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Is Santorum Viable?
Youtube ^ | 02/24/2012 | Tim Blessing

Posted on 02/29/2012 6:10:04 AM PST by Ryde

The Obama team may be thinking a Santorum candidacy is good for them, but they should be careful what they wish for. "A Santorum candidacy will very likely push the Obama team much harder than a Romney candidacy would."


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: primaries; santorum

1 posted on 02/29/2012 6:10:06 AM PST by Ryde
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To: Ryde

Please click on the Youtube upload for the piece.


2 posted on 02/29/2012 6:11:29 AM PST by Ryde (Post-modernism: good only for those who sleep in soft beds.)
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My sample size isn't that large, but I'll say this. I was listening to Rick's "moral victory" speech in Michigan last night...while I like his conservative values, he was a rambler when it came to speaking. I haven't heard a lot of his other speeches, but that one was particularly painful to watch.

Just my .02.

3 posted on 02/29/2012 6:14:32 AM PST by Lou L (The Senate without a filibuster is just a 100-member version of the House.)
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He is always difficult to watch—just ask the voters in Pa. about his last senate bid—largest loss of a sitting senator in history! His silly little buck toothed grin looks like he just broke wind and is blaming it on the guy next to him.


4 posted on 02/29/2012 6:24:20 AM PST by BTCM (Death and destruction is the only treaty Muslims comprehend.)
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That’s not saying a whole lot since a Romney nomination would hardly ‘push’ the Obama Administration on anything. The Romney campaign is standing in sand. His political past as a moderate (OK, Liberal) is going to make it impossible for Romney to gain any traction.


5 posted on 02/29/2012 6:33:54 AM PST by Tallguy (It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
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...just ask the voters in Pa. about his last senate bid—largest loss of a sitting senator in history!

Speaking as a Pennsylvanian, you can't underestimate the intelligence of the average PA voter. Add-in the fact that PA has the highest proportion of elderly this side of Florida, an you have a state where the Democrat "Playbook" works best. Scare 'em. Finally the vote fraud in Philadelphia is so bad that they don't even bother to hide it any longer. Black Panthers with night-sticks at the polling places, no problem! Just let a Republican canvaser stand an inch too close to a polling place on election day and the Dem committeemen will have him in court at the speed of light.

6 posted on 02/29/2012 6:39:52 AM PST by Tallguy (It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
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Interesting. I saw that what won PA for Obama was the fact that he won Philadelphia and the four counties around it by more than he lost the rest of PA by. Maybe everything west of Philly and those counties should secede.


7 posted on 02/29/2012 6:46:33 AM PST by Ryde (Post-modernism: good only for those who sleep in soft beds.)
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To: Lou L
I was listening to Rick's "moral victory" speech in Michigan last night...while I like his conservative values, he was a rambler when it came to speaking. I haven't heard a lot of his other speeches, but that one was particularly painful to watch.

I'm watching it right now. This is a very good speech.
8 posted on 02/29/2012 7:34:12 AM PST by Girlene
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As far as I'm concerned Romney would bring the GOP the same election disasters they had with Bob Dole and John McCain. I would hold my nose and vote for Romney as I did for McCain, as he would be infinitely better than Obama, but I fear the 2012 would be be a replay of 2008 with Obama again elected.

You would think the GOP leadership would get the hint that Romney who has been running for president since at least 2008 is a weak candidate among the rank and file GOP. Romney has spent millions setting up organizations in various states and then just squeaks by Santorum in his home state of Michigan, looses to Gingrich in South Carolina and looses to Santorum in Iowa when both Gingrich and Santorum had been written off and had neither Romney's money or organization. Romney just can't close the deal with GOP voters and I do not think his Obama lite politics will play all that well with the so called moderate voters and will be a bitter pill to swallow for most of the GOP base.

9 posted on 02/29/2012 8:27:09 AM PST by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other people's money" M. Thatcher)
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