Well Santorum won 3 states and that is why he stayed in the race. Gingrich needs to win 3 states on Super Tuesday to stay in the race. Let’s see if little Newt can achieve that. Winning Georgia is not enough. 3 state or out Newt. That is what Santorum achieved.
Well, not really. Those were non-binding processes. Santorum got ZERO committed delegates from those three states. In fact Missouri will chose their committed delegates via Caucus (another BAD process) at the end of this month...yeah, after Rick supposedly won them already.
Those caucus events can choose whomever they wish.
Santorum lacks humility, and his gratuitous "family values" spiel alienates A LOT of perfectly good, moral people who don't have families or who are not particularly family-oriented.
What, exactly, ARE "family values"?
Are they the same as Christian values, and if so, why not just say, Christian values? And IF so, how does the word "family" substitute for "Christian" -- does it mean that a person who doesn't have much or any family, is less Christian than the person who centers his/her whole life around his/her family?
Santorum says ludicrous things like "to have a strong national economy, we must have strong familes."
Think about, analyze, that statement: "To have a strong national economy, we must have strong families."
Really? Then why doesn't Ethiopia, or Mexico, or Italy, or any of a number of other nations where families are strong, have a strong national ecnomy?
Clearly, Santorum is being wholly gratuitous trying to connect family values with the economy, and he is being WRONG. But emotional people will only grasp the warm fuzzies of "family values" and miss completely that it's cotton candy fluff, and absurd spin as ONLY a consummate pandering politician can spin it.
Santorum makes a couple of things loud and clear. First, he is convinced that he is morally superior to me. Second, he thinks because I don't center my life around children and grandchildren, I'm a second-class citizens and therefore he doesn't need to address me or my concerns.
Newt Gingrich talks to EVERYONE. The solutions Gingrich proposes are directed to and will benefit EVERYONE, whether they're family-oriented or not. Newt doesn't schmooze with gratutitous nonsense like "family values." Newt knows he's a sinner and that he has no call to present himself as better in that regard than anyone else.
Your guy Santorum is a phony baloney who thinks he's MORALLY superior, and THAT, my FRiend, is unChristian. He is also a big government guy. Muster courage and READ about his record, then do the Christian thing and FACE IT, face the fact that Newt is EVERY BIT as good and moral a Christian as Santorum, but a much better political visionary.
Godspeed Newt Gingrich.
I'm starting to see why so many have views that differ from you. Using phrases like "little Newt" and such, while ignoring that your guy really has performed pretty bad in the locked in delegates area and his best arguments seem to ape Newt. I'm guessing you bought into all the trash talk about Newt and/or have a single-issue standard for who you'll support, or you wouldn't be so stuck on Rick.