Huh?
Even Southern rural Democrats are pleading with their party to shut up on the issues of God, gays, and guns, saying the Democratic Party loses elections all over the South by being on the wrong side.
Most Americans are not atheists. Most Americans are not (yet) pro-gay. Even in major urban areas, while most residents don't own guns, they don't want to take guns away from those who do.
Seems to me like Santorum is kicking the Democrats exactly where they need to be kicked by making these issues front and center.
Seems to me like Santorum is kicking the Democrats exactly where they need to be kicked by making these issues front and center.”
That is precisely Santorum’s strength. Remember, there are two kinds of indy voters. The fiscally “conservative” socially liberal. These are the indys who the media identify, and they of course voted obama.
But there are also the indys that the media ignores. These are the bitter clingers that have often voted Democratic...basically Reagan Democrats.
Santorum is doing great here, and will do great here. But he does need the other indys to win in November. If the campaign becomes, “Santorum wants your birth control” that is going to be hard to overcome. And that is where obama and Axelrod want the campaign to go.
Santorum’s strength is also his one weakness...perhaps, dare I say it, a blue blood fiscally conservative/socially ambivalent running mate might help. Reagan/Bush.
Santorum/Romney?
Oh my goodness. I said it. Many freepers will say under no circumstances. But many of them in other posts will also talk about how meaningless the VP slot is if held by a conservative. If it is meaningless for a conservative, then it is meaningless for a liberal. And again, the overriding objective (no...imperative) is to beat obama.
We shall see how this plays out...but I do agree with you that Santorum has a strength here that the media by its very nature is unable to recognize, seeing as the media is dominated by a bunch of fags and libertines who don’t own guns.
Well, I don’t agree. As long as Santorum sticks with anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage, he is on solid ground with conservatives and most people in general.
When he veers into talking about sex being for procreation and seeming to be against birth control, he will alienate all the women voters, even conservative ones.
Even the majority of Catholics use birth control.
Now, I know Rick didn’t actually say that, but he is giving that impression and needs to put a lid on it and sit on that lid.