Posted on 03/22/2012 7:06:45 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP
Somewhere, buried in Rick Santorum’s fatally flawed campaign messaging, were winning words. Had he committed to them, the former senator could have derailed Mitt Romney’s path to the GOP nomination. Despite Romney’s overpowering resources and organization, Santorum’s potent argument — that the party could not throw the issue of healthcare away by nominating someone who had supported mandates — was his key to victory, but he threw it away.
As he transformed from Senator 2 Percent to the last credible alternative to Romney, Santorum often made the point that nominating Romney — or Newt Gingrich — would take the issue of healthcare off the table and benefit President Obama, as both Gingrich and Romney had declared support for mandates to purchase healthcare during their careers. Santorum also repeated, early on, that Gingrich and Romney had both supported the Troubled Asset Relief Program as well as cap-and-trade proposals, making him the only true conservative in the race.
With little money or staff, Santorum won Iowa and then three surprise victories on Feb. 7 in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. He rocketed from the bottom as a passionate, articulate, indefatigable campaigner who took every question from every eager voter. It was the pivotal moment in the race none of the Romney rivals who preceded him had achieved — and Santorum blew it. He veered off course, and out of this millennium, enthusiastically bemoaning birth-control pills, free prenatal testing and college education. He insulted Obama, calling him a snob, and President Kennedy. Santorum, a devout Catholic, said Kennedy’s insistence on a strong separation of church and state made him want to throw up. (snip)
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This is just more proof that Santorum is in WAY over his head. He simply does not know what he is doing. Just try to stay awake through one of his speeches, if you doubt the facts in regards to his candidacy.Exactly right.
Of course, Santorum’s “piety” campaign accomplished the goal of taking the southern evangelical vote away from Newt Gingrich, which was the Obama “contraception” strategy all along. Checkmate!
You are wrong, dead wrong, Obama MUST lose. But I can’t blame you for feeling contempt toward Romney. Bob
Santorum is demonstrating why he lost his last election to 20%. Frankly I don’t think he has the character and judgement to be President, and I can’t support him.
I may be dead wrong. Not the first time. I believe that Mitt Romney would be a diaster for the conservative brand. And I believe he would be a diaster for the country. Yes, even worse than what we have. The way it is now, we can control Mr. Obama somewhat. Romney would have the blessing of the modertes and establishment republicans and could do more harm that Mr. Obama ever could. I even think he would be able to slip in supreme court justices that would be worse than Mr. Obama, kinda like George Bush senior. What a diaster.
LOL! A “huge” turn out? Then where are you going to get the other 70% of the votes Santorum has alienated? You Santorum fanatics are hillarious! ROFLOL!
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