GOP presidential contender Rick Santorum held a gaggle with bloggers in Charleston, SC on the eve of the pivotal South Carolina Republican primary. The former Pennsylvania senator blasted the Iowa Republican Party for first emailing him with the news that he had won the Iowa caucuses, then backing away from that in public statements. Santorum singled out Iowa GOP chairman Matt Strong, calling his party’s process “at first disturbing, then frustrating” that the party called its caucus results “inconclusive” after informing him via email that he had won by 34 votes. He said that the Iowa GOP’s actions had hurt both his campaign and the caucuses themselves.
In the brief but wide-ranging conversation, Santorum said that asking questions about rival contender Newt Gingrich’s personal life are “fair game,” but said the national media have been “despicable” to Santorum for 15 years, and that they are “low lifes” for going into salacious detail about the former speaker’s private life.
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aid that in its present form, he would not vote for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). He said that he has not been fully briefed but has concerns about the bill, and also has concerns about piracy and protecting intellectual property on the Internet. He added that he “recoils” at the thought that some treat the Internet as a place where anything goes. He said he is concerned about the Internet’s effect on children, noting that he has seven children of his own.
Can he win the nomination without a “ground game?” Santorum said that the rules of campaigning have changed, and that money isn’t buying elections anymore because people aren’t getting their information from attack ads now. They are getting their information from blogs and other online venues. He said that he has a strong “virtual game,” singling out online activist Alice Linahan for helping him develop his online social media campaign. Santorum said that he “feels good” about the South Carolina primary, adding that he is the “only conservative” remaining in the race.
Santorum made his remarks to bloggers gathered at a blog bash organized by Texas conservative activist and strategist Ali Akbar.
These guys just do not do enough deep-thinking and writing, and so, have a lot of self-contradictions. Their positions are not consistent with each other, sometimes. Or maybe they just do not hear what they themselves are saying.
Santorum is the only sane, solid, non-flip flopper left in the race. The Left and the disgraceful media love flip-floppers which is why they love Gingrich and Romney. It’s a matter of principle. Without a foundation of rock solid Santorum abiding principles we’re building our future on shifting sands and we will soon enough be erroded into the ocean’s abyss. Bless Santorum and may God’s Providence shine on him and future of our country.
When the pundits are finally through making themselves the most important people in the room by analyzing ‘how’ things are said, they might, (but probably not) get around to ‘what’ is said in these debates. If people truly are concerned with getting this country back to work then Santorum’s specific ideas about bringing back manufacturing are the best presented. More manufacturing will also bring about more management jobs, more needs for insurance, more needs for healthcare- see a pattern yet? Sorry Kudlow, but Wall Street just doesn’t need another break.Which brings me to Romney- what concerns me about his taxes is that he seems to think it is Ok for him to pay a federal rate of 15% while job creators pay 35%. I am a capitalist that works seven days a week and I don’t begrudge the wealthy a dime- but isn’t it time to elect a principled man of the people? One that has a clue how tough it is outside the beltway- because my town doesn’t shine like Washington, D.C. We doen’t need any more establishment elitist types that ultimately always protect just themselves and their cronies. Trust is earned Good luck Rick- you have earned it
God really doesn’t want Rick Santorum to be US president – this couldn’t have worked out more poorly for him.
Don’t matter, his campaign was only about himself. Most grating, sanctimonious candidate I have ever seen, hope he drops out after tonight.
Couldn’t have worked out more poorly? Rick Santorum spent $30,000 in Iowa compared to the millions poured in by his competitors, and he won the race. I’d say that his campaign has gone far better than anyone predicted.
People say they are tired of “money” in politics, the mainstream media, and politicians who can’t get anything done in Washington. Then they flock to the people who have the “organization” to win (read: money), let the media spoonfeed them what to think about the candidates (i.e. Santorum is sanctimonious), and support candidates who propose things that won’t be accomplished in Washington (Santorum’s manufacturing plan is one that would actually pass Congress). Have you ever watched a Santorum town hall in its entirety? If you did, you would see this campaign is far from being about himself.
Pants on the ground in Iowa. Cracks of corruption are beginning to expose themselves, on both the right and left in Iowa.