[tsowellfan]

In a race between Mitt Romney and John McCain for the 2008 GOP Nomination, who would you call the “true conservative” of that race after it became clear it was a two man race?

If I were a politician who stands on principles I would not have endorsed either. It was a primary and no endorsement required. And if I did make the stupid decision to endorse Mitt Romney I would have not gone as far as claim he is a "real conservative".

I would not have endorsed any of them.

[parksstp]

ok, put yourself in Santorum’s shoes for a minute:

You are serving in the US Senate, with John McCain. You’ve gotten to witness first hand McCain’s actions, leadership, etc (McCain/Feingold, Gang of 14, McCain/Kennedy, Opposing the Bush Tax Cuts). You’ve really, really, grown to dislike McCain over your tenure in the Senate and agree with Thad Cochrane when he says “the thought of him being President sends shivers up my spine”.

Now witnessing that first hand, are you going to sit by and let McCain grab the nomination or are you going to do something about it.

That’s what and why Santorum did and said what he did in 2008.

[caww]

Turnout for Tuesday’s Illinois primary in Chicago was a meager 24 percent, ........officials said..... It was the lowest turnout for a presidential primary in the past 70 years.

Looks like nobody else wanted to vote for any of them either with only 24% coming out.