[cjmae]

Newt is always entertaining and I have not made up my mind yet but I really like Santorum.
I remember watching a debate from his senate seat loss and knew he won hands down but the press was relentless so he was swept up like many others that year.
I live in SC and am leaning toward him.
Haven't fell yet but leaning...

[BCrago66]

I’m a Newt supporter, but I’ve admired Santorum since the 2006 Senate race which he lost, when he gave a series of speeches on the danger of radical Islam, which was not the best political move, but was courageous & principled.

[varina davis]

Santorum’s my way or the highway personna is a bit frightening. sort of like a kid who pouts when he doesn’t get his way. He just doesn’t have the depth of Newt Gingerich.

[tcrlaf]

“I live in SC and am leaning toward him.
Haven’t fell yet but leaning...”

You aren’t only choosing for you, but for the rest of us, as well.

CHOOSE WISELY

You have the chance to make a REAL DIFFERENCE for the future of America in the next 48 hours.

[katiedidit1]

IF you live in SC consider that Santorum voted to allow a nuclear waste site to be built there. Also, it may be lengthy but please read and consider Santorums record on illegals, labor, supporting a liberal judge and more..as this is a very important election. Rick Santorum's voting record:What A Big Government Conservative Looks Like NEA Voted for taxpayer funding of the National Endowment for the Arts. Voted against a 10% cut in the budget for National Endowment for the Arts. Bankruptcy Voted for a Schumer amendment to make the debts of pro-life demonstrators not dischargeable in bankruptcy. Defense and Foreign Policy Voted for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Voted against requiring the President to certify that the CWC is effectively verifiable. Voted against requiring the President to certify that that Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, North Korea, China, and all other countries determined to be state sponsors of terror have joined CWC prior to submitting the instrument of ratification. Voted for the START II Treaty. Voted to allow the sale of supercomputers to China. Voted to ban anti-personnel landmines. Voted against increasing defense spending offset by equivalent cuts in non-defense spending. Voted to require that Federal bureaucrats get the same pay raises as uniformed military. Voted to allow food and medicine sales to state sponsors of terror and tyrannical regimes such as Libya and Cuba. Voted to limit the President’s authority to impose sanctions on nations for reasons of national security unless the sanctions were approved by a multilateral regime. Voted against requiring Congressional authorization for military action in Bosnia. Voted to give $25 million in foreign aid to North Korea. Voted to weaken alien terrorist deportation provisions. If the Court determines that the evidence must be withheld for national security reasons, the Justice Department must still provide a summary of the evidence sufficient for the alien terrorist to mount a defense against deportation. Voted against delaying the India Nuclear until the President certified that India had agreed to suspend military-to-military exchanges with Iran. Voted against the Conventional Trident Missile Program. Nominations Voted for Richard Paez to the 9th Curcuit (cloture). Voted for Sonia Sotomayor, Circuit Judge. Voted for Richard Holbrooke to be Ambassador to the UN. Voted for Margaret Morrow to be District Judge. Voted twice for Marsha Berzon to the 9thg Circuit. Voted for Mary McLaughlin to be District Judge. Voted for Tim Dyk to be District Judge. Voted for James Brady to be District Judge. Labor Voted against National Right to Work Act. Voted against repeal of Davis-Bacon Prevailing union wages. Voted for Alexis Herman to be Secretary of Labor. Voted for mandatory Federal child care funding. Voted for Trade Adjustment Assistance. Voted for Job Corps funding. Voted twice in support of Fedex Unionization. Voted against allowing a waiver of Davis-Bacon in emergency situations. Voted for minimum wage increases six times here here here here here and here. Voted to require a union representative on an IRS oversight board. Voted to exempt IRS union representatives from criminal ethics laws. Voted against creating independent Board of Governors to investigate IRS abuses. Guns Voted to require pawn shops to do background checks on people who pawn a gun. Voted twice to make it illegal to sell a gun without a secure storage or safety device. Voted for a Federal ban on possession of “assault weapons” by those under 18. Voted for Federal funding for anti-gun education programs in schools. Voted for anti-gun juvenile justice bill. Reform Voted for funding for the legal services corporation. Voted twice for a Congressional pay raise. Voted to impose a uniform Federal mandate on states to force them to allow convicted rapists, arsonists, drug kingpins, and all other ex-convicts to vote in Federal elections. Voted for the Specter “backup plan” to allow campaign finance reform to survive if portions of the bill were found unconstitutional. Voted to mandate discounted broadcast times for politicians. Voted for a McCain amendment to require state and local campaign committees to report all campaign contributions to the FEC and to require all campaign contributions to be reported to the FEC within 24 hours within 90 days of an election. Immigration Voted against increasing the number of immigration investigators. Voted to allow illegal immigrants to receive the earned income credit before becoming citizens. Voted to give SSI benefits to legal aliens. Voted to give welfare benefits to naturalized citizens without regard to the earnings of their sponsors. Voted against hiring an additional 1,000 border partrol agents, paid for by reductions in state grants. Taxes Voted against a flat tax. Voted to increase tobacco taxes to pay for Medicare prescription drugs. Voted to increase tobacco taxes to fund health insurance subsidies for small businesses. Voted to increase tobacco taxes to pay for an $8 billion increase in child healh insurance. Voted to increase tobacco taxes to pay for an increase in NIH funding. Voted twice for internet taxes. Voted to allow gas tax revenues to be used to subsidize Amtrak. Voted to strike marriage penalty tax relief and instead provide fines on tobacco companies. Voted against repealing the Clinton 4.3 cent gas tax increase. Voted to increase taxes by $2.3 billion to pay for an Amtrak trust fund. Voted to allow welfare to a minor who had a child out of wedlock and who resided with an adult who was on welfare within the previous two years. Voted to increase taxes by $9.4 billion to pay for a $9.4 billion increase in student loans. Voted to say that AMT patch is more important than capital gains and dividend relief. Welfare Voted against food stamp reform. Voted against Medicaid reform. Voted against TANF reform. Voted to increase the Social Services Block Grant from $1 billion to $2 billion. Voted to increase the FHA loan from $170,000 to $197,000. Also opposed increasing GNMA guaranty from 6 basis points to 12. Voted for $2 billion for low income heating assistance. Waste Sponsored an amendment to increase Amtrak funds by $550 million. Voted to use HUD funds for the Joslyn Art Museum (NE), the Stand Up for Animals project (RI) and the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Project (WA). Voted to increase spending on social programs by $7 billion. Voted to increase NIH funding by $1.6 billion. Voted to increase NIHnding by $700 million. Voted to for a $2 million earmark to renovate the Vulcan Monument (AL). Voted for a $1 billion bailout for the steel industry. Voted against requiring that highway earmarks would come out of a state’s highway allocation. Voted to allow Market Access Program funds to go to foreign companies. Voted to allow OPIC to increase its administrative costs by 50%. Voted against transferring $20 million from AmeriCorps to veterans. Voted for the $140 billion asbestos compensation bill. Voted against requiring a uniform medical criteria to ensure asbestos claims were legitimate. Voted to increase community development programs by $2 billion. Spending and Entitlements Voted to make Medicare part B premium subsidies a new entitlement. Voted against paying off the debt ($5.6 trillion at the time) within 30 years. Voted to give $18 billion to the IMF. Voted to raid Social Security instead of using surpluses to pay down the debt. Health Care Voted to allow states to impose health care mandates that are stricter than proposed new Federal mandates, but not weaker. Voted twice for Federal mental health parity mandates in health insurance. Voted against allowing consumers the option to purchase a plan outside the parity mandate. Education Voted to increase Federal funding for teacher testing. Voted to increase spending for the Department of Education by $3.1 billion. Voted against requiring courts to consider the impact of IDEA awards on a local school district. Energy Voted to allow the President to designate certain sites as interim nuclear waste storage sites in the event that he determines that Yucca Mountain is not a suitable site for a permanent waste repository. Those sites are as follows: the nuclear waste site in Hanford, Washington; the Savannah River Site in South Carolina; Barnwell County, South Carolina; and the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NEWT!!!!!! WOOT! WOOT!!!!

[maine-iac7]

The crucial question is - who do you think - honestly - could win the debates against obama - THAT is the bottom line...

If obama gets another 4 years, that will be the end of free elections.

He will not be hampered by worrying having to face another election - he and the powers behind him will go full bore on their quest to destroy this country and our freedoms.

Read history - other countries have been destroyed in less time - and we will never live to see freedoms restored again.

WE need to remember this is not an election as usual. This is for the very life of our country and our freedoms.

ALso, if Rick S. looks like he’s a danger to the dems - the media will go full bore on the story about his wife. To Them, nothing is sacred. They’re sitting on it now - saving it for the best/worst moment. That would lose him much of what evangelical votes he has -

[swampfox101]

You have two good men to choose from that’s for sure....!

[swampfox101]

You have two good men to choose from .....

[Hoodat]

I remember watching a debate from his senate seat loss and knew he won hands down but the press was relentless so he was swept up like many others that year.

I watched three of those debates against Bob Casey. Casey looked like he was on dope in each of them. Santorum won hands down, but the tide simply went against Republicans that year.

I encourage you to stay true to your conservative principles and vote for Rick Santorum. Your conscience will remain clear. Listening to the debate on the radio, the substance of what Rick said was far above anything else on that stage tonight. But sadly, there are many among us that appreciate style more than substance.

[My Favorite Headache]

The question is...who would Newt pick as his VP? Would he bring on Santorum? No way he would team up with Mitt...there is too much bad blood...they can’t stand each other. Ron Paul is a no way although Newt could grab a ton of votes by picking up the Paulie’s who would turn to Obama or stay home.

Cain is a no go. Michelle is needed in congress. Perry won’t do it...not with 2 years in Texas left as Governor.

My guess for Newt would be Rubio.

[justice14]

I remember watching a debate from his senate seat loss and knew he won hands down but the press was relentless so he was swept up like many others that year.

I live in PA and watched one of the debates as well. He tore Casey up and made him look like a fool (not hard to do). And like you said, the media didn't cover it at all.

[supremedoctrine]

Check out yesterday’s thread on FR: “Rick Santorum: the most uninteresting man in the world”, and all the comments that follow on the thread. Santorum has in fact LESS support than even Ron Paul,who could never get the nomination. It doesn’t really matter whether you or anyone else “likes” him. You would be wasting your vote in any primary by voting for him.
If you think you SHOULD vote for him to make him feel good, that would be your choice, but it’s still a wasted vote, and at this point we can’t afford that-—the process of getting our ONE candidate is in FULL SWING.
Santorum is NOT ready for the ensuing nine months of PrimeTime campaigning that all the candidates are now facing-—he comes up
real short in just about every area, and the ONE area that he is “strongest” in, social conservatism, is the ONLY one
that gets him a voting bloc, but it also happens to be the LEAST important one for tens of millions of American voters.
It’s clear in all these debates that he’s only too eager to fall back into his unyielding social positions like the absurd “NO ABORTION EVEN IN CASES OF RAPE OR INCEST”, which about .0001 percent of American voters would agree with.
Positions like this make Santorum look like another Big Government Demagogue, and people are right to be scared by a position like that because it looks like one big Agenda Item for him, that we’d have to hear about every week in a Santorum Administration. They’d believe he’d be working on it every day, whether he would be or not.
Who the hell is Rick Santorum to tell a woman (or GIRL) brutally raped in an alley or by her drunken uncle that she HAS TO carry a fetus that will remind her of that horrific incident for nine full months, and then be expected to “adjust” to the lifetime committment to raise a child (you can be sure she’d be doing it alone) from a momentary union
that was not her CHOICE, since it was a criminal act perpetrated against her.

Santorum simply has no ideas he’s eager to get out there in the forefront of his presentation-—Gingrich has nothing BUT ideas, and that’s the reason the MSM continues to try to derail him with smears about his marital history.
Gingrich is the ONLY one who can take a stage and expound on ANY subject with any kind of authority-—America is not tired of him, America is just getting to know him. And they’re liking what they’re seeing, and hearing, and the overwhelming majority of the Tea Party vote will go to Gingrich, rather than Romney, Santorum or Paul. “Mark my words”. Newt is now the only real alternative for the people who put a Republican Majority in Congress a few years ago.
Gingrich will get the nomination. And proves he deserves it by his constant display of all the strengths he’s now FORCED to show.

[BillM]

Newt Gingrich has dealt with the senate, the white house, and the judiciary. He has been in the oval office during big decisions. He impeached a president. He knows how the whole thing works.

Santorum has never been a member of any leadership that I know of. Newt's first hundred days as speaker got the contract with America passed and implemented. It is time to realize that only newt or Sarah who did the same stuff in Alaska have the guts AND experience to git ‘er done this time.

[newzjunkey]

If you're leaning Santorum, I suggest you watch Thursday's debate if you didn't. Set aside the policy differences, imagine Santorum's chronic complainer style debating Obama in the fall.

Also Thursday, Santorum extolled the virtues of big government time and again. I've described him before as W without the personal charm. If you really want Bush-style "compassionate conservatism," Santorum is your guy.

If you want to stop Romney from winning in SC and attaining the momentum he wants to clinch the nomination even before FL, with Santorum barely neck-and-neck with Ron Paul for last place in SC polls, he is not your guy.