[octex]

Okay, I was joking with the “damned Yankees” term.

However, I truly believe that both Rick and Mitt have no conception of what the people outside of the Northeast US really are like and what matters to them in terms of values and freedom. ....Both of them have lived their lives in labor union/liberal States and really come across as phonies when they try to pander to Southerners and Texans. They are both snobs of the upper rank, IMO.

[American Constitutionalist]

" However, I truly believe that both Rick and Mitt have no conception of what the people outside of the Northeast US really are like and what matters to them in terms of values and freedom. ....Both of them have lived their lives in labor union/liberal States and really come across as phonies when they try to pander to Southerners and Texans. They are both snobs of the upper rank, IMO. "

Romney yes, a Snob.... but the other commentary maybe only in some people's imagination.
I was born in the South, I have family in the south, Rick ( Born, Richard John Santorum May 10, 1958 (1958-05-10) (age 53) Winchester, Virginia, U.S ) was also born in the South so how can some people say that they " Santorum " supporters and Rick Santorum doesn't understand them, those in the South ?
This " it's US against THEM i.e. Yankees... ok, your right, I don't like the New York Yankees either " " kind of thing only isolates those who engage in it.