Establishment Shocked by Santorum Sweep

Townhall.com ^ | February 8, 2012 | Rush Limbaugh

[Mr. K]

I woke up to “Fox and Friends” playing Santorum’s speach, and it was like music to my ears. Add about 10 years and he will be ‘Reaganesque’.

I would love to see Gingrich/Santorum this go’round, for 16 years of conservatism.

I think Gingrich has grown up and will tear down what he can, and Santorum will finish the job.

ANYONE OF THESE BUT ROMNEY

[wolfman23601]

He got swept up in a wave. He smoked Casey in all the debates, but it didn’t matter. Pope John Paul II could have been on the PA ballot and would have lost that year.

[demkicker]

Never thought Ann would sell out Conservatives but she sure did. Her credibility has gone to ZERO!

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[Clintonfatigued]

I hope to see the establishment shocked again and again all the way to the convention. Hopefully, the general election will put them into cardiac arrest.

[Carry_Okie]

The one thing, it's never gonna stop bothering me, this notion, this template, if you will, that conservative voters are a bunch of idiots and can't make up their own minds.

It's not stupidity that has conservatives falling for "He can win;" it's fear, desperation, and a general sense of powerlessness. The reason is simple, since Coolidge there has never been a single conservative government. Not one. We have never been in power.

That's why.

[colorado tanker]

I don't think this says anything about Colorado.

Fewer than 70,000 Republicans out of a million registered bothered to go. It's very easy for a candidate or interest group to pack them.

The reason is because they don't decide anything. It is a nonbinding straw poll. All the caucuses really do is elect someone to go to the county convention, which elects people to go to the state convention, which elects delegates to the national convention.

I agree the result is a big surprise, but way to much is being read into Colorado.

[tayper]

My two dropped out also. So sad! Maybe we’ll make it anyway?

[Salvation]

Santorum needs to speak positively about what the Catholic Bishops are doing now, not dwell in the past.

Archbishop of San Francisco says Obama ruling strikes at religious freedom
How Obama Lost the Catholic Vote
‘I am going to stick with fellow Catholics’ in Pres. Obama’s war on Catholics. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Unholy War
Six Things Everyone Should Know about the HHS Mandate
Santorum: Obama Hostile to Christians

Understanding Oppostion to the HHS Mandate (Part 1): Why the Church Won’t Pay for Contracept
The Bishops Chickens Coming Home to Roost.
65 Orthodox Church bishops call on Obama to ‘rescind’ the ‘unjust’ contraception mandate
Doug Kmiec Writes Obama: 'Friendship Will Not Permit Me to Disregard Duty to Faith and Country'
Standing with the Bishops [Catholic Caucus]
Updated: *167* Bishops (More Than 90% of Dioceses) Have Spoken Out Against Obama/HHS Mandate
Outrage!… Military Tells Chaplains What They Can and Can’t Say About HHS/ObamaAssault on Religion
Updated: *153* Bishops (Over 80% of Dioceses) Have Spoken Out Against Obama/HHS Mandate
An Affront Catholics Agree On [Liberal and Conservative Catholics Against Obama Mandate]
Army Silenced Chaplains Last Sunday

Catholic Military Archdiocese & Chaplains interfered with last Sunday by Pres. Obama’s Admin
The Anti-Catholic President v. the Catholic Bishops
Sen. Rubio introduces bill to reverse Obama birth control mandate
Churches balk at birth control rule - Catholics won’t comply, Bishop Kevin Rhoades says
Protestants and Jews declare to White House: We stand with Catholics
Checking the Air Outside [Bp. Zubik's follow up to Obama's “To Hell with You”]
Mohler [Southern Baptist] Says Insurance Mandate Not Just 'Catholic' Issue
An Open Letter to President Barack Obama Concerning Recent Tyranny (With Pictures!)
Lincoln bishop: prepare for 'suffering' under HHS mandate
Bishop David Zubik confronts Obama
Obama’s ‘war on the church’

Pope hits out at 'radical secularism'
‘We Will Not Comply’: Catholic Leaders Distribute Letter Slamming Obama Admin Contraceptive Mandate
‘We Will Not Comply’: Catholic Leaders Distribute Letter Slamming Obama Admin Contraceptive Mandate
Bruskewitz: Fight Insurance Ruling [Sebelius a "bitter, fallen away Catholic"]
Letter from Archbishop John G. Vlazny on the matter of freedom of conscience and decisions by HHS
Bishop Olmsted's Letter to Catholics [Catholic Caucus]
Liberty for the Amish & Quakers but not Catholics. . .
Contraception mandate prompts Peoria bishop to instate St. Michael Prayer (Catholic Caucus)
Phoenix bishop (Olmstead): defy feds on birth control
A letter from Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr concerning HHS edict

Speak honestly: abortion is ‘the killing of tiny human beings in the womb’ – Denver bishop
Bishop [Daniel Jenky] Blasts Secularist Intolerance, Calls For ‘Assertive Action’ to Defend Church
(Pittsburgh Bishop Zubik comments:) HHS delays rule on contraceptive coverage
Dolan: Natural law, not religious preference, dictates all life sacred
Religious leaders blast HHS over contraception mandate
Mandated Contraception, Sterilization: Caesar Demands Church Violate Conscience
OBAMA’S CONTEMPT FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY (mandates coverage of sterilization & contraception)
Implications of Obama Admin move to force Cath hospitals to provide contraception and sterilizations
Catholic doctors’ group launches petition against contraception mandate
Contraception mandate tramples religious freedom, US bishops say

[musicman]

"Catholic Spring!"

(That was REALLY good!!)

[SuziQ]

Only thing that bothers me is that in such a heavily Catholic state, Rick got his head handed to him by that barely sentient Democrat lemming Bob Casey.

I think part of that was the reflexive blue-collar Catholic, Union voters remembering Bob Casey, SR, and thinking his son would be like him. The other part was that many Republicans were angry that Rick Santorum sided with is Senatorial colleague, Arlen Spector, over Arlen's conservative primary challenger, Pat Toomey.

[GeronL]

The establishment needs to be shocked!

[Jack Burton007]

“Most Catholics vote liberal.”

Maybe in your neck of the woods they do, but here in Iowa they sure don’t.

This might be your opinion but I’d hold off saying it like it were a fact.

You might want to post some proof of that if you have any.

[pgyanke]

Santorum needs to speak positively about what the Catholic Bishops are doing now, not dwell in the past.

Past is prologue. I think he recognizes that the bishops' indignation is decades late... and likely to subside if the administration concedes this one point. This current abuse is only the next step in a long journey which should have been opposed long ago. I'm afraid of the bishops crowing victory and congratulating the administration for its forbearance... such a scenario would all but seal Obama's reelection.

I fear the "rope-a-dope" where the administration--rather than accomplishing a heavy-handed deed--actually gets the endorsement of the Catholic Church in America for being reasonable.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Maybe celebrity endorsements hurt."

Pat Boone endorsed Santorum :-)

[dirtboy]

I think part of that was the reflexive blue-collar Catholic, Union voters remembering Bob Casey, SR, and thinking his son would be like him. The other part was that many Republicans were angry that Rick Santorum sided with is Senatorial colleague, Arlen Spector, over Arlen's conservative primary challenger, Pat Toomey.

Three other factors (in descending order of importance, IMO):

1) The larger GOP wipeout of 2006.

2) Santorum no longer had pro-life PA Dems to himself, as Casey Sr. was the last of the true Dem pro-lifers and Casey Jr. ran on that mantle, negating the pro-life advantage Santorum had in the previous two elections, and

3) Santorum did make some missteps that the PA media magnified beyond recognition.

That's some pretty long odds, even for an incumbent - and being incumbent GOP in 2006 was no advantage.

[SatinDoll]

One of the advantages of being old enough to remember past elections, is one recognizes a dangerous political situation when it develops. Santorum is one of those. If you think he will save the nation, think again.

WE NEED TO REMEMBER Santorum received more campaign funds from lobbyists in 2006 than any other member on The Hill at that time, even more than John Murtha and Tom Delay ever did when they were in office.

Sen.Santorum met regularly with K Street lobbyists every Tuesday morning, loves earmarks for special interests and still defends them today. Read that last part again: he acknowledges the spending with NO apologies.

He believes it is fine to keep collecting federal tax dollars to give to Congress to determine what lobbyist-driven projects the Congress would like to provide funds for back in the states.

The U.S. is SIXTEEN TRILLION DOLLARS in debt, and when Sen.Santorum was still in Congress, he was one of those who helped drive some of that debt up. His constituents turned him out of the Senate for supporting Arlen Specter's run for the Senate.

This situation reminds me why so many people voted for Gov.James Earl Carter in 1976. He seemed so good compared to the Republicans tainted by Watergate, a social conservative, a Christian with family values who taught Sunday school. Four years later he left office branded the worst president ever to live in the White House.

It is important to weigh a candidate's whole record against what he claims today. We vote for the package, not the single issue when we elect someone.

We definitely need someone to save the nation; we need someone who promises to change the way Washington has been working. We need a leader.

[Norseman]

>>>>Only thing that bothers me is that in such a heavily Catholic state, Rick got his head handed to him by that barely sentient Democrat lemming Bob Casey.<<<<

>>I think part of that was the reflexive blue-collar Catholic, Union voters remembering Bob Casey, SR, and thinking his son would be like him. The other part was that many Republicans were angry that Rick Santorum sided with is Senatorial colleague, Arlen Spector, over Arlen’s conservative primary challenger, Pat Toomey.<<

All true, and in addition, I believe that Casey ran as pro-life, pro-gun candidate, neutralizing key parts of Santorum’s message.

[Osage Orange]

I'd have to say....that most Catholics vote Democrat, which = Liberals....

Sad to say...it Jack.

[dmz]

Pat Boone endorsed Santorum :-)

<><><

LOL. Like I said, maybe celebrity endorsements hurt.