Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum with his wife Karen, speaks at a Republican Party fundraising dinner in Greenville, South Carolina January 8, 2012.
[quote]At Stax, Santorum accepted the endorsement of Gary Bauer, a social conservative icon and former policy advisor to Ronald Reagan. Bauer even referred to Santorum as “the next Ronald Reagan.”[/quote]
This guy’s estimation of Ronald Reagan must be pretty low then. I have no doubt that Santorum is a good guy. I respect many of his positions; however, most of what he says is rather vapid, or aimed at satisfying itching ears of conservatives. He doesn’t present any substance. He doesn’t propose any “radical” reforms of the system that the other candidates don’t already do; and compared to the other candidates, his “reforms” are lackluster.
A vote for Santorum is like a vote for the Generic Republican that sometimes goes head to head against Obama in Presidential polls. In fact, he’d probably be more popular if his name was actually Generic Republican.
I see Santorum’s rise as merely a consequence of a desperation vote; and now that he has this “surge”, conservatives are bandwagging on him in the same way they got on the Newt Gingrich train perhaps just a few days prior. It has nothing to do with real policy positions. It is merely about a desperate desire to get behind a non-Romney candidate for fear of Romney getting the nomination.
That is perfectly understandable. But replacing Romney with a Generic Republican isn’t ideal either.
I was for Cain early on until the GOP turned their backs on him and let him fry in those accusations. Perry is the last real conservative standing. Despite the reputation of being weak on illegals, Perry has actually been pretty strong with them. I don’t believe it is a legitimate issue. His record as Governor is incredibly conservative and deserves consideration. He may look and talk like GWB, but he is far more conservative than GWB. He also has the charisma and substance that the other candidates lack.
Looks like Santorum has given up on NH. According to strategists, he should never have gone there. At least if he finishes low he can now say he left the state early.
I hope Perry gains some traction in SC. I know it’s hard for him to do with the entire establishment against him. Even the Washington congress critters hate the idea of him coming into DC and cleaning house. He is exactly what we need in there.
Unfortunately Maurice had to pull his famous Carolina Gold sauce out of the grocery stores because he was a supporter of the noble Confederate Battle flag. Pure Leftist evil and petulant PC caused him financial troubles but the quality of his product kept him affluent.
If any of the candidates were to stop by a Piggy Park franchise for lunch they would not only garner new respect but some extra votes—and the Left will rupture themselves in glorious umbrage!
But none of them have the guts.
Go Rick! Go Rick! Go Newt! One of them HAVE to win the nomination or we are in deep trouble! I am too the point where I don’t care which one of the three wins this thing. If we have Romney, we are in deep trouble and most likely will have Obama for another 4 years. Of course Romney for 4 years would be a disaster too.
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Gov. Rick Perry and (fictional) Gov. Robert Ritchie.
The differnce? A little bit of Grecian Formula.
Upstate SC is HUCK COUNTRY!