Santorum Gave Us Romney
Total BS....Santorum won more states than any other person. He should storm the convention and demand the nomination. Santorum would win the election, liberal Romney will lose it. What a failed opportunity that we put ourselves in....ROMNEY?????? Sheesh was a liberal jerk Romney is. I just can’t believe only a small number of patiots on Free Republic think Romney is a disasterous candidate while the other lap up his ever word like he is their pet or something. It is rather repulsive.
You mean like Algore should have been President in 2000 because he won the popular vote?
“Total BS....Santorum won more states than any other person. He should storm the convention and demand the nomination. Santorum would win the election, liberal Romney will lose it. What a failed opportunity that we put ourselves in....ROMNEY?????? Sheesh was a liberal jerk Romney is. I just can’t believe only a small number of patiots on Free Republic think Romney is a disasterous candidate while the other lap up his ever word like he is their pet or something. It is rather repulsive.”
Santorum’s whole argument for the nomination was that God loved him more than the other candidates. Everything was about appearance, having the word “courageous” on the wall behind him as he talked, repeating stuff about family, faith, God and country, without being too specific. The first issue on his Issues page was an article about the evils of pornagraphy.
There was never any doubt that Santorum would fail to get the nomination. He was too polarizing because his record did not back up his claims of being a man of integrity. But what was guaranteed was that he would fool enough conservatives for long enough to split the conservative vote so that the libs in the party and outside the party in the Open Primary states could get Willard in.
Santorum was this election’s Huckabee.
That NOT meant to be a compliment or a pat on the back for Rick Santorum.
liberal Romney will lose it.
Sanoturm would beg to differ with you.
Video: Rick Santorum 2008: "Romney is a REAL Conservative (compares Mittens to Reagan!)
"Mission accomplished, Governor!"
You're preaching to the choir. Nobody likes Romney. The reason we're rooting for him is simple. The alternative is Obama. Bottom line is that Romney won the most number of GOP primary delegates, and those delegates represent the votes of the majority of primary voters. Santorum did not lose because the GOPe voted against him - he lost because the rank and file voted against him. Like it or, we are a fringe - an influential fringe as the Harriet Miers and immigration reform revolts during GWB's terms of office made clear - but definitely a fringe, as our high-profile and ignominious losses on so many other issues have shown.
Gingrich made Romney’s nomination far more easy by continuing to go on rather than concede and help Santorum with a clear majority keep going.
“I just can’t believe only a small number of patiots on Free Republic think Romney is a disasterous candidate while the other lap up his ever word like he is their pet or something. It is rather repulsive.”
I don’t view him as a pet, but on the other hand, I really have learned better with time not to “like” political candidates, as nice as they may seem, they all have their share of dirt on them, get them in, get them out. That’s all I can say here. Romney isn’t great, but then again, none of his contenders were all that great either. A shame Jindal or West wasn’t up there, because either of them would get a vote from me if they were an option.
Based on what, it's his birthright?
I think your statement is incorrect
First place finishes by popular vote:
Romney=Orange; Santorum=Green
| Candidate | Home State | Caucus Result | Primary Vote | Delegates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitt Romney | Massachusetts | 146,247 | 33.2% | 9,540,863 | 51.89% | 1,277 | 49.7% |
| Rick Santorum | Virginia | 130,450 | 29.6% | 3,788,801 | 20.61% | 255 | 9.9% |
| Newt Gingrich | Virginia | 51,857 | 11.8% | 2,672,323 | 14.53% | 148 | 5.8% |
| Ron Paul | Texas | 89,109 | 20.2% | 1,963,481 | 10.68% | 101 | 3.9% |
| Jon Huntsman, Jr. | Utah | 823 | 0.2% | 83,942 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.1% |
| Michele Bachmann | Minnesota | 6,090 | 1.4% | 35,311 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.1% |
| Uncommitted | - | 2,218 | 0.5% | 179,577 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Rick Perry | Texas | 12,646 | 2.9% | 42,243 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.0% |