what a Maroon... he wants to be more liberal to fix the problem.
Consider the source of this article. Yahoo. Are you kidding?
Hey Rick STAY HOME TAKE CARE OF YOUR KID ...AND...STFU!
I’m sure Rick sees it that way because of the way the class war mongers in this state cleaned his clock in the campaign against Bob Casey.
“...he does not see the base staying home in droves in 08 and 12.... “ absolutely true!!!
and absolutely insane!!!
What an idiot.
The GOP is useless as diseased road kill.
Anyone who DREAMS that that the GOP will save
America ought just offer to marry Romney or his dog.
Drivel…just plain drivel.
Rick, where in the Constitution does it authorize Fedzilla to take from one man and give to his fellow man?
“Some libertarian-leaning capitalists have become so frustrated with government that they want to eliminate federal agencies and officials responsible for enforcing the law.”
Agencies, laws and regulations that are unconstitutional to begin with.
However, I disagree that the Republican “base” stayed home in 2012.
4.2 million white voters stayed home in 2012 compared to 2008.
But, Mitt Romney got 1 million MORE votes than John McCain.
However, Obama’s vote total went DOWN 3.6 million in 2012.
Conclusion:
Essentially all the white voters who stayed home in 2012 voted for Obama in 2008.
As an incumbent Senator, he was kicked out of office by a larger margin than Christine O'Donnell lost her non-incumbent race by, Santorum lost by a whopping 17.3%
I don’t want to represent people who just want to know “I care about them”. Conservatives care more by protecting people’s FREEDOM! What is so hard about this Rick?
Santorum is also a former “Senate Loser”, in addition to a Presidential
Candidate.
“disconnected from most Americans, who didn’t think the Republican Party cared about them.”
Rick, you’re the one who is disconnected. Obamacare and jobs are the issue most Americans are worried about. Social issues, not so much.
Identity politics has to stop. Enough.
Contrary as always, I agree wholeheartedly with Mr. Santorum.
The Democrats stand for sex uber alles, ceaseless political correctness and unlimited government handouts, while the Republicans stand for business uber alles, for promoting global “democracy” via war (except when a Democrat is in office) and Randian objectivism, where individual selfishness is touted as the highest of virtues.
What Santorum is saying is that true conservatism begins at home with focus on our families, then how we must help our local business & communities prosper, then our counties...our states...and by doing so, better our entire nation.
We SHOULD care about American workers, be they union members or or not. Unions are an economic problem, to a certain extent, but Republicans have to learn to work within the infrastructure. The more Republicans vilify those American workers and export our economy overseas, while doing nothing about unfettered immigration, the more they sink into a hole out of which they won’t be able to climb.
Blue-collar Americans are more socially conservative than the welfare-class and the over-educated “elites.” We need them on our side!
People keep spouting that Santorum was a traitor because he supported Specter over Toomey. Well Specter is dead and Toomey opposes gun rights. Some great conservative Toomey turned out to be! Replacing Specter with Toomey was just replacing one wishy-washy senator for another.
Santorum was wrong about Zimmerman, but I agree with the him 90% of the time, which is more than I can say for many other Republicans. His stalwart support for social conservative positions shows him to be a man of honor.
It’s amazing that after the Lawrence v. Texas Supreme Court decision, Santorum was a hailed on this site as a hero for his prescience regarding the slippery slope that was to come. When he argued about the inhumanity of abortion, he cleaned Sen. Boxer’s clock on that issue, and again was widely praised.
Now he’s derided as a “RINO” because he understandably sees that the Republican party has a SERIOUS problem connecting to many middle-class working Americans. He is HATED here.
What the heck?
This man was demonized by the Democrats in the foulest way; just google his last name to see what it means to them!
I don’t care what the man said or believed before he was in office; as Senator he walked his pro-life/pro-family talk to the bitter end. His positions supporting the AMERICAN worker and his belief that we have to fix Social Security—as it is simply not tenable and will destroy the young working class—are more than enough reasons for conservatives to agree with him.
He’ll never be President; I know this. But he’ll always have my support.