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Santorum will never recieve the gop nod..you can take that to the bank. The man has barely been patted on the head with kid gloves and noone has really exposed his liberal and anti conservative voting record in regards to tossing taxpayers hard earned dollars to the winds. That is the REAL Rick Santorum! No thank YOU!
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 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.

http://libertycounselaction.org/content/home/32905/rick_santorum_s_voting_record

Here are some additional items — acc to Liberty Counsel Action.

Santorum on gun issues:
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.

Seriously, Rick has held office for several years with thousands of votes which can be nitpicked to death. bottom line; in 2012, he supports a strong family over a big government and most everything that goes with it.

He was in Senate leadership, and took the company line (ie; judiciary chair snarlin' Arlen Specter, which helped us with Roberts, Alito, etc) His earmarks were military / national security based, and has since joined Jim DeMint in dropping their earmarks)

I can't speak to the 2nd amendment nits you have, but they don't bother me as he's a supporter of the constitution as written. I trust he had reasons, but the key word is "trust".