He is catching fire at just the right time. I have high hopes for his success in IA.
Posted on 12/28/2011 9:28:41 AM PST by Engraved-on-His-hands
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Rick Santorum isn't going down without a fight. In fact, that fight might be lifting him up.
The Republican presidential candidate who may have logged more miles than any other this year is more likely these days to be grinding it out on the campaign trail than trumpeting the buzz he's stirring among Iowa's conservative voters a week before the Jan. 3 presidential caucuses....
"Rick Santorum could be a real surprise," said former Dallas County GOP Chairman Rob Taylor.
In recent days, Santorum's crowds have started growing as he rallies conservatives with a pit bull's pugnaciousness, and just a touch of anger
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Though a bit prone to hysteria, I like and respect Santorum, and would prefer him over Romney, Newt or Paul.
I still believe Perry is the best of the remaining bunch, but I would be content with a Santorum candidacy.
A candidate I can trust and a fighter. And also a record as a solid conservative.
That's good enough for me.
Good luck.
So far this is shaping up to be just another “vote for the lessser of two evils” presidential election.
That is how we became so disfunctional that a worthless bag of crap like Barack Obama could float to the top.
Might help if I actually pinged the list. Duh.
I’ve been in his corner from the start! I’m hoping and praying for his candidacy.
I would certainly vote for Santorum.
The only problem is that the Democrats had absolutely no trouble booting him from his PA U.S. Senate seat and they know exactly what works against him.
Good.
Santorum really ‘teed me off’ a couple of times at the beginning of the campaign, and I dropped my support for him but I can’t remember the specifics. I CAN remember why I can’t support any of the others. So I’m back in his camp.
I'm from PA and have known Santorum personally since the early 90s, and it wasn't demonRAT magic that earned Rick his big defeat in '06.
The demonRATs ran the table that year and no pubbie could have won in PA that year, but Rick added 10% to his own defeat by not backing Toomey against sphincter in '04.
The TEA party conservatives {before there was a TEA party} wanted Toomey and Santorum and Bush worked against him in the PA pubbie primary.
Toomey only lost by 2 votes per precinct {a little over 24,000 votes} and we all blamed Bush and Santorum.
There was no conservative action for Santorum that year, and Rick usually draws big crowds at sportsman clubs, VFW, Moose, etal, but in '06 he couldn't draw flies.
I had a "Sportsman for Santorum" bumper sticker on my truck, but took it off in '04 and never put it back on.
He pissed his base off, big time, and us rednecks with our guns and Bibles told him to get along with the support of his new found media friends.
I think he's learned his lesson, and could vote for him, but right now I'm backing Newt, we'll see how it shakes out.
He is catching fire at just the right time. I have high hopes for his success in IA.
So your saying that the Rats will run a Pro Life candidate talking Conservative values against him for POTUS? I didn't know Obummer was Pro Life blue dog. Santorum lost 1 race out of 4 running as a solid Conservative in a notoriously blue state. Can you point to any other of our candidates who have done that?
To Santorum supporters:
If it looks going into election day like Perry is gaining fastest among Bachmann, Santorum, and Perry, would you consider voting for Perry?
I’m just curious, because it seems to me that conservatives should be trying to maximize the power of their vote by rallying around one of those three candidates. If they all get 9%, they could, together, outpoll everyone else, but end up in 4th, 5th and 6th place which will have little impact.
On the other hand, if one of the three is supported strongly by election day, he or she could pull off quite an upset, to the advantage of all conservative voters.
It’s Santorum’s turn, and should he become the next anti-Romney star, he could ride it out for a win. Sadly, it doesn’t seem like that is going to happen.
Ditto.
So Perry is going to beat himself in the Primaries? That should be a weird turn of events.
If Santorum finished 4th in Iowa, Bachmann should drop out and endorse him. He might well have a good chance in S.C.
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