Obvious dislike? Go back and see where I endorsed him right after Cain dropped out. Stop with the selective arguments.
Valid reasons:
1) He has no chance of winning, no money and no real network.
2) He has no experience in national politics.
3) He doesn’t articulate Conservatism well other than social Conservatism and even then does not explain why it affects fiscal Conservatism.
4) He has no real endorsements or momentum to believe he is running now for anything other than if Newt blows up.
5) He needs to endorse Newt or Newt endorse him which would be silly.
6) He Quit in Florida which says even he knows he can’t win but still doesn’t withdraw yet although will soon.
Now you have real reasons you can debate.
Pray for America
“Valid reasons:
1) He has no chance of winning”
How do you know? You sound just like the people that said there was no way the TEA PArty could influence much less help Republicans in the 2010 mid terms.
“2) He has no experience in national politics.”
Surely you’re not that obtuse. So pray tell what was he doing if not working in “national politics” as a Congressman and Senator all those years in D.C.?
You realize that Ronald Reagan...by your measure had no experience in “national politics” either.
I’ll vote for someone like Santorum before I’ll support someone who was for global warming before he was against it...supported an individual mandate..before he was against it...and has been chummy with Nancy Pelosi...before he decided that was a bad thing too.
And no I’m not talking about Romney. The only thing Newt has going for him is that he’s not afraid to tell the MSM talking heads at these debates where they can stick their stupid questions.
You’re in the tank for Newt...fine we get that...but he’s not Moses leading the Conservatives back to the promised land.
He’s just as much of a finger int he wind “republican” as Mitt is.
As far as his fiscal Conservatism...he spells it out very clearly in his voting record.
Santorum has consistently supported broad-based tax cuts and opposed tax increases either by sponsoring key legislation or by casting votes on relevant bills. Some high profile votes include:
Voted NO on the Clinton tax hike in 1993
Voted YES on the capital gains tax cut in 1997
Voted NO on a cigarette tax hike in 1998
Voted YES on repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax in 1999
Voted YES on the 2001 Bush tax cuts
Voted YES to repeal the Death Tax in 2002
Voted YES to the 2003 Bush tax cuts
Voted YES to extend the Bush tax cuts in 2006
In the 1990s, when he was only a freshman Senator, he was a leading author on the bill that completely overhauled the country’s welfare system. He also voted for the Freedom to Farm Act in 1996 that started the process of ending direct farm subsidies. When Congress decided that it couldn’t live up to that promise, it voted to re-establish the subsidies in 2002 with the Farm Security Act, a bill that Santorum rightly opposed. He also voted for a balanced budget amendment and a line-item veto in 1995.
More recently, when he was out of Congress, Santorum opposed TARP , the stimulus , the auto bailout, and the Fannie-Freddie bailout.
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/whitepapers/?subsec=137&id=902
Sounds like he’s spelled out his beliefs pretty good to those that pay attention.