Posted on 06/17/2010 5:51:53 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
After Rick Santorum lost his Senate seat in 2006, he was, to many, a political dead man. Not only did he lose, but he lost big — by 18 points — to Democrat Bob Casey. Statistically, it was the worst loss for a sitting senator since Ronald Reagan’s first term. So, when Santorum travels to Iowa and New Hampshire these days as a possible 2012 presidential candidate, he’s a dark horse only Anna Sewell could love.
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Santorum, however, doesn’t play coy when I ask him about what his endorsement means to a fellow Republican, if anything. “Palin is the only endorsement anyone wants,” he laughs. “If you ask who the most influential endorsers are, Palin is numbers one, two, and three, with maybe Sen. Jim DeMint at four. Her endorsement is the only one that matters this year. Just look at what she did for Nikki Haley.”
What about Romney, the man Santorum supported in the 2008 presidential campaign? “No offense to Mitt, but he doesn’t carry the weight,” Santorum says. “Mitt can help you with some finance people, maybe in some small way, but his pull is insignificant compared to Palin’s.”
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At least you admit that your leanings are pure emotion, and without basis.
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You’d do well to bone-up on Thune; he’s a white Obama.
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Nonsense. Does anything you post ever make a bit of sense?
So, you'll just stay home I guess.
Having a public conversation with yourself is a bit schitzoid, don’t you think?
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There’s a long time between now and 2012. I’ve never sat out an election and don’t intend to start with this one.
and please tell me who they will come out en mass for in 2012?
Huck?
Romney?
Pawlenty?
Jindle?
Do you believe in magic...?
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“That’s just the point; the BP failure has revealed others failures, among them, both Obama and Jindal.”
Agreed! I was just being sarcastic about Jindal’s failure to capitalize on Obama’s gross lack of Leadership, by taking direct and timely action in the face of Presidential dithering......
No, I believe that the Sarah haters ignore the gaping hole in their hatred for those supporting her for 2012, that being, the alternatives that they propose like Huck, Hunter, et al are worthless, wimps, have no balls, and will not, have not, and wont ever take the fight to the communist in the WH.
Sarah, Bachmann, Brewer, and only a few others have shown the guts to take this admn on.
the other phony “men” in the GOP are a disgrace and should hang their heads in shame for their embarassing behavior the last two years.
She is like a snowball speeding downhill!!!
hen there is a sea of women who are not registered who would in a heartbeat would vote for her..I call it a landslide...Of course I am a nutball Sarahbot!!!!
Sarah is one of only a very short list I will support in 2012.
Sure she has done some stupid things that make me wince, however, compared to the likes of Huck, Romney, hunter, Pawlenty, et al, she still shines far brighter than those faux “men”.
I am embarassed to be a man when I see 90% of the so called “men” in the GOP. They are almost as bad as Obama.
Palin haters alert!!!!!Woopp Wooop!!!!!
You wish!!!!!
I will be getting lots of family members registered and voting for Sarah...landslide!!!!!!!
Actually the two words make for parallel meanings. ‘Except’ can be taken in two senses and it still comes out with a meaning that the writer intended, even if circuitously. Of course ‘except’ here is a bit outré even if not quite incorrect and is surely not the intended word.
My impression, too. My estimation of Jindal had been rather balloon-like and has deflated.
As of right now there’s nobody on the scene who fits the bill.
Palin/Christie...or Palin/DeMint...let’s not forget McCain...bwahahahahahhahaha just kidding everyone...(fook him) !
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