Posted on 06/09/2011 11:07:11 PM PDT by Sun
That will be the selling point for Romney, since it plays to his strength. But it also works EXTREMELY WELL for one candidate who's not in the race (yet), someone more palatable to the conservative base, and that is . . . Rick Perry.
Texas is the parade example for job creation and a strong economy. Perry could ride that to the White House (if he can distance himself in the public mind from W).
Would you hold a bad endorsement against other candidates, as well? After all, who has been John McCain's most enthusiastic supporter over the last three years, making more speeches for him than anyone else, not only in '08, but also in '10, when McCain ran against a more conservative primary opponent? That McCain supporter would be . . . Sarah Palin.
I rmember that debate exchange between Romney and Thompson vividly. I was struck by it at the time, how Thompson sniffed, dismissively, at the idea of mandates. Thompson was right.
But please, do carry on.
Yes, it's on obvious point totally lost on the purists. I predict lots of cricket sounds in response to your intelligent post.
In other words, THAT WAS THEN...THIS IS NOW.
Thanks for the breath of sanity.
A good rating, and here’s some more insight from an April 30, 2011 article:
“consider first the other folks who either are running or seem to be considering it very closely. Romney, Huckabee, Pawlenty, Gingrich, Bachmann, Palin, and Trump seem like the frontrunners. Among that group, only Palin and Bachmann are as consistently conservative as Santorum — and those two wonderful ladies may choose not to run.”
excerpt http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/04/santorum_2012.html
Although now it looks like Bachmann will run, and the lovely Sarah is still a mystery. Any one of those three would be an outstanding POTUS.
Mark Levin, who really likes Santorum (as well as Palin, and Bachmann), said it’s up to the voters if they wish to forgive Santorum on that. Pat Toomey forgave Santorum, and even endorsed him, because Santorum is a good man.
“And Romney has defended it, rather than admitting his mistake.”
That’s what really gets me, Romney won’t even admit it was a mistake!
Rick Santorum will be on Meet the Press this Sunday. Tune in.
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