[wardaddy]

I like rick but his lifetime acu is lower than newts

I know that like polls, folks here hate those unless they support their position

We need to congeal an anti romney sooner more than later

Folks....

[American Dream 246]

I am with you. I have no problem to see Santorum and family in the White House. I hope he wins if Sarah does not run.

[AuH2ORepublican]

So you’re surprised that the career ACU rating of someone who (i) served in the House for four years representing a heavily Dem district and served in the Senate for 12 years representing a slightly Dem-leaning state while always in a filibuster-susceptible majority (so GOP Senators often had to hold their noses and vote for imperfect bills) is a teensy bit lower than the career ACU rating of a House member from an overwhelmingly conservative district who served 16 years in the minority (with a huge Dem majority with no need to compromise) and then voted only sparingly when he got to the majority because, by tradition, the Speaker almost never votes? Well, I’m just surprised that their career ACU ratings are as close as they are.

You should compare Santorum’s vote ratings (not just from ACU, but from other conservative groups as well as from liberal groups) to those of other Senators serving alongside and see whether you still think his voting record wasn’t very conservative. Rick Santorum is not a perfect presidential candidate—no one is—but being insufficiently conservative is not one of his flaws.

[Prokopton]

like rick but his lifetime acu is lower than newts

Last year Gingrich was in Congress = 100%

Gingrich lifetime = 90%

Last year Santorum was in Senate = 96%

Santorum lifetime = 87%

I wouldn't make a big deal about these slight differences.