Posted on 02/11/2012 9:26:31 AM PST by mitchell001
Takes a boring rambler to know one, I guess.
Have you considered building up Newt’s merits instead? I mean he is a good guy and you must have some good reasons for supporting him. Think about trying to keep your enthusiasm up by posting those reasons.
He beat Romney like a drum in the debates... and will rally the Evangelicals and practicing Catholics like no other candidate.
I’m for a Santorum/Gingrich ticket all the way... and yes in that order.
Yeah, but Beck’s a RINO,doncha know?
I'll take those two any day over the others (besides Ollie North) you mentioned.
Levin and Malkin stuck their reputations out there when Santorum was given up for dead. You will now see the Bandwagon effect of many more.
No doubt that Reagan didn’t have much support from the Republican Establishment either. Movement Conservatives never do. They, of course, get that support (retroactively) only after they win (and the RINOs need jobs).
Phyllis Schafley has also endorsed Santorum. She originally endorsed Bachmann. She opposed George Romney too.
Googling the term ‘’Santorum stunning victories’’ brought up 1.86 million results. At the same time, googling the terms ‘’Romney stunning losses’’ and ‘’Ginchrich stunning losses’’ brought up 1.4 million and 10.9 million results, respectively.
This demonstrates the stunningly poor judgment of the establishment Republicans, including Congressmen and Senators, who endorsed the stunning losers Romney and Gingrich while for the past six months ignoring the eventual stunning victor Rick Santorum. Could anything more stunningly prove how out of touch the Republican establishment is with Republican voters?
The General Electorate is not looking for a culture warrior as much as most conservatives would like to think.
Not to mention Fred Thompson endorsing McCain for re-election over J.D. Hayworth in the 2010 Arizona primary. (all the Fredheads who swore in 2008 that Fred's association with McCain was long over and he'd never do that again were strangely silent about that one). It was even worse than Sarah Palin's endorsement for McCain since Palin had been McCain's veep choice and owed him... Fred owed McCain nothing but helped him beat a conservative anyway.
I see Santorum's heavy endorsement from grassroots conservative activists (Levin, Beck, Malkin, Limbaugh, etc.) and lack of support from his career-politician "Senate collegues" to be a positive thing. I wouldn't want him to have Trent Lott & Orrin Hatch's support. If you're looking for evidence of which GOP candidate is "anti-establishment", this is it. Santorum was never a favorite of Republicans leaders when he was in the Senate and frequently butted heads with them because he spoke out AGAINST agreed upon "bipartisan" solutions like TARP and the Fannie-Freddie bailouts.
All of those folks are culture warriors and none are small, less intrusive government folks.
There's no doubt the Social Conservatives are behind Santorum 100% and there's no doubt they are voting in numbers.
It's a united voting bloc of approximately 30%-40% of the GOP electorate.
However, I believe if Santorum gets the nomination he will lose in a LANDSLIDE in the General Election. Obama will get 58% of the vote and win 45 states.
Great. Just great.
Maybe Duncan Hunter and Christine O'Donnell can get on board, too.
James Dobson.
Kiss of death.
I personally think that Santorum or (puke) Ron Paul are the only two who could beat Obama in a general election. Santorum is out polling Obama currently and he is the ONLY one doing so. Polls change overnight.
Santorum is a stark contrast from Obama, unlike Mitt Romney. He has has high favorable ratings across the nation. And thus far, and I believe all the way through, he has NO boogeymen in his closet.
But that's just me.
Nope. Breath of life.
Don’t know, don’t care. I don’t need to be led by the nose.
My reasoning, however faulty is as follows:
1. If Santorum gets the nomination, and he MIGHT, the left will attack on the cultural issues. They will use quotes from Rick's books, speeches and interviews(often out of context and mischaracterized, sometimes not) to paint him as an Assembly of God zealot who would impose his religious beliefs on others. Many of those beliefs are NOT mainstream (right or wrong, just fact).
Romney will be attacked on Bain/1% AND the tenets of Mormonism, magic underwear and all. They'll make him out to be a space alien from Wall Street.
Paul, if he could get the GOP nomination (very unlikely) would have a fair chance at winning as his only real weakness is Foreign Policy...and many folks are just plain tired of the wars. But he'll never win the nomination.
However, Gingrich would force the commies to engage on the size and scope of the Federal Government. He's not, historically, a culture warrior. The debate would be completely different.
Gingrich is the only one with the four required qualities: Right on Social Issues. Right on Size and Scope of the Federal Government. Right on Foreign Policy. Excellent Communicator.
And, he won't have to spend all of his time talking about whether women should stay in the home, whether there should be a Constitutional Amendment to Ban Homo Marriage, whether he wears Magic Underwear etc.
With Newt, the debate is a different debate, one that can be won.
Not sure about former colleagues endorsing Santorum. Maybe about the same amount as Newt’s former colleagues endorsing him. I think they all want to distance themselves until a strong front-runner appears.
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