Rick doesn’t attack on personal issues, like Romney does, but be prepared - he WILL attack on ISSUES.
Romney-Huckabee 2012 - It just makes sense when you look at in a diabolical way. How else could such a loud mouth be so quiet for so long. Santorum is just an underling for them. He’ll never get on the ticket because he brings nothing to the ticket.
There is only one way to stop this coup against the voters and that is to make sure Newt and Paul go all the way to the convention. Should Mitt still go forward, I am all for ‘he is on his own’ and concentrate on house and senate. If Mitt loses in general, GOP will be gone. Save the we have to get Obama out stuff. Mitt won't be any different and what we need to do is send a clear message to GOP we are in charge. If we don't send that message, doesn't matter who gets elected to house, senate or president. If what the GOP is doing is not clear to everyone, there is no hope, only the delusion that Rep are better than Dems.
Bill mentioned a lunch bunch he meets with which included Charles Kruthammer.
What hit me was the following, as the Late Mark Scott Michigan Libertarian Talk Show host used to say Cui bono? Who Benefits?
Ah let us count who does...
* Santorum himself. As a Huckabee type spoiler which will give him greater gravitas and a bigger contract fee.
* His place after the election is assured as well as the cash flow as a TV or Radio talking head.
* As talking head, he will continue the us vs them game that all the talking heads do.
Now who else benefits...
* The ruling class and the Punditry Class, ergo the Bennett lunch bunch, they are at the trough and do not want the change, that Newt will bring, he and his change is too, "uncomfortable"...
* They must destroy Cain, Palin, and Newt to keep the game of musical chairs going.
* They must destroy us, Freepers, Tea Partiers once and for all and never reliquish the GOP to the likes of a Reagan again.
I am convinced even "our" talkers feel we are the great unwashed and are an embarrassment, they like when we give them victories for power, but other than that, they probably disdain or outright hate us. Let's face it I will not carry their water, No more donating or volunteering and maybe even voing against their incumbent weasels.
With that said, I fear a door is closing i.e us influencing the GOP/RNC.
If so it is over, we have no home. It is time for us to move on and find another party, better yet build our own.
I fear they will destroy Newt.
I read here more and more and I was one of the 1st to say so and took a lot of $H!+ for it, i.e. I cannot pull the lever for Romney, I will write in Palin, Goldwater, Reagan, somebody, I revile the man that much.
If it is Romney Obama wins, we adapt, innovate and overcome. Chances are "it" all falls apart, we find one another and rebuild from their. Maybe that is the destiny, and all we are doing has been futile in trying to try to stop it...
Damn Shame, Rick will have had a hand in it, and not a good one....
Santorum is going after the person he perceives to truly be in the lead. I don’t see anything wrong with that. Just how the game is played.
I don’t care for either Mitt OR Gingrich so I’ll be “settling” if either of them gets the nomination.
Rick hearts Mitt.
Looks like it wasn’t a very good idea for Newt to tell Santorum to get out of the race so he could compete with Mitt. (Second time Newt has told Santorum to get out of this race). Payback is not fun.
Santorum endorses Romney, the proChoice candidate.
Rick voters are an endorsement for Romney, the proChoice candidate.
His candidacy is now an endorsement for Romney, the proChoice candidate.
Santorum is positioning himself for the ticket as Romney’s Veep. I used to like Santorum, but in the last couple weeks I have soured on the guy. He has become a whore. He says he is a conservative, but does everything possible to help the most liberal guy running.
Santorum is angling for a job in the Romney administration. So sad Santorum is just a loser all around. He just can’t understand why
What I resent most is liberal publications, such as the Hill, Politico, et al, writing articles to divide Republicans, and we play right into their hands. Just read this thread.
Possible working for Romney. Pretty sad the state of American politics.
I'd prefer conservatives rally behind Santorum, but a split conservative vote may not be the worst thing, at least in proportional states - if all four candidates stay in and stay relatively competitive, that could maximize the chance of a brokered convention and a 2nd chance for the GOP to get it right for a change.
If it was Newt vs Mitt head-to-head, with Newt trailing Obama in a prospective matchup by 14 points, I believe the 'electability' issue would lead to a convincing Romney victory.
“”Rick Santorum for President: he doesn’t just talk a good conservative game, he lives it,” the narrator says.”
Funniest thing I’ve ever read. Santorum lives a a conservative game? Was pimping for Arlen something a Conservative would have done? No. Was being an earmark king something a Conservative would have done? No.
Rick, I know Conservatives, Conservatives are my FRiends, and you Rick, are no Conservative.
He’s paving the way for Mitt. Conservatives value? He’s a fraud. Mitt knew who he could buy - this is the Sanotrum who bows to the GOP E. He did it once, he’s doing it again. Satan’s little helper.
if the logic is Santorum can carry PA....they might ought to look at his last try
he got his ass handed to him