Of course, the press has TWOO different narratives ginned up...one to promote Romney as "unstoppable", and one to herald Santorum's win as a "fluke" and a "bump in the road for Romney". Just watched. Lets also see how the delegates shake out.
My wife and I voted for Rick in our SC primary—me because he was the most consistant conservative and she because he was the most Christian Conservative.
She keeps me from perdition on a daily basis so I ain't gonna argue with her...and there are a lot of men like me.
Santomentum!
FReepmail “Antoninus” to be added or removed.
If Santorum takes Michigan, it becomes the bigger headline and sustains momentum up to Super Tuesday. This could be a game changer.
Santorum has always done well with the day of voters.
Santorum’s editorial in the Wall Street Journal today was excellent, and was nearly devoid of “social issues” by the way.
It sounded like a complete reversal of the Obama nonsense of the past 3 years and would jumpstart the U.S. economy immediately. Think of the pent up economic forces that would be unleashed when he:
1. Lets the Keystone pipeline proceed.
2. Eliminates every Dem-imposed regulation causing over $100mm in economic costs.
3. Cuts income taxes across the board.
4. Halves the corporate tax rate, one of the highest in the world
5. Reduces federal spending by $5 trillion over four years (which can easily be done, given the excesses of this administration.)
6. Repeals and replaces Obamacare with market-oriented health insurance.
7. Calls for a balanced federal budget and cap spending at 18% of GDP with a constitutional amendment.
8. Advocates for free trade agreements again.
9. Block grants entitlement programs to the states and reforms them (as he helped to do with welfare in the 90’s).
10. Phases out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Every single one of these, taken alone, would be a conservative’s dream, and he proposes ten, all achievable with a Republican Congress, and some of them achievable by Presidential action alone.
Should these each be implemented, there would be nothing holding this country back. You’d see several years of 4-6% economic growth in a row, as entrepreneurs who’ve been chaffing under Obama’s crazy policies were finally set free to create jobs, products, and opportunities.
And his history of a conservative voting record is a good indication he will follow through on each of these, unlike Romney (who still loves his Romneycare) or Gingrich (who can’t resist a new “big idea” even if it would grow government.)
Okay, little too hard on Gingrich there, but not Romney. And we get a social conservative besides. Scares the living blazes out of the Left.
Tomorrow will be a long day. One more battle in the Republican Civil War between the Establishment and the Tea Party. No matter the result, the war will continue.
| Poll | Date | Sample | MoE | Romney | Santorum | Paul | Gingrich | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 2/26 - 2/26 | -- | -- | 37.3 | 35.8 | 12.5 | 10.3 | Romney +1.5 |
| Rasmussen Reports | 2/26 - 2/26 | 750 LV | 4.0 | 38 | 36 | 11 | 10 | Romney +2 |
| PPP (D) | 2/26 - 2/26 | 421 LV | 4.8 | 39 | 37 | 13 | 9 | Romney +2 |
| Mitchell/Rosetta Stone | 2/26 - 2/26 | 858 LV | 3.3 | 35 | 37 | 8 | 9 | Santorum +2 |
| WeAskAmerica | 2/26 - 2/26 | 984 LV | 3.1 | 37 | 33 | 18 | 13 | Romney +4 |