I agree and that is not enough to help Santorum win the nomination and it is not enough to help him win the general election, even against Obama. Also, IMO the lame stream media will destroy Santorum over his social positions. Social concerns are not as important to voters as they are here on FR.
“Social concerns are not as important to voters as they are here on FR.”
Agreed. The fact is that people want to be left alone. Even if Santorum had the right message (I’d say it’s maybe 50/50), his anger in every sentence defies him and that message. I spoke with a friend the other day who lives in, I believe TN, (I’m not sure, but it’s that area), and I mentioned that I was watching the debate. My friend said, “I hope you don’t like Santorum. Every time I listen to him speak, I get the impression that he’s disturbed, and has some deep-seated personal issues. Maybe he does, or maybe he doesn’t, but in my life, anyone who is that angry, that much of the time, has personal issues. I have to go with my personal experience on that one.” (That’s almost verbatim.)
I never cared for Santorum after his comments that amounted to “The Tenth Amendment doesn’t exist unless I say it does,” in the initial debates. However, he did put on a good face for Iowa. However, that arrogant anger came right back in the last debate. I literally had to turn it off because I couldn’t stand to listen to him anymore. It was that bad.
My fellow evangelicals need to realize that if Santorum is already falling behind Newt, which he is in virtually every poll I’ve seen, then the naysayers among us were right and his “victory” in Iowa was simply a flash in the pan.
We don’t have the luxury of seeing how things will play out. Unless we unify around Newt now, it will be too late to make a difference by the time South Carolina and Florida are up.
As much as it pains me to support a serial adulterer, I can at least say with confidence that Newt won’t make the mistake of doing it again. He knows as well as any of us that the liberals would crucify after how he went after Bill Clinton.
Uh oh... Better don your flame-proof undergarments.