Rick Santorum will never be president for a whole host of reasons. I am not a hater, and I will vote for the man if I have to. Listen, Rick has yet to explain away his 18 point loss in his last Senate re-election bid. Saying it was a bad year for republicans is not enough. Many incumbents won that year, and no setting senator took a loss like he did. There were valid reasons that he would lose and badly, but not that badly. Could it be that the voters were just tired of him? I am. Like I said I am no hater, I just would really like to win. I am not going to vote for Mitt Romney under any circumstances. And I will vote for Mr. Santorum if pressed, but the man that can win and articulate our message is Newt Gingrich.
The religion message could get us in trouble. Don’t flame me, I am a serious Christian and it is one of the things I like about Rick Santorum. But we are not selecting a Pastor, or a spouse. Let’s be careful. That is all I am saying.
You are right on. The reason Santorum lost by so much in 2006 were people were turned off by his overzealous, sanctimonious views on religion. Period. His book ‘It Takes a Family’ had just come out.
Would he have won in a bad year for Repubs? Probably not. But sitting Senators do not lose by 19 points (to weak opponents) in a state that is more purple than blue.
During this same election, Snowe won in (blue) Maine with 74%, Ensign in (swing) Nevada with 55%.
The idea that he can win in swing states (after losing by 19 most recently) does not pass the smell test.
I agree that we are not electing a pastor or spouse.
We are electing, hopefully, someone capable of beating back an internal communist take over of the USA.
None of our candidates will speak directly to this though, which is a bit hard to understand.
I can vote for Rick, though I’m not sure he can win. I have already voted for Newt here in FL. but my state is totally unpredictable and stupid.
I thought I could vote for Romney in the event that he does get the nomination, but you know, I don’t think I can, the man disgusts me, and he is a true dunder f**k head of a politician who routinely shoots himself in the foot then eats his own foot then shoots his other foot.
Furthermore, his campaign slogan which seems to be “Barack Obama doesn’t know how to fix America, I do”, is utterly meaningless. Obama’s job is not to fix America, it is to destory it from within, and by God, he is succeeding.