Rick Santorum defended his decision to call Democrats and encourage them to vote for him today, describing the call as a “very positive” effort to explain his manufacturing policy — but the call he was discussing doesn’t seem to praise Santorum’s manufacturing, it just attacks Romney for opposing the auto bailout.

“It’s a very positive robocall talking about what we’re doing to create jobs here in Michigan,” Santorum told Sean Hannity last night, after saying that ‘we talk about our manufacturing plan and what we’re doing to create jobs.” Santorum also said he hopes to prove that he can “attract Democrats” and so prove his general election viability.