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"proposed raising the minimum wage; suggested that the death penalty be reserved for the most dangerous of killers; voted with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., on curbing sex and violence in the media; and sided with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., on a bill protecting religious freedom in the workplace."

"Raising the minumum wage" ..., well, for starters, I would want to see the exact details and context where this occurred. Senator Santorum's support in this regard might be a compromise on larger legislation, or it might be a kow-tow to his constituents in rust-belt PA- Senators do that every now and then, you know... especially when they're going to run for re-election against populist demagogues.

As for the death penalty- as a very devout Catholic, why would Santorum NOT be entitled to be uneasy with the death penalty and want to see it applied only in extreme cases...are you suggesting "conservatives" want to make the death penality easy? I mean, Santorum's NOT proposing the Dukakis alternative solution of releasing hard criminals on the public
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And what's wrong with curbing sex and violence in the media and preserving religious freedom in the workplace? Maybe Hillary and Kerry sided with Santorum instead of the other way around.....such positions don't make Santorum a libertarian but they sure don't make him a "liberal", either.

My fellow conservatives, be VEWWY VEWWY careful of unsubstantiated, out of context, or hysterical diatribes against Senator Santorum. He's one of the good guys! He publicly supported and voted for impeachment of Hillary Rodham's mate and just last November, PA was perilously close to becoming a red state before the Philly miracle occurred...turning sludge into votes. Thus Senator Santorum has a HUGE bullseye painted on his political career by the DNC.

"Raising the minumum wage" ..., well, for starters, I would want to see the exact details and context where this occurred. Senator Santorum's support in this regard might be a compromise on larger legislation, or it might be a kow-tow to his constituents in rust-belt PA- Senators do that every now and then, you know... especially when they're going to run for re-election against populist demagogues.

The context was that he presented an alternative wage hike to a Democrat proposal and that neither one of them had any chance of becoming law. It is exactly what you say, a sop to the union voters. Now Casey can't make an issue of it, Santorum can say "I voted for an increase."

Politics is ugly like that sometimes, and FReepers who don't get it are cutting off their noses to spite their face.