and why should you care?<\/p>\n
Probably most of the hard core people here already know, but it’s worth discussing since he just essentially tied Mitt Romney in Iowa.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rick Perry is going home to Texas, which\u00a0 I’m sure makes Glenn Beck unhappy.\u00a0\u00a0 Putting Prayer back in Public Schools appears to not be an appealing idea to most people in Iowa.<\/p>\n
Santorum was a Senator from Pennsylvania defeated in 2006 after the end of his second term.\u00a0 Santorum is an unabashed Conservative in a state with a Republican party that had embraced Arlen Specter – who was essentially a Democrat pretending to be a Republican, and certainly not a Conservative.\u00a0\u00a0 Santorum is definitely not the candidate the “establishment” Republicans want (like a Bush or a Bob Dole or\u00a0 Mitt Romney).\u00a0\u00a0 In 2006, the national party abanonded Santorum and wanted him to lose his Senate seat and seniority.<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania is a peculiar state because of its geography and history – it’s almost two different states.\u00a0\u00a0 Philadelphia is hard core East Coast – Philadelphia is hard line Democratic (78%-12%), and with a growing concentration of black urban voters dependent on Obama handouts now that they have “taken over” the city government (ala Detroit in the 1970s).<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh is more influenced by the Midwest – kind of the Eastern fringe of Ohio.\u00a0 Pittsburgh tends to be a little more Republican (61%D, 28% R), but is still urban – and then a huge mountain range in between with a relatively small population.\u00a0\u00a0 The middle of the state is more Conservative and white and heavily Republican – bible clingers with their deer huntin rifles.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.revenue.state.pa.us\/portal\/server.pt\/community\/voter_registration_statistics\/12725<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania usually turns on how the people in suburban Philadelphia vote (John Batchelor grew up there and makes frequent reference to the collar counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery which are 44%, 51%, 48%, and 43% Republican.\u00a0 These are well educated, middle to upper class white Republicans who are not Religious Conservatives – running against abortion and putting prayer back in schools gets you nowhere with those voters.<\/p>\n
So what is Rick Santorum’s key positions and why did he come out of nowhere to win in Iowa in the last few days?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The caucus system in Iowa does not require declaring your party ahead of time.\u00a0\u00a0 There is no\u00a0 race for Democrats as President Obama is unopposed.\u00a0\u00a0 You can’t ignore the possibility of Democratic meddling to push forward the least electable national candidate.<\/p>\n
Santorum’s key items that differentiate him from other Republicans:<\/p>\n
– he’s hard line anti-muslim
\n– he opposes same sex marriage and homosexuality in general
\n– he wants evolution taught in public schools using the inteligent design curriculum
\n– he believes Griswold vs Connecticut (CT had a law against the sale of condoms and other contraception) was decided wrongly by the 9 “unelected unaccountable” Supreme Court Judges.\u00a0\u00a0 The “right to privacy” in reproductive matters laid the foundation for the Roe v Wade decision which would extend that right to privacy to abortion
\n– he involves much stronger enforcement of the borders and making English the national language\u00a0 [Puerto Rico too?]
\n– He’s consistently pushed for regime change in Iraq, Syria and Iran
\n– Global Warming is “junk science” and we ned to Drill Drill Drill…
\n– the 2nd amemdment is an important tradition for hunters and fishermen
\n– he wants to bring back American Greatness by bringing back our industry [how?]<\/p>\n
http:\/\/support.ricksantorum.com\/issues<\/p>\n
So the stage has been set by the media.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “Real Conservative” Santorum vs mushy RINO Mormon New Englander Mitt Romney.<\/p>\n
Perry sounds like he is probably quitting.\u00a0\u00a0 Michele Bachmann will keep running until there is no money left to put gasoline in her car.\u00a0\u00a0 Newt is probably going to just stand out of the way and avoid the shrapnel for now and be the tortoise waiting fo the hares to get tired.\u00a0 Huntsman has been living in New Hampshire while the rest have been dancing in Iowa with people who don’t really count except to CNN and Fox News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
and why should you care? Probably most of the hard core people here already know, but it’s worth discussing since he just essentially tied Mitt Romney in Iowa.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rick Perry is going home to Texas, which\u00a0 I’m sure makes Glenn … Continue reading