(borrowed from Future Useless Eater http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2816215/posts?page=239#239)
With Sunday's national poll added... |
Posted on 12/05/2011 6:27:36 PM PST by Fred
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Sunday compared his war against reproductive rights and gay rights to the Civil Rights Movement, and attacked Newt Gingrich for putting social issues "in the back of the bus."
"In terms of social issues [Gingrich] has been married three times, he has two divorces, he's admitted to infidelity," ABC's Christiane Amanpour noted during an interview with Santorum. "Should voters hold that against him?"
"I think character is definitely an issue," Santorum opined. "I've been married 21 years, I have seven children. That's a factor that people are going to look at and should look at when it comes to the person you are going to have lead the country."
"Is he a real conservative with the social values?" Amanpour asked.
"I think that Newt has consistently put those, let's say, in the back of the bus," Santorum replied. "He's never really been an advocate of pushing those issues."
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Not to a pre-born baby about to be killed in cold blood via abortion.
It just isn't true.
I do.
Not advancing conservative positions on social issues equals surrendering to the current liberal path on social issues.
No rational person wants that.
Wrong. And an obvious attempt to inculcate defeatism.
(borrowed from Future Useless Eater http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2816215/posts?page=239#239)
With Sunday's national poll added... |
Social issues are not a pure loser, unless the candidate is a single issue guy. All legs of the stool must be solid to attract a plurality of social, fiscal and national defense conservatives.
Strong on all three works for me. :o)
I’m glad to see that RINO Romney didn’t gain any momentum from Cain dropping out of the race. While four years under him would be just as bad as another four years under Obama, it would allow the Democrats and the MSM to lay all of the country’s problems (especially those garnered under Obama) on Romney, which could go a long way toward costing Conservative seats in the House and Senate, which would be devastating.
Thank you, Jim!
That’s the way I see it, too.
Romney/Republican Establishment vs the rest of us. We need someone who is on our side.
National Review, Rove and others are pimping Romney like nothing I’ve ever seen.
I may not like some of the things Newt has said and done, but his ACU rating is 94%.
That should mean something.
Actually putting social issues on the back burner worked well here in Wisconsin in 2012.
As many of you have no doubt seen the last year, Wisconsin is in many ways a blue state. But last year we ran Scott Walker, Ron Johnson and a ton of congressional and state assembly people who focused solely on economic issues. Balance the budget, cut spending, restore economic freedom.
Save for “law and order” and our school choice program, these candidates all stayed away from the hot button social issues. And the independents here voted for them.
That makes about as much sense as putting Bill Clinton in charge of the Young Women's Chastity League.
I don't believe that. It's a false flag. Always has been with Gingrich.
Sorry, Rick, but I think the $15T deficit and 9% unemployment did that. However, Newt's 99% pro-life voting record in Congress is nothing to sneeze at.
That’s just...wrong.
Disclaimer: I am socially conservative for the most part, I just don't think that a candidates position on those issues matter as much to my family, and my ability to feed my family as economic, fiscal and defense issues do.
The average GOP-leaning voter is personally socially moderate-conservative with a touch of libertarianism.
Agreeing w/ C. Edmund here.
Most people lean definitely towards the social conservative side, but there is a fine line in how a politician should propose that conservatism.
Reagan did it right.
Santorum does it wrong.
Here you go:
“Gingrich Does Better Among Conservative Republicans and Tea Party Supporters”
“Gingrich’s lead is especially large among conservative Republicans and those who describe themselves as supporters of the Tea Party movement, with more than twice the level of support of any other candidate. Romney ties Gingrich among Republicans who are not Tea Party supporters, and the race is close among moderate/liberal Republicans.”
Gingrich tea party supporter: 47%
Romney tea party supporter: 17%
Gingrich tea party nonsupporter: 27%
Romney tea party nonsupporter: 28%
Gingrich conservative Republicans: 41%
Romney conservative Republicans: 20%
Gingrich moderate/liberal: 28%
Romney moderate/liberal: 26%
Complete chart with all Republican primary candidates at the Gallup link (scroll down a bit):
http://www.gallup.com/poll/151355/Gingrich-Romney-Among-GOP-Voters-Nationwide.aspx
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