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RE: Because he’s not, and he can’t.

SOURCE:

http://www.issues2000.org/senate/Rick_Santorum.htm

Rick Santorum on Welfare & Poverty

Voted YES on welfare block grants. (Aug 1996)

Voted NO on eliminating block grants for food stamps. (Jul 1996)

Voted YES on allowing state welfare waivers. (Jul 1996)

Voted YES on welfare overhaul. (Sep 1995)

Tax credits to promite home ownership in distressed areas. (Apr 2003)

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Rick Santorum on Tax Reform

Voted YES on supporting permanence of estate tax cuts. (Aug 2006)

Voted YES on permanently repealing the `death tax`. (Jun 2006)

Voted NO on $47B for military by repealing capital gains tax cut. (Feb 2006)

Voted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends. (Feb 2006)

Voted YES on extending the tax cuts on capital gains and dividends. (Nov 2005)

Voted YES on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years. (May 2003)

Voted NO on reducing marriage penalty instead of cutting top tax rates. (May 2001)

Voted YES on eliminating the ‘marriage penalty’. (Jul 2000)

Voted YES on across-the-board spending cut. (Oct 1999)

Voted YES on requiring super-majority for raising taxes. (Apr 1998)

Rated 81% by NTU, indicating a “Taxpayer’s Friend” on tax votes

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Rick Santorum on Social Security

Supports privatization if voluntary. (Sep 2006)

Voted YES on Social Security Lockbox & limiting national debt. (Apr 1999)

Voted YES on allowing Roth IRAs for retirees. (May 1998)

Voted YES on allowing personal retirement accounts. (Apr 1998)

Voted YES on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes. (May 1996)

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Rick Santorum on Jobs

Voted NO on raising the minimum wage to $7.25 rather than $6.25. (Mar 2005)

Voted YES on repealing Clinton’s ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)

Voted YES on killing an increase in the minimum wage. (Nov 1999)

Voted YES on allowing workers to choose between overtime & comp-time. (May 1997)

Voted NO on replacing farm price supports. (Feb 1996)
Rated 0% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record

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As for him not being able to beat Obama...

SOURCE:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/290180/rasmussen-santorum-45-obama-44-robert-costa

Here’s the Feb 4 Rasmussen Poll.

Rasmussen: Santorum 45, Obama 44

The latest Rasmussen tracking poll offers some encouragement:

In a potential Election 2012 matchup, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is at 45% while President Obama earns 44%. This is the first time in any poll that Santorum has led the president. Several other GOP challengers have led the president a single time in the polls including Rick Perry, Herman Cain, and Newt Gingrich. Each man briefly held the lead while they were surging in the polls, only to fall quickly. It remains to be seen what will happen to Santorum’s support.