In a Republican Presidential primary campaign where the Republic establishment expected that they would pick the nominee in a form of "coronation", an increasing number of concerned Americans are now raising their voices now and saying, "not this year"!
I am a "Reluctant Republican" having left the Democratic Party when the opponents of the fundamental human right to life took control. That party which purported to represent the blue collar everyday American became the party of the cultural revolutionaries on the left. People like us were won over by the courage and plain spoken down to earth style of Ronald Reagan.
His was the kind of "conservatism" which made sense to people who never thought we were "conservatives". It was human, real, honest and quintessentially American. We were not then - and are not now - comfortable with the "Nelson Rockefeller" blue blood image of the old Republican Party.
Rick Santorum has the capacity to attract those "Reagan Democrats" and to reach out to Americans from both parties as well as Independents in a General election. He has proven it in elections in Blue Collar Pennsylvania. He is the grandson of a coalminer who still embodies those bedrock values.
Many who have wanted someone other than the establishment Republican candidate are from blue collar backgrounds. Our ancestors did not come over on the Mayflower. We care about the poor and cringe when any candidate seems to lack a heart of concern for them. However, we have learned that big government does a horrible job of providing proper care for them. We know that collectivism - be it of the right or the left - is not the solution.
What exactly does this last paragraph mean? I find it contradictory? Does this mean just a little bit of socialism?