaries — Illinois and Wisconsin — Paul has finished third, Gingrich fourth.

* As of the end of February, Paul had raised $35 million for his 2012 campaign. Gingrich had raised $20 million.

* Paul’s ideas on domestic policy — distrust of the Federal Reserve, dire warnings about the massive debt being run up by the government — have clearly influenced the rhetoric (and thinking) of the GOP. Gingrich’s most notable contribution — idea-wise — to the race thus far is his call for $2.50 gas. While that might be a smart strategy, it’s more a goal than an idea.

Based on those three points alone, the Paul-ites could argue their man has been a bigger force in the direction of the race that Gingrich. Allies of the former speaker could push back — rightly — that their candidate actually won two states (South Carolina and his home state of Georgia) and, unlike Paul, had a path to victory. True enough.

Read More: WashingtonPost.com

Rick Santorum (Credit: Jim Young )

Source: .LATimes.com

By:Seema Mehta

Posted: April 4th, 2012

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. — Kicking off a last-ditch effort to keep his presidential bid alive, Rick Santorum returned to his roots Wednesday, saying he shared the values of southwestern Pennsylvania, where his grandfather worked in a coal mine and he shot his first deer three decades ago.

“I’m very, very proud of the heritage that Pennsylvania represents,” Santorum told a few hundred people at the Blair County Courthouse. “Barack Obama four years ago referred to this area of Pennsylvania right here as a place that holds on, clings to their guns and their Bibles. You’re damn right we do!”

Santorum, who was joined by his wife, Karen, and six of their seven children, said he would offer the clearest contrast to President Obama on such matters, while his chief GOP rival, Mitt Romney, had staked out positions on issues such as gun control, healthcare, global warming and energy policy that were similar to the president’s.

“Give us a chance to go out and make sure that there is a conservative, that there is a principled — principled — nominee of our party, someone who can go out and take it to Barack Obama, make him and his failed policies the issue in this campaign, not our nominee’s complicity in those failed policies,” Santorum implored.

After losing three more primaries Tuesday night, Santorum is making what many believe is his last stand in his home state.

“We have to win here,” Santorum told reporters earlier in the day after eating eggs, hot sausage and Italian bread at Bob’s Diner in Carnegie, the Pittsburgh suburb that he represented in Congress.

While campaigning in Pennsylvania, Santorum sprinkles his remarks with accolades for the state, from its role in the nation’s founding to the steel manufacturing that built the country’s infrastructure and helped win world wars. And he reminisces about his local ties, such as hanging out at a Hollidaysburg soda fountain run by his cousin. He capped the day going bowling with his children in Mechanicsburg.

As Santorum dug in, Romney spent the day ignoring his Republican rival and focusing his attention on Obama.

After speaking to a meeting in Washington of the American Society of News Editors and the Newspaper Assn. of America, Romney ended the day with a rally in front of several hundred boisterous supporters at an iron staircase maker in Broomall, a Philadelphia suburb. Before he took the stage, a group of women began to chant “Women for Mitt!” in response to the gender gap he faces against Obama in current polls.

Romney spent his 20-minute speech attacking what he said were the failed economic policies of the Obama administration.

Read More: LATimes.com

Source: WashingtonPost.com

By: David A. Fahrenthold and Philip Rucker

Posted: April 3rd, 2012

Mitt Romney has won all three of Tuesday’s Republican primaries, according to exit polls and early results–a sweep of Wisconsin, Maryland and the District that moves Romney closer to ending the GOP nominating contest.

All three wins were expected. Maryland and the District traditionally choose moderate Republicans over social conservatives like Romney’s rival, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum. In Wisconsin, Romney had initially trailed, but then roared back to overtake Santorum with the help of heavy advertising and key endorsements from Republican leaders.

Source: WashingtonPost.com

By: David A. Fahrenthold and Philip Rucker

Posted: April 3rd, 2012

Mitt Romney has won all three of Tuesday’s Republican primaries, according to exit polls and early results–a sweep of Wisconsin, Maryland and the District that moves Romney closer to ending the GOP nominating contest.

All three wins were expected. Maryland and the District traditionally choose moderate Republicans over social conservatives like Romney’s rival, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum. In Wisconsin, Romney had initially trailed, but then roared back to overtake Santorum with the help of heavy advertising and key endorsements from Republican leaders.

Gingrich Romney

Source: ABCNews.com

By: Elicia Dover

Posted: March 30th, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney confirmed reports Thursday that he and Newt Gingrich met secretly in New Orleans the day before the Louisiana primary.

But Romney played down the importance of the meeting between the himself and Gingrich, who earlier this week scaled back his campaign and laid off staffers.

“We’re pretty much in regular communication between the different campaigns and I said hello to Newt,” Romney told Sean Hannity in a radio interview. “Nothing new, nothing exciting except we keep a friendly discourse open.”

A source close to the Gingrich campaign confirmed the meeting happened early on Friday morning at around 6:30 a.m. at Romney’s hotel in the French Quarter district of New Orleans. Gingrich was staying at a hotel about 30 minutes away from Romney’s hotel and met with him before heading to the southern part of Louisiana to campaign in Port Fourchon.

“We do meet from time to time and I’m sure that the Speaker meets with Rick Santorum as well but we don’t go off and report the discussions,” Romney said. “But they are friendly and we discuss the issues, we discuss the way forward but we don’t reveal our secret campaign strategies.”

Read More: ABCNews.com