LITTLE RICKY ENDORSES ARLEN SPECTOR
Posted on 02/14/2012 11:31:26 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, following his wins last week in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, has now jumped ahead of Mitt Romney in Michigan's Republican Primary race.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary Voters in Michigan shows Santorum with 35% of the vote to Romney’s 32%. Well behind are Texas Congressman Ron Paul with 13% and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich with 11%. Only one percent (1%) prefers some other candidate in the race, while eight percent (8%) are undecided.
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All three are polling behind Obama. Badly.
What could your problem be? Doesn't want to starve the poor? Doesn't pimp for eliminating taxes on the trust fund babies? Doesn't want to tax the folks of modest means? Something about Mexicans? Money has to be the root of your disdain for Rick Santorum, Right?
Rick is less tricky than his critics.
Conservatism is a far richer tapestry than to be defined by an adherence to the financial obsession of Ebenezer Scrooge before his uninvited guests arrived. "Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? What are they doing with your tax money anyhow?"
Puhleeze!!!
Oh, maybe Rick is too good a husband and too good a father? We can’t have that, can we?
If these polls are acurate..good for RS.
Otherwise, I think its time Willard dropped out.
I’m sure “none of the above” would win the nomination in a landslide.
How is he doing that exactly? He's not defending his record on fiscal conservative values because he can't. So it must be lip service or a johnny-come-lately conversion just like Romney.
When a person believes in Obama, there is little one can do for him.
I wonder if it was that picture of Santorum and Bella that started his alleged “surge.” It’s a priceless photo.
Your post #26 is a great idea.
Work folks, work! Pray! Talk up neighbors! Call for Rick into Michigan by phone with campaign lists from the warmth of your very own kitchen or den. Send $$$ (and to FR as well). Do it!!! This is crunch time.
Not that it would be good...but the foreign situation just keeps getting worse,,and THAt is one of Santorum’s strong suits, Gingrich as well.
A huge factor would be WHO Santorum picks as VP.
That’s your “crisis intervention” for the night!(I try to relax by reminding myself I just don’t have much control over this....then I just freak out again.ha)
agree.
I feel like we a backed up on the two yard line in an election we should already be in field goal range to clinch. Why is Obama at 50% approval ?
Where is our “John Elway” candidate ?
“I don’t see how obama can lose.”
I can see plenty of ways.
But what we’re talking about is some therapy, so let’s start with truth. The truth is that obama has a good chance of winning. Any incumbent has an advantage going in and people will often pick the evil they know over the evil they don’t.
That said, the Presidential race will be about the economy, and Rick actually has a bit of an advantage in this respect in that (1) he isn’t obama, and (2) he really hasn’t said a whole lot about how he would approach the problem. That gives him some flexibility in putting together a politically palatable alternative. His blue collar roots help as well; he can credibly respond to the tired canard that the GOP is the party only for the wealthy.
His weaknesses are actually more on the primary side; he is a big government Republican and that is not a good place to be with conservatives. If conservatives choose to overlook that in the primaries, then it isn’t much of a problem in the general.
The ‘rats and their allies in the media will attack Rick for his social conservatism. We already know that. If Rick is the nominee, plan on a long slog over things like contraception. All in all, I think people care more about whether they will have a roof over their head and food on the table than a candidates views on that subject, so I wouldn’t expect it to be as much of a problem as it would in good economic times.
Summary: it’s a winnable race for Rick. Not easily winnable, and not winnable if Rick does the typical GOP thing and figures out a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. But all things being equal, he would have a fair chance going into the general.
(Full disclosure: I’m in the Paul camp. But Rick would be my next choice amongst what is available.)
That is particularly true since he had no political motive. Just a great husband and dad. Reagan's attraction was that he was the sort of guy you would gladly spend a few hours with. Santorum is a natural that way.
LITTLE RICKY ENDORSES ARLEN SPECTOR
I could get behind Jeb. In fact I would have preferred Jeb over Dubya in 2000.
Romney? I would find it extremely difficult, even against Obama. I would probably end up voting third party.
And is what is Mittens’ excuse for endorsing Specter’s policies?
I’ve been one wishing we had a 1 day National Primary. I still have my NEWT 2012 sign in my yard, but if the time comes when we vote way late in Illinois and Newt is way behind and the next best choice is Rick, I’ll go with the person most likely to knock off Mitt!
Santorum is an establishment guy. It's his job to push Newt out. I would like to see Romney pushed out but I don't see that happening.
If Romney and his establishment backers were really concerned about Santorum why would they be focused on attacking Newt in Michigan with another new blitzkrieg campaign? Why not hammer the apparently surging Santorum who cost him some caucus wins?
When the curtain is finally pulled back on Santorum, the low enthusiasm for the GOP this year--evidenced by low primary participation-- will drop even further.
Obama could and possibly will win in a walk.
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