Santorum and the Evangelical Civil War in Iowa

Big Government ^ | December 30, 2011 | Charles C. Johnson

[HereInTheHeartland]

I think these stories that “evangelicals” (what exactly does that mean anyway) all behave a certain way; are just a media created stories.
I would think most “evangelicals”; would want a candidate just like any other conservative wants. That is; give us a smaller less intrusive government but keep a strong defense.

If they truly thought Newt for example would get that done; then they would overlook his flaws for the greater good he could bring. Saving the country is the most important goal.

I don't see people voting for a Santorum or Bachmann just to make statement

[Sun]

Thanks for posting those articles because Romney, and Ron Paul, are the real enemies, as far as the primaries go.

Also, if Romney ever got the nomination (which I don’t think will happen, but it could), it will risk a 3rd party which is why I started this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2795881/posts

Just a guess, but I don’t think Ron Paul would run 3rd party, because he probably wouldn’t want to hurt Rand Paul. However, someone else might, like Donald Trump.

Happy New Year!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I don’t think Ron Paul would have ONE second’s doubt about doing a third party run — he doesn’t see himself as a party man (nor does his son Rand). To them, parties are the necessary path they need to position themselves. In my opinion, Donald Trump is an ad man for the Trump brand and will NEVER run for elective office.

Happy New Year!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Cincinatus' Wife.

Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, and Rick Santorum are all making a play for the social conservatives... Eight days ago Rick Santorum won the personal endorsements of two evangelical leaders -- Bob Vander Plaats, CEO of the Family Leader, and Chuck Hurley, President of the Iowa Family Policy Center. The endorsements may have been just enough to push Santorum up in the polls -- at Bachmann's expense. Vander Plaats asked Bachmann to drop out and endorse one of the social conservatives.

She's now angling for the VP nomination.

• All of the candidates except Gingrich, Romney and Paul should drop out before Iowa
• Fearing split, pastors urge GOP candidates to quit
• Pastors urge GOP candidates to quit (Bachmann or Santorum)

Good idea. While they're at it, all but two of the candidates should drop out, because the Republican vote just can't be split in tiny Iowa. WTH, more than *one* Republican candidate is redundant.

The Bachmann team is simply imploding with the defection of a top aide to the Ron Paul camp... Three new polls -- today's NBC/Marist poll, yesterday's Rasmussen poll, CNN/Time/ORIC poll -- show Santorum... in a three-way tie with Mitt Romney and Ron Paul.

Ron Paul's supposed polling numbers are agitprop -- he's the candidate favored by the partisan media shills -- iow, leftists who masquerade as journalists -- because they know he's not viable as a candidate, and want to push his viability as a way of tarring the entire Republican field, the entire Republican Party, ad self-identifying Republicans in general.

Despite his social conservative bona fides, Santorum was anything but a fiscal conservative, as Erick Erickson points out over at Red State.

Erick Erickson is shilling for Perry:

• Perry Campaign's Amateur Hour (Perry campaign coordinating with Redstate to trash Santorum)