If that were true we wouldn’t be having this discussion. Right now he’s the “default” unvetted candidate. That’s exactly what the media is doing now. Vetting isn’t just about issues but one’s ability to handle different situations. The press sets the narrative or the candidate does, period. Our candidates have to better and stronger than the media, that’s a given. If he can’t even beat the press at their own game what’s he going to do when the 3:00 am phone call comes in.
I have a son deploying in a few months, if he can’t stand up to the press and keep them from setting the agenda how will he be able to stand up to Karazai, the UN, the press, the left, etc. when the situation is as tense as it is right now? You can consider me selfish if you want, but I’m not the only military parent who is a bit more concerned about Afghan policy than obscenity laws. I’m more concerned about his energy plan (so my son might not have to go on yet another deployment) than whether someone is watching Internet porn.
I want to hear him talk TO THE PRESS, THE SAME NATIONAL PRESS THAT’S MAKING THIS A NATIONAL STORY about dismantling 0bamacare, whether he’s for a flat tax, what, if any, over bloated government agency would he get rid of. He may be getting his message out in the small venues he’s speaking in but while he’s doing that the national media is giving the rest of the country their first impression of him.
If he can’t keep from getting stuck on this issue how will he handle it when they really start in on him if he’s the nominee? Honestly, while most of America has a moral backbone they’re also thinking “why is he talking about this instead of the economy?” It’s a given the press is going to hit him with this, it’s his job to be sharp enough to turn this opportunity WHEN HE HAS THE EAR OF THE NATIONAL PRESS into a way to get his bread and butter issues out to the people NOT attending a rally in Illinois or Ohio or Alabama.
Cindie
Santorum may have lost his last election due to that and a number of other factors, but he has not been personally destroyed, nor has he compromised on his core values.
Like any other candidate at this stage, it's silly to ask them for specific strategic policies or plans when they aren't privy to classified briefings and information to which the POTUS is entitled, and any candidate who does issue such specific pronouncements without access to the full information is posturing.
What is far more desireable is for a candidate to articulate clear guiding principles and demonstrate a record of abiding by them so that you can have confidence in the decisions they make once they have adequate information to make informed decisions.
If you were truly concerned about his stands on the middle east and energy, obamacare, etc. you would read the numerous issues pieces he has on his website (all well ahead of his stance on pornography), rather than glomming onto the tiny little policy paper on pornography that msnbc has chosen to place under the magnifying glass.