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Jobless people are more inclined to be repulsed by treatise bearers lecturing against contraception.

I don’t understand why Santorum couldn’t manage the issues that will determine the next president, and run on those.

For the most part, he hasn't been the one to raise those issues. However, his problem is that he believes right down to his core in the immorality of some actions, and can't help but confirm them when asked. And more importantly, he doesn't even say that those kind of issues aren't the business of government, because I don't think he really believes it.

I met the guy at an event about two years ago, when he was barely a blip on the 2012 calendar and was schlepping around meeting with groups he thought would be receptive. My group was about 25 people, and he was there for a couple of hours. The one thing I got from him was the absolute core conviction that he believes this nation's crisis is fundamentally a moral one, and moral in the religious sense, not just hard work, etc.

The problem is that I'm not sure all that many Americans want to be preached to about their morality by any politician. Personally, I think the role of the government should be to set up a system that, by natural operation, rewards (or at least doesn't punish), people who engage in the "right" behaviors, and doesn't bail them out for poor moral choices. But other than that, I really don't want to hear it.

I share the views of Rick Santorum to every crossed “t”.

I would not run on those views, understanding that the indoctrinated American voter does NOT share those views, but I would try to govern with those views where I could, where I might be able to influence direction, or, a redirection.

Why give away your location? I just don’t get it. No experienced pol’ would do that.

The only possible reason I can come up with is that Rick is simply working over the conservative electorate to smarmy them.

He seems to be laying so much extraordinarily conservative/religious smoke, hopin that it’s enough cover to hide and delay an inspection of his moderate/liberal legislative record, and his union sympathetic votes, and interests.

After all, where was all this family agenda of his when he was in office?

Crickets.

The one thing I got from him was the absolute core conviction that he believes this nation's crisis is fundamentally a moral one, and moral in the religious sense, not just hard work, etc.

Thanks for that revealing that. That convinces Santorum might just be the man to make the changes necessary to get the nation back on track.

The one thing I got from him was the absolute core conviction that he believes this nation's crisis is fundamentally a moral one, and moral in the religious sense, not just hard work, etc.

Sounds like our Founders:

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

― John Adams