Santorum

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Here's a crazy thought . . . I think Santorum is in a better position to debate Obama than Romney.
 
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GAVol said:
Here's a crazy thought . . . I think Santorum is in a better position to debate Obama than Romney.
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He needs to tighten up his interviews if he is going to compete with Obama.

I remain frustrated at the inability of these candidates to clearly articulate their positions. Hopefully that will improve once the eventual nominee has nothing to focus on but Obama's record.
 
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Lexvol said:
He needs to tighten up his interviews if he is going to compete with Obama.

I remain frustrated at the inability of these candidates to clearly articulate their positions. Hopefully that will improve once the eventual nominee has nothing to focus on but Obama's record.
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Romney has been running for President for 5 years. If he hasn't articulated by now, it's not happening.
 
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Saw a poll the other day that amongst self-described conservatives in the past 6 months Romney has stayed exactly between 24 and 25 %, whereas the numbers for Santorum and Gingrich (and for awhile Perry) have risen and fallen and risen and fallen, pretty dramatically.

It seems obvious that Romney simply cannot do better than he is and has been doing with conservatives in the party. I'm sure if he's the nominee he'd get some bump in those numbers, but the reality is that any such support will be lukewarm, at best.

And new polls show Obama beating Romney now by 5 + points, and that his approval rating is now higher than it has been in 18 months.

Those in the prospective GOP field who thought better of getting into the race this year and decided instead to wait for 2016, may have the last Republican laugh.
 
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Still don't understand how someone can logically come to the conclusion that being gay is a choice and, therefore, immoral and wrong. Excuses and petty hatred. I'll let y'all know on VN the minute that I choose to be sexually attracted to a man.

If you can admit that you have no logical reason why, thats fine...at least you can admit it.
 
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LOL, Cato Institute Vice President Gene Healy says Rick Santorum is "libertarianism's sweater-vested arch-nemesis."
 
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GAVol said:
Here's a crazy thought . . . I think Santorum is in a better position to debate Obama than Romney.
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I actually agree. Anything romney criticizes obama for can be turned back on him, because chances are hes probably supported the same thing at some point
 
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milohimself said:
I actually agree. Anything romney criticizes obama for can be turned back on him, because chances are hes probably supported the same thing at some point
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Exactly . . . and then Obama will turn Romney into a living billboard as he rants about effective tax rates, millionaires and obfuscates on personal tax rates vs. cap gains.
 
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GAVol said:
Exactly . . . and then Obama will turn Romney into a living billboard as he rants about effective tax rates, millionaires and obfuscates on personal tax rates vs. cap gains.
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That leaves all the GOP candidates between a rock and a hard place, then. There's that with Romney, Newt is damaged goods at this point and Santorum is palatable by most of the base but I don't see how he's going to pick up enough independent voters to have a chance.

I know I've said this before, but this is reminding me more and more of the '04 election with the roles reversed, when Democrats were saying "W should have been the easiest incumbent ever to beat, and John Kerry, Howard Dean and Dennis Kucinich are the best we come up with?!"
 
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milohimself said:
That leaves all the GOP candidates between a rock and a hard place, then. There's that with Romney, Newt is damaged goods at this point and Santorum is palatable by most of the base but I don't see how he's going to pick up enough independent voters to have a chance.

I know I've said this before, but this is reminding me more and more of the '04 election with the roles reversed, when Democrats were saying "W should have been the easiest incumbent ever to beat, and John Kerry, Howard Dean and Dennis Kucinich are the best we come up with?!"
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Funny that you brought up 2004 because that's exactly the type of campaign Santorum will run. Bush didn't appeal to independents, Karl Rove shoveled red meat at the base.
 
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