GOP Senator In Democrats' Cross Hairs (Leftist Jihad On PA's Rick Santorum Alert)

Los Angeles Times ^ | 07/19/05 | Faye Fiore

[goldstategop]

Now, Santorum has compiled his views into a newly released book that his opponents are embracing as 449 pages of ammunition for the battle over his Senate seat in 2006.

In "It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good," Santorum finds fault with two-income families, cohabitation before marriage and working women, who have chosen not to stay home with their children, he contends, "because of the influence of radical feminism, one of the core philosophies of the village elders." He also compares abortion to slavery. ...

Santorum is a favorite among evangelical voters and conservatives who cheer his outspokenness, even while some confide that they wouldn't dare go as far.

"Conservative activists tell me they agree with him on pretty much everything, but would never say it themselves," said Stuart Rothenberg, a Washington political analyst. "He may have to take a position on a Supreme Court justice or Bush's Social Security plan, but he does not have to take a position on whether women should be working outside the home. He seems almost eager to evoke some outcry."

And tangling with some of the Senate's most prominent liberals could buttress his image as a conservative hero, providing Santorum, who has a reputation as an effective campaigner, with ammunition of his own.

"I am pretty sure that his strategists are gleefully collecting all the things that Ted Kennedy, John Kerry and Barney Frank are saying about him," said Duffy of the Cook Political Report. "I suspect they will use them in direct mail sooner or later."

[goldstategop]

The Left's launched a jihad against Pennslyvania's U.S Senator Rick Santorum. They don't like his blunt candor. And they hate what he's said in his new book. He's outlined a conservative philosophy for achieving the common good in the 21st Century. No wonder the village elders have him in their cross-hairs.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[k2blader]

Well, Santorum deserves some heat from conservatives.

[goldstategop]

About what, exactly? I read his book and I'm hard pressed to identify one thing in it I disagree with. All we're getting from the Left is hate for any one who is outspoken with them. And yeah, he had a tussle with Hillary on the Senate floor. Bring it on!

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Mo1]

Santorum is a favorite among evangelical voters and conservatives who cheer his outspokenness, even while some confide that they wouldn't dare go as far.

Why does the media act like evangelical's are the only religion out there?

[k2blader]

Any (R) who votes together with the likes of Hillary, Kennedy, and Schumer deserves major heat.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00179

[BigSkyFreeper]

They don't like his blunt candor.

Especially his views on morality, good strong family values, and the fact that he's pro-life. The three things the left finds themselves at odds with these days.

[goldstategop]

MSM caricature. Their picture of conservatives are holy roller and confederate flag in the back of the pick up truck with a gun rack redneck types. The bias is predictable. Oh and didn't the Los Angeles Times pledge the other day in its ethics code to get opinion out of their front page news stories? Sure sounds like an editorial opinion to me.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[goldstategop]

Yep. God forbid conservatives upset "moderate" voters with strong talk about faith, family and the culture. But its OK for the Left to preach about atheism, gay rights, and gun control. Rick Santorum's up against this kind of political climate.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[BigSkyFreeper]

Oh and didn't the Los Angeles Times pledge the other day in its ethics code to get opinion out of their front page news stories? Sure sounds like an editorial opinion to me.

Won't happen and it won't change the face of the MSM as we know it today. It's laughable they have some self-imposed code of ethics. It's like the robbers policing themselves.

[goldstategop]

So he voted with Specter. We can give him a pass since he's in for a tough re-election battle next year.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[kcvl]

Stuart Rothenberg

Stuart Rothenberg is editor and publisher of The Rothenberg Political Report, a Washington-based biweekly newsletter that reports on and analyzes U.S. House, Senate and gubernatorial elections, presidential politics and current political developments.

Mr. Rothenberg holds a B.A. from Colby College (Waterville, Maine) and a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. He has taught political science at Bucknell University (Lewisburg, Pennsylvania) and the Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.).

Mr. Rothenberg writes a twice-a-week column for Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper, and his op-eds have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times and The Orlando Sentinel.

A frequent soundbite on network television news, he has appeared on “Meet the Press,” “This Week,” “The Today Show,” “Nightline” and “The McLaughlin Group.”

Mr. Rothenberg currently is a political analyst for CNN, as he has been during each of the past five election cycles, dating back to 1994. This cycle, he is also serving as a political analyst for CBS News (Radio). And, as he did in 1996 and 2000, he served as a political analyst this year for the Voice of America (VOA).

He is married, has two children and lives in Potomac, Maryland.

[kcvl]

CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS

October 27, 2000

STUART ROTHENBERG: Yeah. You know, I think the Republicans see this as an opportunity to score points with their base by saying, look, the president vetoed a tax cut, and the president vetoed a hike in the minimum wage. The way the Democrats are going to view this is we are going to get into a fundamental argument with the Republicans over priorities and spending issues, and, not only that, but our advocate is Bill Clinton and Bill Clinton has won and won and won. He's the New York Yankees of these legislative logjams. So I think it's a question of who's right, what is this argument going to be over at the congressional level in terms of campaigns.

[kcvl]

2004 Elections and Their Impact on the 109th Congress

Stuart Rothenberg

The death of the Democratic Party “has been grossly exaggerated,” Rothenberg said. He predicts in two years Democrats will have a majority of governorships, but could lose more Senate seats in the 2006 elections. Such changes in political preferences have occurred many times in American history, and will continue, he said. “I remember when many people thought the Republican Party was dead following Goldwater's defeat in 1964. It didn't happen.”

[afraidfortherepublic]

I haven't read his book, but I doubt that there is anything in it that I disagree with. I really admire Rick Santorum!

[Renegade]

How soon we forget ! I live on the coastal plain his idea of privatizing the weather service runs against my grain .


Overcast in Pennsylvania
The NY Times ^ | 050405 | N/A

Posted on 06/04/2005 8:18:06 AM PDT by Archangelsk

Far from just talking about the weather, Senator Rick Santorum is doing something dank and cloudy about it: he is proposing to squelch the National Weather Service's growing role in the information age.

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But Mr. Santorum, the No. 3 Republican in the Senate, has introduced legislation that would basically require the service to give much of its data only to those private weather forecasting companies. A dozen of those businesses happen to be located in Mr. Santorum's home state, Pennsylvania.

"It's not an easy prospect for a business to attract advertisers, subscribers or investors when the government is providing similar products for free," the senator said, somehow overlooking that taxpayers finance this round-the-clock national resource in the first place.

[goldstategop]

Yeah but liberals need to inspire people with a positive set of ideas to become a majority party again. That ain't gonna happen as long as they keep on hating Bush and proclaiming how everything in the world (and in this country as well) is all America's fault.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Josh in PA]

I think it's about time for all of the people still upset at Santorum over the 2004 Primary to........... I worked on Toomey's campaign.. It's over with!! GET OVER IT LOSERS!

[Reactionary]

I suppose it would shock the idiot Leftists to know that one doesn't need to be an "evangelical" or even a Christian to agree with everything Santorum has written.

Liberals are so "open minded."

[little jeremiah]

later read/ping?

[thoughtomator]

Yeah! Let's get Bush Rumsfeld DeLay Rove Santorum!