Posted on 03/23/2012 6:11:26 AM PDT by RobinMasters
As someone who supports Rick Santorum for President, and who will caucus tomorrow in the next phase of Minnesota’s political process as a delegate, I understand the need to replace Barack Obama in 2012 in order to right the American ship of state and address the serious problems that Obama has either created, amplified, or ignored over the last three years. I do, however, wonder whether Senator Santorum understands that need. Yesterday, as Allahpundit noted with excellent analysis, Santorum told a Louisiana audience that if Mitt Romney won the nomination, we’d be better off sticking with what we’ve already got:
“You win by giving people a choice. You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who’s just going to be a little different than the person in there. If you’re going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk with what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future,” Santorum told a crowd at USAA.
Er, no, we wouldn’t be better off with Obama than with Romney, for many reasons. Before we get to those reasons, let’s note that Newt Gingrich, at least, does get this right:
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I think Obama and Romney are the same. Romney won’t get my vote in the General. Santorum and Newt will get my vote in the General. GOPe - beware of nominating an Obama clone in Romney. I am writing in either Sarah, Santorum, Cain, Bachmann or Newt. That is the biggest problem I face if Romney gets the nomination.....Who to write in????
Your not thinking clearly. You Romney lovers kill me. You are blinded by his hair.
Write in Casanova Frankenstein for all the good it will do, then retire to somewhere private with a box of Kleenex and concentrate on your purity.
Mittwits have to be pretty hair brained to overlook the fact that he created Obamney care and is on record as stating that, to this day, he believes in the government mandate. Why would anybody in their right mind vote FOR a gun grabbing abortion loving, gay rights cheerleader?
If there isn't a viable 3rd party then just write in Sarah Palin in November. Don't throw your vote away on the Obamney twins.
It will not be long before Jim Robinson will have to make a decision... mine has been made. I will NEVER vote for romney for any reason and I have been upfront and vocal about that since the last election.
I am with you. Also, there is NO WAY that Jim Robinson is going to support Romney as President of the United States. He has way too much character and principles. The GOPe might just win this round but they will not win the battle. We cannot continue to let them make the decisions every single election.
Unfortunately, the “we” is now Republicans. We no longer have the luxury of a tailor-made Conservative. We have to build him/her once in office. The primary season was wasted in that effort because of all the insane space taken up by Herman Cain. The same is now true of Santorum. A joke. A diversion we couldn’t afford if we were to make great strides in the Republican party.
I have often told the story of the near defeat of Conservatives enemy #1, Harry Reid of Nevada. He won his seat by a meager 401 votes in 1998. How important was that? Almost ten thousand voters went to the trouble of voting “none of these candidates.” Had 402 of them voted to give the Republican a chance, Harry Reid wouldn’t have been around to create the anti-conservative movement he perfected. As it turned out, the Republican opponent went on to become a slime ball too in his personal life.
I’m just saying. The public is more informed now. We can afford to hold someone’s feet to the fire but we have to give that person a mandate....not let him win for sentimental reasons. I want to know now who running mates would be.
Man the Romney lovers are out today. I guess you think it is safe now huh? You are so transparent.
Obama scares the daylights out of me, and Romney does not.
They both scare me. Romney will not get rid of Obamacare. Romney will not pick judges that are conservative. Romney might not even extend the Bush Taxes. I don’t see anything positive about voting for Romney. If we get a conservative house and Senate, that will keep Obama from doing crazy things. Plus we also have the opportunity to write in a candidate....if we all do it. Look at Alaska, they had a successful write in candidate (not to our liking) but they did it. It is not unheard of.
Nah. Rick’s choice is magic holy water.
That is offensive and not funny at all. Actually a disgusting comment.
I’m not a RINO. I don’t care about the “R” or the party title. I vote conservative no matter which party they’re in or not in. Your argument is that if I vote for a write-in candidate, Romney might not get elected. Why do you think I care? If Romney wins, the Tea Party loses and the urban elite establishment Rockefeller Republicans win. You don’t seem to understand that the Republican Congress won’t push Romney to the right. They are the ones who tried to push Bush to the left, by running away from Social Security reform for example. The President is the leader and there is no way the Congress controlled by his own party will oppose him on anything unless he becomes extremely unpopular, which admittedly, Romney probably eventually would as his one term as governor demonstrated.
So Herman Cain and Santorum are “insane” and “jokes?” No, Romney is the joke. He has no business being in the Republican party. Cain and Santorum would make fine conservative standard-bearers for the party. Cain was weak on foreign policy, that was his only problem. No conservative could possibly think Romney is better than Cain or Santorum, so what are you then?
Reid’s just a puppet, a weak guy hand-picked by the real liberal Senate leaders like Schumer to be a punching bag for the opposition while they pulled the strings from their comfortable position behind the scenes.
You're delusional. Go have a nice lie-down.
When did McCain support socialized medicine, taxpayer-funded abortion and homosexual marriage?
Which comment? Magic underwear, or magic holy water? Both?
My vote will not matter... Mississippi will go for the republican without a doubt... but I cannot vote for romney. My faith will not allow me to vote for a baby killing leftist.
LLS
I can’t imagine FR as a site ever backing Romney.
For me, the question will be whether FR will tolerate people arguing that we should VOTE for Romney rather than stay home or vote for 3rd-party.
Here are the results of the exit polls from Illinois. Remember, of course, that political views are self-identified; someone can SAY they are conservative, and not be conservative. Still, it paints a different picture than you do:
Very Conservative : Santorum 48%, Romney 37% Somewhat Conservative: Romney 55%, Santorum 31% Moderate To Liberal : Romney 48%, Santorum 27%, Paul 17% Tea Party - Support : Romney 47%, Santorum 36% Tea Party - Neutral : Romney 47%, Santorum 36% Tea Party - Oppose : Romney 53%, Santorum 23%, Paul 17%For comparison, here's Mississippi:
Very Conservative : Rick 39%, Newt 35%, Mitt 22% Somewhat Conservative: Mitt 33%, Rick 31%, Newt 31% Moderate to Liberal : Mitt 38%, Newt 28%, Rick 26% Tea Party - Support : Rick 34%, Newt 34%, Mitt 27% Tea Party - Neutral : Mitt 35%, Rick 32%, Newt 27% Tea Party - Oppose : Mitt 37%, Rick 30%, Newt 21%I'd have to do more comparisons, but it seems in a very conservative state, Mitt still draws too much support from "very conservatives", and he "wins" the somewhate conservative, although split 3 ways. With only two candidates, or maybe it's just the "inevitability" sneaking in, he does way too well with both groups.
A LOT of attitudes would have to switch for Romney to crater among Tea party supporters or the very conservative and conservative voters. He is, for whatever reason, getting support across the political spectrum, including conservatives and tea party folks. That more than anything is keeping him in the front.
My comment “now is not the time to quit” was to those who still have upcoming primaries.....(I now know that does not include you)
I hate Romney, only because he’s the scum of the earth, you moron. However, the level to which I loathe Obama is such that I truly could bring the law upon myself discussing it in a public forum. Just because we don’t play your Onanistic write-in games doesn’t make any one a Mitt lover. Says a lot that that’s all you got, boy. See if you can see thru that.
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