The religious right is doing its part to Spread Santorum, by endorsing Rick Santorum as their choice for Republican nominee.
The anybody-but-Mitt wing of the Republican party has floundered around looking for their savior. Rick Perry! No, wait! Herman Cain! Oops! Newt! So I guess it was just Rick's turn.
The last polls I saw for South Carolina showed Newt polling strong and Santorum plummeting, so this endorsement is probably not off to a good start.
Santorum delivered his speech in New Hampshire standing in front of a black banner with white lettering and an eagle graphic. It made me think of the artwork for the Hunger Games book, which is probably not the best association to make...
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Santorum 2012?
Started by kimmy, Jan 15 2012 09:34 AM
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Posted 15 January 2012 - 09:34 AM
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Posted 15 January 2012 - 10:27 AM
Yeah, lets all play "ignore the real elephant in the room". As usual
The reason Romney has any chance.
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Posted 15 January 2012 - 10:37 AM
The anybody-but-Mitt wing of the Republican party has floundered around looking for their savior. Rick Perry! No, wait! Herman Cain! Oops! Newt! So I guess it was just Rick's turn.
The elephant I refer to is, he whose name must not be spoken.
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Posted 15 January 2012 - 10:45 AM
Who's that?The elephant I refer to is, he whose name must not be spoken.
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Posted 15 January 2012 - 11:13 AM
Ron Paul, of course.
But Ron Paul's support doesn't fit in the same category as the rest. The conservative wing of the party isn't going to switch to Ron Paul to defeat Romney. The moderate wing of the party isn't going to switch to Ron Paul to defeat Gingrich or whatever. The Ron Paul supporters aren't going to abandon Ron Paul and jump on some other bandwagon. The Ron Paul support is the Ron Paul support and it exists outside of games of "anybody but Romney" or "we need to pick whoever has the best shot against Obama". It is what it is. It won't be enough to defeat Romney, but it won't go away either.
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But Ron Paul's support doesn't fit in the same category as the rest. The conservative wing of the party isn't going to switch to Ron Paul to defeat Romney. The moderate wing of the party isn't going to switch to Ron Paul to defeat Gingrich or whatever. The Ron Paul supporters aren't going to abandon Ron Paul and jump on some other bandwagon. The Ron Paul support is the Ron Paul support and it exists outside of games of "anybody but Romney" or "we need to pick whoever has the best shot against Obama". It is what it is. It won't be enough to defeat Romney, but it won't go away either.
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Posted 15 January 2012 - 01:21 PM
I had kind of thought that it was too late for Rick, but I haven't been watching too closely. It's Mitt's to win unless something was to change. Mostly I just want Obama out of there and it's been somewhat of a weak field IMO this time out.
Paul seems too extreme in some of his views.
Paul seems too extreme in some of his views.
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Posted 15 January 2012 - 02:04 PM
It is too late for Rick.
I guess the next question is - who will be the VP candidate?
It's too late for Paul, too old, too radical, too eccentric, too, too
he's Quixotic, a loose canon,passed his best by date.
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Posted 15 January 2012 - 02:32 PM
Oh, I agree it won't be Paul. I've said that from the beginning.It's too late for Paul, too old, too radical, too eccentric, too, too
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Posted 15 January 2012 - 02:42 PM
Oh, I agree it won't be Paul. I've said that from the beginning.
Yup, even Paul knows that. But, it got him a soap box.
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Posted 15 January 2012 - 08:20 PM
Wow, yet another movement besides the tea party and the occupiers? Things are going to get crowded...
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Posted 15 January 2012 - 08:30 PM
Ron Paul may survive through the primaries with his 20% or so vote. Heck, he may even run as an independent.Ron Paul, of course.
If he does, the key question is whether his candidacy will affect the result in November. Where does he draw his votes?
I reckon that Paul-voters come equally from Republicans & Democrats but with a larger chunk of non-voters. Paul is a neutral Nader.
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