"but in addition to some of the statements like the stuff about the war in his speech on Veteran's Day, "
In that article, Santorum criticized the media and pointed out that if the media coverd WWII the way that are covering Iraq, we'd have never won that war... The media lied about what he said, period. They said that Santorum's "mistake were made" meant he was slamming the White House, when in fact Santorum has stoutly defended the Bush administration. His REAL point that “But that’s a criticism you can make of every conflict.” He was not aiming his fire at the President, but at the biased press which only sees the downside and never the upside. And, yes, mistakes were made (mistake #1 in my book was how Bremer dealt with the former Iraqi army; water under bridge now, but we eliminated the one security force the Iraqis had and created recruits for the insurgency in one fell swoop; not our best idea.) ... but WE ARE WINNING IN IRAQ, and that is something you NEVER SEE printed in lamestream media. They NEVER admit that we are defeating the terrorists, that the elections were successful and democracy is taking root, and that Iraq is become more stable month by month. They only show more deaths, give the terrorist EXACTLY WHAT THE TERRORISTS WANT, the grisly headlines for their disgusting evil attacks, without any context nor condemnation, in effect blaming the blameless (the US military) for the acts of others (terrorists).
I've been dealing with this issue on my blog "Liberating Iraq" for 15 months. Santorum is right. If the media dealt with WWII like they do Iraq, we would never have made it past Normandy.
"I really think he is in such a panic that everything he does and says is making his situation worse. "
WRONG. The Democrats are in heavy spin mode trying to take down a fine conservative senator... and the feeblest among our own conservative ranks are falling for the bias. Santorum's comments havent changed!
"Last spring I saw a local newspaper at MD's office (Santorum is from my area) and in the A section, there were not more than 5 articles in 8 pp that were not either "trash Santorum" or "Bash Bush." I got into an argument with an old woman in the waiting room when she saw my expression over what I was reading and most in the waiting room took her side that Santorum and Bush were both lower than whale poop! I knew then that the press had been doing some heavy-duty smearing 24/7 and it had already taken hold."
Point well taken, it's taken a toll. Point being: dont fall for the Media Bias. And I dont think we should be fatalistic about it. Plenty of other Republicans have had huge deficits that they came back from.
"Apparently he thinks moving left will help him"
Again: (1) he did NOT move 'left' on Iraq, the media lied about him. (2) On ID he is merely correcting foot-n-mouth Robertson.
Yes, the press sharks are circling, let's not feed the frenzy.
Last point: "Pro-life" people will vote for the party of hillary and schumer over santorum? Scary thought if it happens, but the whole point of the campaign is to nail Casey down and not just ride on his fathers reputation. Just get Casey on the record on Alito *now* ... and then see how it shapes up.
If you want to see "scary," go read the PA forum. I get nasty remarks about "your" boy all the time even though you can see I do have criticism of him if I think it is warranted. PA posters don't like being reminded that if they vote for Casey, they are trading a decent conservative for a pro-life (until he gets to D.C.) socialist. I keep telling them by teaming up with the Democrats to "vote the bums out" and "clean house," they are going to give Rendell a Democrat legislature for his last 4 yrs., a Democrat Senator, and probably turn the House delegation into mostly Democrats. Then their only choice will be to vote with their feet to escape the mess they created.