Posted on 11/19/2011 5:49:39 PM PST by Indy Pendance
I took this quiz, and I was 92% in favor of Rick Santorum for president, which surprised me. It's a short, twenty question quiz.
My question, we're going through all the candidates, will we give Santorum his day in the sun?
>> He also just doesn’t come across well. I can’t put my finger on it, but I guess he just seems too uptight and not very presidential. Finally, Santorum is sort of known as big on social issues and this election will likely be far more about the economy. >>
One reason he comes across poorly is that he’s trying to niche his way through Iowa by being THE MOST interested in social issues and has really been very snippy towards other GOP candidates who believe as he does but do not focus on the social issues as much.
That shows he is not a man for this season. This season is about removing the socialists from power (more than just economy, but related to the economy for sure). It is not a season to say nanny nanny boo boo I am MORE pro life than you you. And that’s kind of his campaign. Nice guy. Believes the right things. Not a man for today.
Yep, that poll is screwy. I just changed all the answers to ‘liberal’ answers and it still shows Santorum on top.
1. Ideal Theoretical Candidate (100%)
2. Rick Santorum* (74%)
He would make a great VP. He would make a great President, too, but for some reason he just didn’t make it into the top tier. I like him a lot!!
Mine says I support Santorum by 92 percent. Michele Bachmann at 84 percent and Herman Cain by 82 percent. Newt Ginrige by 54 percent. Ricardo Perry is at 18 percent. Hillary Clinton is 16 percent. Can you imagine that Ricardo Perry and Hillary Clinton are practically the same. No wonder I can’t stand Perry and finally can say he is a true LIBERAL!!!!!
The perfect candidate is YOU.
>> It’s laughable to dismiss Santorum and at the same time talk up one of the other candidates running. They all have serious shortcomings. >>
Setting other candidates aside, I tend to dismiss Santorum because I don’t think he really knows what this election cycle is about. But you are right, they all do have their problems.
I think Santorum was a good man. Karl Rove wrecked his career when he twisted his arm to endorse Arlen Specter. I think Rove and Bush told him to endorse Specter or else.
It was all downhill from there. I urged people at the time to support Santorum, because he was an excellent Senator with a good record. But the Specter endorsement finished him, and he never recovered.
Good work, Karl! How’d that work out?
Santorum was also my guy at 93%. I also disagreed with his support for Santorum, but at least he endorsed a Republican. Perry supported Al Gore! If the worst thing in Santorum’s history is supporting a Republican incumbent one time, then it is time to give him a chance seeing that I bet a lot of us here would agree with him on the issues more than we would any other candidate.
Interesting - I also showed Sen. Santorum in #1 at 88% and Mr. Cain at 60% (Mr. Gingrich is also in the 80%s). It doesn’t mean I am going to switch since it is too small a number of questions to actually portray the candidates.
Good points, good analysis.
Karl Rove wrecked his career when he twisted his arm to endorse Arlen Specter.
NO!
If Santorum had a snowball’s, he would have moved up the ladder by now.
Not everybody is presidential.
Well here were my results of that test..
Romney 83%
Newt 83%
Santorum 80%
Mmmm— and I still lean toward Cain at this point. Go figure!
FTR, I am calling BS on this metric - I just took it and it had Santorum as my top at 97 and Newt next at 96. Now that just makes no sense, since I put lower priorities on things I know Santorum would be high as a test.
I think there’s a Santorum connection to this thing. Besides, treating these issues as equally weighted questions is just not reality, and it doesn’t measure how effective we think candidates will be in achieving anything.
That’s why I’ve never thought too much of these check box surveys. They are somewhat informative, but really don’t translate to action and real life at all.
I really thought of that, and was going to post that concern. The bigger thought is, is Santorum a player we’re overlooking? Isn’t this what the primary process is for?
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