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Don't Count Rick Santorum Out Of The 2016 Presidential Race
BUSINESS INSIDER ^ | March, 20, 2013 | Steve Deace

Posted on 03/21/2013 4:28:46 AM PDT by God'sgrrl

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To: God'sgrrl

He has a horrible name and the personality of a doorknob. I don’t care how conservative he is, he stood no chance in 2012 and would do even worse in 2016 against a real field of conservatives.


21 posted on 03/21/2013 4:57:19 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: God'sgrrl; All

Sorry but a guy WHO LOST HIS SENATE SEAT can’t win the Presidency... I’m sorry that is that is the fact.. We need new people to run..


22 posted on 03/21/2013 4:57:47 AM PDT by KevinDavis (Third Parties are for losers.)
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To: God'sgrrl
Rick Santorum doesn't have a chance in Hades of getting elected President. Never nominate a candidate for the White House who has held no elected office since he lost his last race in his own freaking state.

He seems like a decent guy, but I don't think he's cut out for politics and has spent far too much time in government and inside the Beltway for my liking.

23 posted on 03/21/2013 4:59:17 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I am the master of my fate ... I am the captain of my soul.")
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To: God'sgrrl

Santorum is simply not likeable and not sellable. He’s not a good conservative except on social issues, and he’s not the only Republican in America who is right on social issues. Think outside the box for a change.


24 posted on 03/21/2013 4:59:52 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright
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To: God'sgrrl

Losing elections is an excellent predictor.

Rick Santorum is a loser. He is, in fact, a BIG loser, having lost a US Senate seat that he held in his home state by a landslide.

Like George Allen, like Rick Santorum, the number one rule of elections is STOP NOMINATING LOSERS.

Nothing personal, just business.


25 posted on 03/21/2013 4:59:53 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: God'sgrrl
Santorum is a model pragmatist politician that plays the "conservative" card for votes and mouths all the conservative talking points but when push comes to shove he has lied to his constituents, supported liberals over conservatives, and would almost certainly lose his home state.

I'm amazed that people fall for this snake oil salesman time and time again. He's almost as bad as Huckabee.

We need to get behind a real conservative and we need to do it soon without the distractions of pseudo conservative like Romney, Santorum, Ryan, Huckabee etc.

26 posted on 03/21/2013 5:01:29 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: God'sgrrl

Yay! Let’s get every retread loser running again in 2016! Get the Republican primary chock full of ‘em! It’ll make Jeb’s job all the easier as the conservative candidates go after each other like they did last round. Sigh...


27 posted on 03/21/2013 5:03:33 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
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To: ilovesarah2012
Hillary simply can't win. She lost a Democrat primary to a Obama and no one had ever heard of him. Her negatives are huge. She will actually cause conservatives to come out and vote against her. Not to mention that Biden has already said he is running. If that is true I doubt Hillary will even run.
28 posted on 03/21/2013 5:04:35 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: KevinDavis

Im no fan of Santrum by any means, but if losing their seat makes them a poor candidate than what is your opinion Of Allen West then?


29 posted on 03/21/2013 5:05:03 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: God'sgrrl

Mr. “nice guy milk toast” Santorum was the brat on stage during the debates. A ‘one-issue’ candidate is NOT what we need!

I want someone that follows the U.S. Constitution. I want someone that thinks that the U.S. is a separate sovereign nation, and not ‘just one of many among the U.N.’ I want someone that will tell the UN to pack it up, and move to Europe or Ghana. I want someone that knows what the real military is all about. I want someone that knows what an earned, not given, dollar in the pocket does for John Q./Jane Q. Public.

I didn’t want Romney. RON Paul’s idiotic ideas for foreign policy would have us done in.

The only two from the last series of debates, that had my interest, and my five bucks, were Cain and Gingrich.

The new blood, forged from the 2010 elections, might be Cruz.

Madame Sarah can do what she will, yet I figure she has more free reign, and NO ONE can shut her up, and open-minded and voiced, as we all SHOULD be, and is not beholding to anyone else, either.

I can look with favor to LTCol West, who took no guff from the Washington insiders. Mia Love is another choice. The US has broken the color barrier, and we can thank the media for that. Now, let’s use that!

Career politicians, (those that are excellent examples for term limits), still believe in “The Rite of Ascension”. We need to cut that cord, permanently.

We need to revert to ‘serving citizens who go back to the farm’, when they are finished. We need to rid the Senate and Congress of the Socialists and Communists who are there now, and their underlings and staff.

We need to return the control of Senators to the governors of the States.

I know some of this might be a bit more than you might be thinking about, but this is where I begin the thought process about Washington, D.C.


30 posted on 03/21/2013 5:05:53 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

*Santorum


31 posted on 03/21/2013 5:06:26 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: God'sgrrl

No way. He is an Arlen Specter apologist. Nope. I would stay home. I am not going to vote for Rick OR Jeb. Go home fellas. We are sick of your brand.


32 posted on 03/21/2013 5:07:27 AM PDT by Truth2012
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Amen brother.


33 posted on 03/21/2013 5:07:28 AM PDT by billhilly
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To: ilovesarah2012

I, with you, do not think Santorium could stand up to Hillary or even Joe Biden in a debate. He has trouble getting his message across and I think that if he could not finish the primary the last go around showed weakness that we do not need in our oval office.


34 posted on 03/21/2013 5:08:16 AM PDT by YouGoTexasGirl
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Amen brother.


35 posted on 03/21/2013 5:08:32 AM PDT by billhilly
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To: God'sgrrl

Santorum in a ntl election would be like a Reagan landslide, only in reverse.


36 posted on 03/21/2013 5:10:14 AM PDT by Dysart ( Democracy is the road to socialism-- Karl Marx)
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To: Houghton M.

After watching the huckster help keep akin on the ticket, I’m sure he will help insure we lose to the democrat party again.


37 posted on 03/21/2013 5:10:41 AM PDT by soycd
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To: God'sgrrl
Rick's a good man, a decent conservative, but I doubt he is the most consistent conservative, nor is going to be our best candidate. His blow out loss in 2006 should give an indication he does not excite people to want to vote for him.

I voted for him in 2012 (actually preferred Newt), and now think had he been our candidate in 2012, he would have been blown out far worse than Romney.

I'm going to wait to see if we as a country can withstand the thrashing of the current administration, and wait to judge the 2016 primaries when (and if) they come along.

38 posted on 03/21/2013 5:11:51 AM PDT by Lakeshark (!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

He’s another big-government Republican and his time has passed.

It’s a pity, really, because I do admire his personal pro-life stance and stories.


39 posted on 03/21/2013 5:12:18 AM PDT by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: Jim Noble
For all his well-documented flaws, that is exactly why Chris Christie has so much traction as a prospective nominee (even though I don't think he has any interest in a presidential run).

Everything about the guy just comes across as a winner who doesn't give a damn about what people think about him. You'll never see him stumbling around trying to explain some idiotic decision he made in the past. Not because he never makes idiotic decisions, mind you ... but because he never feels a need to justify himself to anyone.

40 posted on 03/21/2013 5:13:14 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I am the master of my fate ... I am the captain of my soul.")
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