I would vote for Newt or Santorum. My wife would vote for Romney or Santorum. We know a lot of conservative couples like us.
Men just can't trust Mitt because of his Massachusetts resume. Women just can't trust Newt because of his bimbo eruption resume. Except, of course, the very conservative women and the very liberal women who loved Bill Clinton and would never vote for Newt. Like it or not, that's the harsh reality.
Women just can’t trust Newt because of his bimbo eruption resume.
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Hopefully, those women will come to agree with other women that support Newt— the country needs the best leader now that will change the course of the country— and look beyond the irrelevancy and situational elements of the the past misfortunes in his personal life.
Newt did not have “bimbo eruptions.” He married his 30-something old high school teacher when he was 19, and it ended in divorce a number of years later; he married a woman who was clearly a nutcase, they were separated with an agreement that permitted them both to date other people, they got back together again, and then she called him on his birthday and told him that she was cleaning out the house and leaving and planned to take him for everything she could get. At that point, they did get divorced, and then he married his current wife, to whom he has been married for a good number of years. I would hardly call that “bimbo eruptions.”
I actually think that the problem with the women’s vote is that most women, including conservative women, are much more liberal and will gravitate towards the liberals in any race. Deep down inside, a lot of women are “compassionate conservatives,” they feel that the government should be “taking care of us,” and they will always go for the person who reflects those views.
Both Romney and Santorum are big government, compassionate conservative types, and I think that’s the secret of their appeal to women. Also, Santorum comes across as weak and immature, and there are a lot of women who like that.
That 19th amendment isn't looking like such a great idea, now is it?
Bimbo eruption? BS. He fell out of love with his wives, cheated and then fell in love with the women he cheated with and then married them. Doesn't make it right but it happens and it's not the same kettle of fish as Clinton's bimbos.
Santorum only got 39% of the female vote when he tried to get reelected, it seems that when voting takes place, he doesn’t do so well with females.
I was surprised to see that he badly lost the Catholic vote in 2006 as well.
This woman will be voting for Newt.
What bimbo eruptions? Newt has two failed marriages and one successful marriage. Seems pretty typically American to me.
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Santorum has his own problem with women.
In 2000, with an easy re-election to his second senate term, he still lost the women's vote in Pennsylvania. He was only saved by a huge margin with men of 57%. As it happens, W also won big with men (53%) no doubt helping Santorum down the ballot.
In 2006, with his infamous 18-point loss, Santorum lost 61% of women voters. Democrats know how to defeat him among women.
How did Santorum get elected to the Senate in 1994? Men and a higher than usual GOP turnout in Gingrich's Republican Revolution.
The above links are historical data and analysis, far removed from the 2012 campaign.
Santorum's election will depend on strong turn out of male voters and a GOP surge just as his two successful senate elections did.
Santorum would have to more than mirror with male voters Obama's appeal with women voters. Anything less and he's toast.
When he was "on his own" in 2006, he lost by a nearly historic margin.
Oddly enough we have a different presidential candidate who helped created just such a surge, one which swept Santorum into the Senate if only by a thin margin.