Please tell us all why you favor Santorum. Is it that he’s the best anti-Romney we have at the moment? When you look at Santorum’s record, it’s anything but conservative. I think he’s probably better than Romney, but that may be a difference without a clear distinction. Then there’s Ron Paul, who, for all his years in Congress hasn’t passed anything. Sure, he’s a principled man, but he has done nothing to advance this country. He’s just a gadfly.
None of them are without problems and issues. I am split right now between Santorum and Newt. I would vote for either over Romney or Paul.
I would vote for any of those four over Obama.
Sadly, we do not have the true conservative remaining that we would all like at this point. I believe Santorum is fiscally and socially conservative enough to turn the tide back from what we are seeing. I believe his commitment to those principles is stronger than the others.
Newt can get people going and riled up and he has big ideas. He has accomplished some ood thoings in the past. But he is also suseptable to emotional influence and I have never been given an adequate (or actually, any) reason for his association with the politics of the third wave and his endorsement for and book signing for Toffler, who is as big a progressive as they come and who openly states the US Constitution is outdated and needs to be replaced. In fact, Newt made that man’s book, that stated as much, required reading for the freshmen GOP congressmen when he was speaker.
I’d like someone to ask him about that and see if he would repudiate it.
Romney has been all over the map in his political career. He is saying the right things now and I believe if we were to elect a strong Senate and House that he would absolutely follow through and be a decent president...but I do not want to risk that unless I have to because of his historical record.
Paul is absolutely constitutional and conservative on most all issues. I have known and respected him a long time. But his world view as regards Iran and other agressor nations is too lenient and although he would have a strong military and would definitely strike back hard at any attacker, I believe we would have to be attacked directly before he took appropriate action and with Iran that means we will potentially lose hundreds of thousands of Americans before he responds and I just cannot countenance that if I can avoid it.
America at the Crossroads of History
http://www.jeffhead.com/crossroads.htm