Free Republic
Browse · Search
GOP Club
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

The Sorry State of Huckabee & Santorum
The Daily Beast ^ | January 31, 2016 | Olivia Nuzzi

Posted on 01/31/2016 4:50:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

They both have Iowa caucus wins, yet the only feeling voters seem to manage for these two is apathy.

Rick Santorum was unhappy.

While other candidates have managed to draw crowds of hundreds and even tens of thousands this cycle, Santorum arrived at Second Street Emporium, a dimly lit restaurant and bar in Webster City, Iowa, on Saturday afternoon, to find that fewer than 50 people had come to see his town hall.

Making matters worse, the majority of them weren't Iowa voters, but high school students who'd been bussed in from Cincinnati. They couldn't even vote in the caucus on Monday....

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Iowa; Campaign News; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: huckabee; iowa; santorum
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-24 last
To: 2ndDivisionVet

The RNC decided that they didn’t want the second place candidate from 2012 (Santorum/ 6 States) on the main stage. They continue to control the process and hand pick our choices.

Rick is far and away “one of the best” candidates that we could have.

T


21 posted on 01/31/2016 7:42:21 PM PST by WomBom ("I read Free Republic for the pictures)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: WomBom

Not disagreeing, but to clarify: Santorum actually won 11 states before he dropped out. Yet this time he never once was invited on shows like the O’Reilly Factor. Curious indeed.


22 posted on 01/31/2016 8:01:53 PM PST by Engraved-on-His-hands (Conservative 2016!! The Dole, H.W. Bush, McCain, Romney experiment has failed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet
high school students who'd been bussed in from Cincinnati

Not a fan of Santorum but this seems highly unlikely so I question its truthfulness. Were they in Iowa for a science fair or something and a chaperon wanted to give them a taste of politics while they were there? It's a long way.

23 posted on 01/31/2016 8:57:13 PM PST by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Can Rev. Huck go back to Fox again?


24 posted on 01/31/2016 8:59:11 PM PST by truth_seeker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-24 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
GOP Club
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson