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Santorum Protests GOP Debate Rules: 'Polls Mean Nothing
Newsmax ^ | Sunday, 02 Aug 2015 02:38 PM

Posted on 08/02/2015 12:20:26 PM PDT by Red Steel

...former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, one of those likely to be relegated to an afternoon consolation face-off, attacked the criteria for making the choice.

"National polls mean nothing," Santorum said Sunday during an appearance on ABC's "This Week." The Pennsylvanian directed his fire at both Fox News, the TV network co-hosting the debate with Facebook, and the Republican National Committee, which sanctioned the debate. "It's just an arbitrary figure, and unfortunately, the national networks and the RNC have gone along with this irrelevant measure of legitimacy of candidacy."

ox has said it will assign the 17 major candidates their places on Tuesday, based on an average of five national polls. Santorum, who won the Iowa caucuses four years ago, now lurks in the back of the Republican pack, with just 1 percent of voters supporting him, according to a new Wall Street Journal /NBC News poll.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, one of the candidates whose participation still hangs in the balance, said he's not worried.

"You know, I'll be very happy on Tuesday when the standings come out and I'm in there,"...

Billionaire Donald Trump, who has been leading virtually every poll...

"I'm not a debater," Trump said over the phone on CBS's Face the Nation. "I don't stand up and debate like these politicians. They're all talk, no action. All they do is their whole life they debate and then they don't get things done. I get things done."

Ohio Governor John Kasich, who may make the cut, ...

"This debate comes six months before the selection of a single delegate," he said. "What I've been focusing on is out there in the grass roots."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2016debates; 2016election; 2016polls; election2016; pennsylvania; ricksantorum; santorium2016
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1 posted on 08/02/2015 12:20:26 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

I have to say, pro-life and immigration/illegal immigration, Rick’s views are at the top, it was that pesky election he lost.

Rankings organizations of course, put him high up per his stances on illegal immigration per numbers USA, high pro-life wise too: http://prolifeprofiles.com/rick-santorum-pro-life


2 posted on 08/02/2015 12:23:18 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: Red Steel

I’m in favor of anything that keeps Rick Santorum off the debate stage.


3 posted on 08/02/2015 12:23:39 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE Support FR - GO MONTHLY - Join CLUB 300 - God bless FR's Donors!)
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To: Red Steel

Just go away Ricky...we’ve grown bored with you!


4 posted on 08/02/2015 12:23:52 PM PDT by Artcore
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To: Red Steel

Meanwhile, at the back of the line with Rick, Lindsey no doubt had a similar statement.


5 posted on 08/02/2015 12:23:54 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Red Steel
Santorum should buy a cable news channel, struggle for years to make it great, sponsor his own debates THEN FOX News can sit back and tell him how it should be done...
6 posted on 08/02/2015 12:27:19 PM PDT by GOPJ (It takes a village of aborted dead babies to buy a Lamborghini - freeperblackdog)
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To: Red Steel

Yeah Rick for you they do. Go away.


7 posted on 08/02/2015 12:27:21 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: Red Steel


8 posted on 08/02/2015 12:27:27 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: BeadCounter

He has the best policy positions on immigration/illegal aliens. I would like to see him in the debates for this reason alone....but 16 candidates is pushing it.


9 posted on 08/02/2015 12:27:48 PM PDT by Girlene
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To: Red Steel

Rick Santorum sincerely believes he would be a good President. I think he probably would. I just don’t think he can get elected.

Santorum, Trump and Cruz seem to be the only ones running that side with the citizens and the rule of law. The rest side with the illegal aliens and their employers.


10 posted on 08/02/2015 12:28:57 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Red Steel

Rick, you are a nice guy. But being a nice guy that cannot beat the man that got waxed by a communist muslim does not put you on the top of the list for a second chance at the presidency.


11 posted on 08/02/2015 12:29:05 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Red Steel

If Cruz, Trump or Walker where to be relegated to the consolation face off they would have a legitimate gripe, but Santorum is just whining, that is not what anyone wants in a leader, that is what obama does.


12 posted on 08/02/2015 12:29:53 PM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: Red Steel

the entire electoral process in the USA has become a vast corrupted game , it is leading to our national downfall . America needs to be led by warriors , not politicians and lawyers


13 posted on 08/02/2015 12:30:23 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Red Steel

If he can shine in the secondary forum his numbers will rise. That’s all he can do. He needs to relax and focus the little attention he gets on the issues that matter most to him. Let what happens, happen. Speak directly to the people.


14 posted on 08/02/2015 12:30:31 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Red Steel

17 MAJOR candidates? That statement has a problem on its face


15 posted on 08/02/2015 12:33:37 PM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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To: Red Steel

I forgot he was running.


16 posted on 08/02/2015 12:35:55 PM PDT by Leep (Still living in what remains of 'God's Country'.)
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To: Diogenesis; onyx; SaveFerris; Red Steel; BeadCounter; Artcore; GOPJ; ColdOne; Lurkinanloomin; ...

17 posted on 08/02/2015 12:36:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Red Steel

Let the whining begin.


18 posted on 08/02/2015 12:43:30 PM PDT by KGeorge (Hell no. We ain't forgettin'.)
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To: Red Steel

I wish Trump and Cruz and Walker would pass on the “Debates.” They do none of them any good when there are more than two contestants.


19 posted on 08/02/2015 12:48:46 PM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: Norm Lenhart

>> Rick, you are a nice guy <<

Sorry, but in my book, a “nice guy” would not want to raise the minimum wage.


20 posted on 08/02/2015 12:49:20 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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