I firmly believe the Media will setup Romney as the best, and most right-wing approach to the GOP nominations. That way, either win or lose - we are still a socialist commie police state with no rights.
Has Rick Santorum been quoted saying anything disparaging about Iowa’s principal industry?
The ethanol scam?
What?
Santorum has never recovered from endorsing Specter
Merely BEING a social conservative is not enough, even in Iowa. One also has to be bearing a torch, and willing to touch fire to all the waiting hearts out there, the ones who WANT to believe, but hunger for that spark. Michele Bachmann ALMOST did it, for a short while, until the brand was snatched away by Rick Perry.
But Herman Cain looks like the real deal, the outsider, the renegade who boldly holds up the flame, and unashamedly calls the multitude forth. He only needs to say, “Follow me!” against that backdrop, and he captures the hearts and minds, the rest will proceed from there.
Sadly, Rick Santorum’s Zippo lighter failed at the critical moment, and he was left in near darkness.
I LIKE Rick Santorum, really I do, but at this point he as as much chance of capturing the nomination as I do.
Until recently I was a huge fan of Rick Santorum. I thought he was one of the great Conservative heroes. I was wrong!!!!
He has gratuitously disparaged Governor Perry on and off the debate stage. Santorum made Perry’s support of in-state tuition for illegals into a “subsidy” for illegals, when in fact, there is no “subsidy”. An illegal seeking access to a Texas University must satisfy residency requirements and have made active application for citizenship. (Illegals are given access to Pennsylvania colleges and universities)
Most recently Santorum seemed compelled to make a comment on the Perry hunting camp when he could have either said nothing or pointed to the absurdity of the dredged-up, unsubstantiated story. Santorum violated Ronald Reagan’s 11th rule for Republicans which is not to disparage fellow Republicans.
Santorum’s patterns and themes suggest that he is either a “stalking horse” or just incredibly sanctimonious...maybe both!
Give the people of Iowa the benefit of the doubt wherein they have seen a difference between sanctimony and social conservatism.
I have to ask, did Santorum actually think he had a viable chance to win the nomination?
I think not.
I think he entered hoping to be someone’s VP or to land himself a cabinet position. It’s really hard to imagine a losing US Senator of all political offices, besting the rest of the field, for the nomination.
Happy Reformation Sunday!
I lost track (no pun intended)....when is the Iowa caucus...?
Logical; Santorum, Bachmann, Perry, and Cain are dividing the social conservative vote while Romney doesn't compete for it at all. If there were only one social conservative those votes might be unified, although I rather doubt they would be. Conservatives, including social conservatives tend to divide into factions.
A “Social Conservative” at the federal level is an unconstitutional concept. Our culture is what it is and the feds need to be powerless in this area if liberty is to be reinstated. The enumerated powers in article 1, section 8 provide no authority to legislate culture. The individual states have some latitude in this area.
Sorry, but I thought the dumbest comment was Pelosi being a great speaker of the house...