“Obama’s going to come out in this case much more forcefully, and he’s going to throw a lot of spears,” Sanford opined. “And I think it’s very, very important that in this case that, you know, Romney stay focused on his vision for the country and stay focused on the things that, I think, matter most to people in this country, which is, where is the economy going, where are we with jobs, and what’s happening next on the debt and the deficit issue?”

While Bream decided not to call Sanford out on his reference to Obama throwing “spears,” Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher saw significance in the former governor’s remark.