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Santorum Wants Non-Partisan Panel To Evaluate Iraq War
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | Jan. 6, 2005

Posted on 01/06/2006 5:15:46 AM PST by Wolfie

Santorum Wants Non-Partisan Panel To Evaluate Iraq War

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Rick Santorum yesterday wrote a letter to President Bush asking him to create an independent, non-partisan commission to objectively evaluate progress in Iraq.

The letter is a significant shift by the Pennsylvania Republican, whose stalwart support for nearly all aspects of the Bush administration's policies in Iraq could be a significant handicap in his race against state Treasurer Robert P. Casey this year if Pennsylvanians' support for the war continues to decline.

Mr. Santorum told the president that he was joining other members of Congress in their call for a panel that could "objectively and critically report" progress in Iraq to build Americans' confidence and trust in the mission.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 109th; aftermathanalysis; iraq; santorum
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To: John O
"He [Santorum] sold us out. and conservatives don't forget.

"What I want to know is when are some of these politicians going to get smart and realize that when they run (and vote) as conservatives, they win?"

Nope, we WON'T forget...

I don't get it either.

Conservatives CAN win on conservative issues.

My theory is they fear the media framing them as zealots, while lacking the courage or conviction to stand on principle.

Of course there is the NWO theory that too strongly a "conservative" America means too strong a sovereign America -- thus RINO/Centrists are recruited or recreated (as in Santorum's case.)

41 posted on 01/06/2006 9:27:06 AM PST by F16Fighter
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To: F16Fighter; Soul Seeker; Huck; Antoninus

Whether Santorum or Harry Reid, principled politician is an oxymoron.


42 posted on 01/08/2006 3:12:38 AM PST by gaspar
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To: linda_22003

"I don't know. He's not acting like he WANTS to be re-elected, is he?"

Yes he is acting as if he wants to be reelected. Survival is any politician's first rule. My guess is that he has been doing some secret polling in the areas of PA that kept him in the Senate the last time. . . . or, his monthly appearances on the "Imus in the Morning" program over the past year has caused his mail to run in the opposite direction. Whatever has caused it, it is a huge development.


43 posted on 01/08/2006 3:31:52 AM PST by leadpenny
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To: gaspar
"Whether Santorum or Harry Reid, principled politician is an oxymoron."

Generally, I concur. However if it's a matter of degree, consider the difference between Santorum and Reid day and night.

44 posted on 01/08/2006 7:23:21 AM PST by F16Fighter
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To: Wolfie

I'll will like to remember the soon to be ex-Senator Santorum as having warned legalizing Gay Marriage will lead to the leagalizing of other deviant behavior.


45 posted on 01/08/2006 7:26:27 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: Wolfie

Santorum was


46 posted on 01/08/2006 7:31:17 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
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To: Wolfie

What in the world is Santorum's problem. He lurches back and forth between conservatism and something else.


47 posted on 01/08/2006 7:33:27 AM PST by balch3
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To: Wolfie

This Pennsylvanian is laughing.

What do you want me to do cry? I mean I feel that I have tried to support Santorum (although knew he could lose this election), and even tried on this site to have people vote for him anyways sometimes to my own detriment, but he keeps getting crazier and crazier so I just don't know anymore about him.


48 posted on 01/08/2006 7:36:27 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: sure_fine

"he should tie a knot in that rope he is at the end of"

That's hilarious. He's trying to distance himself now from exactly what he used to position himself before. It's kind of sad to watch, IMO.


49 posted on 01/09/2006 6:27:30 AM PST by AdamWilliams
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