Posted on 02/07/2012 10:36:59 PM PST by Steelfish
You are ignoring the fact that the reason Santorum supported Arlen Specter over Pat Toomey was, that Specter was the chairman for the judicial and the nominations of Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., Associate Justice, and John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, who were both nominated by President Bush was at stake. With out Arlen Specter, they would have never made it.
That’s what attracted me to him in the first place.
Unlike what Newt got for his Dede Scuzzyflava support...ZIP, ZERO, NADA!
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GO RICK GO
Are you sure you aint a liberal Yankee ?
Santorum is the ONLY conservative anti-establishment choice ! Everyone is so beat down by the media that they digest all that "cant win against Obama so you better pick a republican liberal" bullcrap,,,,,,,
NEWS FLASH ! even the blacks hate obama, they are just stuck with him like we get stuck with our Republican turds
Are you sure you aint a liberal Yankee ?
Santorum is the ONLY conservative anti-establishment choice ! Everyone is so beat down by the media that they digest all that "cant win against Obama so you better pick a republican liberal" bullcrap,,,,,,,
NEWS FLASH ! even the blacks hate obama, they are just stuck with him like we get stuck with our Republican turds
And Callista doesn’t help matters much- what is that supposed to mean?
Gingrich needs to honorably drop out. He is trailing women voters by 20-points or more in poll after poll. He has sky-high unfavorability ratings, he gets trounced by Obama in the recent USA-Gallup by over 12-points, and carries the $1.6m Freddie Mae albatross around his neck. If nothing else, he will sooner or later self-implode like the proposal to colonize the moon. With Santorum’s clean sweep especially in bellweather MO where he carried every county, it is now abundantly clear that Santorum is the only realistic alternative to Romney. Time to get on to this bandwagon.
Gingrich needs to honorably drop out. He is trailing women voters by 20-points or more in poll after poll. He has sky-high unfavorability ratings, he gets trounced by Obama in the recent USA-Gallup by over 12-points, and carries the $1.6m Freddie Mae albatross around his neck. If nothing else, he will sooner or later self-implode like the proposal to colonize the moon. With Santorum’s clean sweep especially in bellweather MO where he carried every county, it is now abundantly clear that Santorum is the only realistic alternative to Romney. Time to get on to this bandwagon.
Santorum did a much more stupid, damned thing in 2008, when he endorsed Mitt Romney.
What he said then: "I think Romney, when he decided to run, he’s a smart business guy, and he sort of got his team together and said, ‘What do I need to do to be the conservative candidate?’ and give me the checklist and see if I can check them off. And I think over the course of this campaign, you know, I saw the migration from the checklist to his head and from his head into his heart and I really believe that’s where he is today.”
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/223582/romney-santorum-2008/mark-hemingway
This will play against him in the conservative electorate, I am sure.
Why did he prefer Romney? This is the question.
Santorum is rightly attacking Romneycare in 2012, BUT supported Romney in 2008, when Mitt signed Romneycare in ... 2006! It is that more damning in 2012 than it was in 2008?
It makes no sense, for a genuine conservative candidate to have endorsed Romney. He could very well keep his mouth shut and not endorse anyone.
I think we should refer to Romney as Robama.
The poster is just an ignoramus what a RINO really is, and I don’t mean the Republican In Name Only thing
I’m not scoffing at his power. I understand it is vast and he has the media.
I just meant thinking of the man personally as a pit bull is a silly image as he doen’t look as though he could fight his way out of a paper bag.
if Santorum drops out , Romney will win by a squeaker.
If Newt drops out Santorum will win by an overwaelming landslide
statements like this are just plain STUPID
Santorum would win by a landslide against Obama
You may be ‘old and tired’ (although I’m older and currently tireder because of a recent attempt to get fit) but at least you’re making sense.
I don’t see why Newt supporters (and I’m one) don’t take their arguments elsewhere for 5 minutes and let us enjoy a conservative victory over Romney.
Looking at turnout... the GOP is about as enthusiasitc as a bale of hay
Rush comes close to a Santorum endorsement.
He said this today according to Politico:
“And they’re doing it because in Santorum’s case, as I’ve been saying the past couple of weeks, if you’re looking for a conservative who is the least corrupted, who has the least number of periods of wandering off the reservation, if you’re looking for a conservative who’s never sat down with Nancy Pelosi on the couch for any reason, you get Rick Santorum,” he said. “And people know this.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72622.html
Capitalizing all the letters in a word does not make it any more true. Particularly when you offer no analysis or facts to support your position.
I've got a couple of problems with Santorum's electability. Part of it is simply his look/demeanor. To me, he comes across as pained/grumpy/angry/whiny much of the time. I don't think that sells well. People tend to prefer some level of optimism, and Santorum is pretty poor at projecting that.
I've also met the guy personally a couple of years ago, at a lunch where there were just a few of us at the table. Decent guy, but to me, he comes across as rigid and humorless. Never been as underwhelmed by the personality of a supposedly major politician as I was by his.
I also think that his hardline stance on social issues, and his inability (at least to me) to articulate them persuasively, will really hurt him among some swing voters. Some people are good at taking moral positions and making them sound reasonable to third parties. Others just sound like they're repeating dogman. Saying "that's just what is right and that's what I believe" is fine for the head of a family, but if you want to win votes, you've got to be able to do more than that.
In case you think I'm a "Romneybot" or "Newtbot", I think they're both set to lose as well.
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