Posted on 01/28/2016 12:20:48 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Rick Santorum was right on schedule, strolling into the Coffee Attic at 4 p.m. for his fifth event of the day. He shook hands, posed for pictures in his iconic grey sweater vest, and peered into the room where just a dozen potential voters were waiting to meet him.
"It's not as many as we'd like," admitted Andy Cable, a local Republican Party committeeman.
"We'll take what we have, and convert 'em into activists," Santorum said.
It took Santorum just 67 seconds to take a whack at Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, warning his audience that an anti-ethanol candidate was "in serious contention of winning the state of Iowa, if you believe the polls - which I do not." Without ever mentioning Cruz, Santorum went on to mock "tough guys" who "don't win fights" and explain why "on-the-job training doesn't work."
For the first time in the short history of Iowa's caucuses, two of its winners - 2012 victor Santorum, 2008 winner Mike Huckabee - were running against each other. Both men had seemingly been banished to irrelevance as a tireless and well-funded Cruz convinced scores of powerful social conservatives, everyone from James Dobson to Glenn Beck, that only he could win.
In the most recent Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll, the one that captured both men's winning surges, Cruz stood at 25 percent, Huckabee at 3 percent, and Santorum dead last at 1 percent. But Cruz is struggling to put away Donald Trump, and the one-time winners couldn't be happier about it.
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Santorum, Huckabee, Rubio,and Paul will be waiting.
We must be careful what we wish for.
PING
Once????
They’re both targeting Cruz.
Santrumpabee Sammich?
“Once also-rans” and now they stand at 3 & 1 percent? Just quit, guys, and stop making fools of yourselves. The only opening you see is the door to exit...
Santorum has a chance to show his legit VP credentials...
“See the egress. $1.” — P.T. Barnum
But Santorum and Huckabee are at the kiddie table, so have no opportunity to confront Cruz directly, in the debate.
“iconic grey sweater vest”
I thought it said “Sweaty” vest...lol
Ha! I’m NOT watching.
What really sealed it for me was when Businessman deal maker Trump who also owns Goldman Sachs stock
http://www.freerepublic.com/focua/f-news/3386879/posts
Here he sides with the GOPES and even advocates expanded mandated Ethanol because he thinks dumping this mandated junk inro your gas tank will help him carry IOWA . Which also begs the question of Just how heavily invested is he in Ethanol ?
Apparently those prefering a candidate that supports and wants more government mandates and subsides especially for a product like enthanol which is a boon doggle means nothing to them.
Well it does ro me....
Beside Cruz, Paul is the other candidate who opposes mandates and subsidies to Ethanol.
Really….THATS what matters to you……
Fair enough!
for the record, totally posted within FR…… flyaway stupid characters be damned.
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