[fwdude]

Honestly, he’s better than most.

[LibFreeUSA]

He’s totally out of touch. An Arlen Specter supporter to the end. He’s a RINO once he gets into DC. The guy is very ‘establishment’ prone (with some hard-line conservative views, but another Sen HATCH!)

[bert]

no he isn’t. Rick is a loser, drab with no charisma.

He might make it in some advisory role, but not as chief executive.

[longtermmemmory]

not the sharpest tool in the shed.

[aumrl]

Honestly, he’s better than most.

So are most of the posters on FB.

I know I would fall short of 270

[Finny]

"What was my vision? I came to the uncomfortable realization that conservatives were not only reluctant to spend government dollars on the poor, they hadn’t even thought much about what might work better. I often describe my conservative colleagues during this time as simply ‘cheap liberals.’ My own economically modest personal background and my faith had taught me to care for those who are less fortunate, but I too had not yet given much thought to the proper role of government in this mission." [-----–Rick Santorum, p. IX It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good (2005)

Rick voted for raising the minimum wage SIX TIMES. Rick opposed cuts in food stamp programs. Rick LOVES BIG GOVERNMENT -- the only difference is that he wants to use it to do Christian acts of charity. THAT IS ANTI CHRISTIAN ultimately because when government usurps moral duties such as charity, it becomes AMORAL. Evil results -- such as we see now, generations of people living in sloth and promiscuity because WE the people are forced to support them via government "charity." Givers become slaves and receivers become entitled dependents; morality is completely erased from the equation.

Santorum is a STATIST at heart and my vote will go elsewhere if he is nominated. I refuse to vote FOR amorality and the evil it creates.

Rick just adds to the dog and pony circus. So now it's what -- SIXTEEN declared Republicans versus the Democrats' SEVEN?

The Republican party represents schizophrenia at its worst.

[Vigilanteman]

Yes he is. He consistently sided with Main Street against Wall Street when he was a U.S. Senator for two terms and a member of the House from my district before that. He was also the runner up in 2012 and a better choice than the finalist.

But he got beaten badly by an empty suit in 2006. Plus there are younger candidates and better choices who both cover his issues and stand a far better chance of winning ten years later.