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I’ve reviewed some of the items on your list. As I suspected, what you left out was at least as important as what you included. For instance, why he voted against the NRWA. He voted against it because he thought it was a state—not national—issue. He’s right.

I assume you have some inkling of what is actually in the Constitution. You do remember that that the Federal Government is only granted those powers specifically enumerated in the Constitution? All other powers are the domain of the individual states. That vote alone places Santorum squarely in the Constitutionalist camp. That is small Fed. Gov’t.

As for Sotomeyer: He voted for her in 1998 or 99. At that time Pubbies—rightly or wrongly—were still voting for judicial candidates who were considered qualified by the American Bar Assn. It has only been recently that Conservstives have come to realize that the ABA’s list of qualified judiciary candidates should not be the sole criteria for judicial selection. Obviously a person’s political persuasion is an important component.

As for the remainder of your list I will say only that individual votes must be considered in a larger context. An issue one is generally in support of might be voted against because the other side attached something one is against. Or, vice-versa.

On balance, given what I know about Santorum, I support him.
He’s absolutely pro life. He knows public education has been politicized and is controlled by Marxists. Afterall, he’s home schooling something like 7 children. I don’t see his vote for background checks on people buying guns from pawn shops as being inherently anti-second amendment. I’m a licensed hand gun owner. I support any reasonable and consistent effort to keep legal guns out of the hands of criminals and the insane. Voting against military weapons systems is not inherently anti US security. Some weapons do not pan out or wind up costing way to much. I’m retired US Army. I spent a significant portion of my career in weapon system procurement. What I’m saying is that, in the absense of any other info, I believe Santorum is a patriotic American. He will do what is necessary to protect the country.

Frankly, there is nothing in the record of the other RINO clowns—Gingrich, Perry and Romney—that is anything but negative. Which part of Pelosi’s admission that she has Newty [by the b****] don’t you believe? If you can explain it otherwise, why do you think Newty appeared in the global warming ad with Pelosi? Not to mention that Gingrich has been a member of the political elite who paved the way for a Marxist in the White House—by what they did or did not do. Romney(care) and his election to gov. in the Marxist state of Massachusettes speaks for itself. As for Perry, his fellow Texans have made it quite clear here on FR they consider him nothing more than a political bully and opportunist. His primary campaign bears that out. Oops.