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Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum intensified his attack on rival Mitt Romney during an appearance with Louisiana voters Wednesday, invoking Hurricane Katrina to question whether Mitt Romney would "blow in the wind" during tough times. Santorum's comments came shortly after â€" and referenced â€" Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstom saying that the GOP front-runner could reset "like an Etch A Sketch" for the general election.

“The people of Louisiana deserve someone to come down here and tell you what he believes,” Santorum said during a stop in an industrial area outside New Orleans, according to The New York Times. “You folks have had a lot of tough times over the last few years, with Katrina and the oil spill. It’s been a shaky, shaky time, and you folks have stood tall and weathered the storms.”

Santorum pivoted to an attack on Romney, whom he has accused of taking contradictory positions on key issues.

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