Looks like we ARE going to have a brokered convention. Hope Rush is wrong...he thinks it will just be a way for the Rino’s in charge to pick their next guy, since Mitt can't quite seal the deal.
I know Christie ain't perfect, but I hope that since it looks like the powers that be like him....I could live with him. I would pay dearly to see him debate that skinny arsed little fraud. And for vp? Well, Alan West OF COURSE!
Can you imagine the heads exploding on MSNBC if West gets on board as VP? Why.....THAT'S RACIST!
It would balance Christie out though, for social conservatives. Dream ticket, if you ask me.
That's like saying 0bama is a bit liberal. With the big exception of fiscal policy (a significant exception, but still only one area) Christie is a Republican leftist from an extremely left leaning state. In NJ moderates/liberals like Bush are viewed as conservative.
“I have kept an open mind about Santorum. He seems like a very decent guy...but his record s*cks.”
“a track record of cutting spending” Santorum.
Santorum voting record on 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.
Waste:
Sponsored An amendment to increase Amtrak funds by $550 million
Voted to use HUD funds for the Joslyn Art Museum (NE), the Stand Up for Animals project (RI) and the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Project (WA)
Voted to increase spending on social programs by $7 billion
Voted to increase NIH funding by $1.6 billion.
Voted to increase NIHnding by $700 million
Voted to for a $2 million earmark to renovate the Vulcan Monument (AL)
Voted for a $1 billion bailout for the steel industry
Voted against requiring that highway earmarks would come out of a state’s highway allocation
Voted to allow Market Access Program funds to go to foreign companies.
Voted to allow OPIC to increase its administrative costs by 50%
Voted against transferring $20 million from Americorps to veterans.
Voted for the $140 billion asbestos compensation bill.
Voted against requiring a uniform medical criteria to ensure asbestos claims were legitimate.
Voted to increase community development programs by $2 billion.
Spending and Entitlements:
Voted to make Medicare part B premium subsidies an new entitlement.
Voted against paying off the debt ($5.6 trillion at the time) within 30 years.
Voted to give $18 billion to the IMF.
Voted to raid Social Security instead of using surpluses to pay down the debt.
Health Care:
Voted to allow states to impose health care mandates that are stricter than proposed new Federal mandates, but not weaker.
Voted twice for Federal mental health parity mandates in health insurance.
Voted against a allow consumers the option to purchase a plan outside the parity mandate.
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As for Christie, excuse me, he’s just a Rockefeller liberal republican, same as Romney, whom he endorsed from the beginning. There are not genuine conservative Republicans on the North East coast. They couldn’t survive in the local climate.