You guys are spot on.
One problem we need to deal with next election is Iowa. We have got to preemptively nip the religious leaders there in the bud before they propel another one-percenter with no money or organization into a bona fide vote splitter.
I have had enough Santuckabees for one lifetime.
I believe you have the scent.
Looks like Huckabee is exacting his revenge. Note. Perry was strong in the beginning then moved aside. Sounds like dealing to me. Bauer (already announced earlier in the week for Santorum) and Huckabee (there in "spirit") pushing for Santorum. Gingrich was pulling high numbers so to fulfill their "underlying desire to come to a consensus," they settled for Santorum. That's all that mattered -- consensus to take to the flocks on Sunday before next Saturday's vote.
Huck is a one-percenter?
IA + SC = 64% combined total for Huck
Santorum will be garnering about HALF that.
Blast it, man... what do you not understand about the fact that the Republican Party and the conservative movement both draw a large part of their support from Christian conservatives? We don't control the party or the movement, but in large parts of the United States, Republicans can't win elections without us, just as we can't win elections without other conservatives whose focus is on something other than abortion, gay rights, or other moral issues.
I don't appreciate one bit your comments about needing “to preemptively nip the religious leaders there in the bud.” I expect such stuff out of Democrats. I don't expect such comments from fellow conservatives.
The conservative movement consists of social conservatives, economic conservatives, and national defense conservatives. Those are overlapping and not mutually exclusive constituencies — some of us are all three — but the fact is that we all have far more in common with each other than we do with the Democratic Party.
We all need each other if our goal is to win elections. Frankly, for a lot of us evangelical Protestants, we're already having to compromise a great deal to not just vote for but aggressively support a conservative Roman Catholic. Both Gingrich and Santorum would be denied communion in my church, as I would be barred from the Mass in theirs, and we regard each other as being members of churches which are in very serious doctrinal error if not actually apostate false churches.
If we social conservatives are willing to compromise on something that to us is literally a matter of eternal importance so we can help get a pro-life candidate elected, I think we can expect you to show at least a little bit of courtesy to us as part of the conservative coalition. We know we need you, and before you start your pre-emptive war on Christian conservatives, you'd better not forget that you need us, too.