For almost a year all we have heard is that Mitt Romney is Inevitable, the most Electable, the Only one that can beat Obama because he can win Moderates. The GOP Establishment and the Media have force fed this propaganda to us that people have actually started to believe it. The question is though is it True or just hype? Lets find out.

Thus far in the Primary race Mitt Romney has won New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Massachussetts which are four Northeastern Liberal states that no matter who the GOP candidate is none of them will carry those states.  Romney also won Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona, and Nevada; four states with heavy Mormon populations and in AZ he benfited from early voting. With exception of Nevada any GOP candidate would carry these states and Nevada is likely to go to the GOP regardless of who the nominee is. Romney won Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Guam, Virgin Islands, and Mariana Islands; with exception of Hawaii none of those territories will be voting in November and Hawaii isn't going Red anytime soon. Romney won Alaska a state any GOP candidate will carry but if you take Newt out of the equation Rick Santorum wins the state. The same goes for Michigan and Ohio two states Romney narrowly won but wouldn't have if Newt weren't in the race, take Newt out and Santorum wins both swing states hands down. Mittens won Washington state another state no GOP will carry. Romney won Virginia but only Ron Paul opposed him on the ballot everyone also was DQ'd by the Romney machine so that win is a joke. Finally we have Florida and Illinois in both Romney benefitted from early voting and in the latter it was also an open primary meaning non Republicans could vote in it.  No Republican will carry Illinois in the fall and any GOP candidate can win Florida. As you can see Romney only has won in states with heavy mormon population, moderate/liberal blue states, states with early voting and/or open primaries plus he has narrowly won 3 states due to the conservative vote being divided. When you examine most of these "wins" you see Romney only wins in big cities and not in more rural areas, basically he wins like a Democrat. More importantly lets look at where Romney has lost. Romney lost Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado, Tennesse, Alabama, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Mississippi, and Kansas to Rick Santorum the first four states are swing states and Romney lost two of them handily, one unexpectedly, and Iowa narrowly, no Republican has won Minnesota in decades but it remans a swing state and Romney finished 3rd place there. The remaining states are guarranteed to go to the GOP regardless yet Romney got trounced in Kansas, and finished 3rd in AL and MS.  This is evidence that Romney has a real problem winning outside of Liberal/moderate states in the North east and west coast, an even worse problem securing Very conservative voters. This is a huge problem if Romney becomes the nominee and really brings the question of whether Mitt is truly electable to the fore front. Now lets examine what makes a candidate "electable".

*Message-An electable candidate has a message that resonates with the base.
*Messenger-The candidate has to be an effective messenger for their message and gain traction.
*Authenticity-For a candidate to be electable they must be believable and sincere in their beliefs. A Republicam needs to be authenitcally conservative. This requires Consistancy and Conviction.
*Grassroots Support-Without the backing of grassroots conservatives you aren't going to win.
*Energy-An electable candidate has to have energy behind him from the base.
*Inspiring-The candidate must be able to inspire his supporters with his message whenever he speaks.
*Draw Crowds-You obviously need to be able to draw enthusiastic crowds wherever you go.
*Money-Any GOP candidate has to be able succeed while being outspent because in the fall Obama will have the advantage. He will need conservative donors behind him.
*Clear Contrast-An electable candidate MUST be able to draw a clear contrast with Obama on the issues.

How does Mitt Romney score? He may have the most Money in the primary but he flunks in every other category. His message changes depending on the crowd, he is ineffective at delivering it, he is not authentic because of his policy flip flops which also means he can't make a clear contrast. He has no core convictions thus doesn't have grassroots support, energy, inspiration, nor can he draw crowds. Mitt Romney is thus UNELECTABLE. Don't believe me just ask the previous four Moderate "electable" candidates how they faired in the General election.

Gerald Ford: became President after Nixon resigned won the nomination over Reagan in 1976 was deemed most electable because he could win moderates. Result-Ford was trounced in the General election by Liberal wingnut Carter.

George H.W. Bush: Was given the benefit of the doubt in 1988 as Reagan's VP and was elected President over Dukakis but in his first term he proved to be a moderate breaking campaign promises. Yet again was the establishment choice even back in 1980. Finally got his chance without any Reagan effect in his re election 1992. Result-Got trounced by scandal ridden Bill Clinton.

Bob Dole: Another moderate hand picked by the establishment to be the GOP nominee. The former Senate Leader faced a very damaged, weak, scandal ridden President Clinton. Should be easy pickings right? Especially after such a huge mid term win. Result-Dole got beaten bad and Clinton was re elected in 1996.
Seeing a trend yet? Three Moderates faced easily beatable Liberal opponants but all three got trounced. Not convinced yet?

In 2008 after 8 years of George W. Bush. From Iowa on we were told that McCain was the most "electable". Thus John McCain marched on to the nomination with hardly a challenge. Meanwhile the Democrats bypassed presumed bland candidate Hillary Clinton for the "exciting" newcomer and relative unknown Barack Obama who had next to nill experience. Should have been easy pickings but we had very dull, very, stiff, unauthentic John McCain as our nominee too timid to really go after Obama. The selection of Sarah Palin as VP energized the base but following the economic collapse and McCain's fumbles and stumbles afterward and his complete failure to display any leadership reminded people why they didn't like McCain. Add to that McCain's complete mishandling of Palin allowing her to be thrown to the wolves unprepared inexcusable. Result-McCain lost badly in a huge Democrat wave. Would have been worse minus Palin. What do these four have in common? They were all Moderate GOP establishment choice candidates deemed "electable" by the media and the party elites. As soon as they wrapped up the nomination the media turned on them and destroyed them. They all faced beatable opponants but got beaten. Why? They were moderates and thus flunked in all categories above despite having the GOP machine behind them, they didn't have the support of the Conservative base who stayed home each time.  
 
Thus far in the 2012 race Conservatives have desparately been seeking a standard bearer not named Romney; Bachmann, Perry, and Cain have all fallen. Now only Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum remain to oppose Romney. If you look at every state outside of the most Liberal Blue states and Virginia the Conservative vote exceeded Romney everywhere. If Conservatives were united Romney wouldn't be squeeking by and running away with the nomination. Clearly conservatives don't want Romney and aren't enthusiastic or energized by him as the potential candidate. Those voting for him now most of them that are do so not because they like him or believe in him but because they believe the media hype that he is the most electable. Blinded by desparation to oust Obama some people are voting for the least electable candidate. What makes anyone believe that 2012 will change the trend of moderate losers?  Answer: He is not expected to just as in 2008 they pro Obama media is leading us to the most beatable candidate. The only difference this year is that because Romney has run a very aggressive, underhanded, dirty campaign thus far, there will be alot of bitterness and distaste should he become the nominee a disaster of epic proportions looms.

Barack Obama is the worst President in recent memory, his favorability ratings are low and with a bad economy, high gas prices, and poor leadership in foreign affairs. It should be easy to pick a principled conservative candidate following the Reagan model right? You would think so, but the establishment is hell bent on forcing unelectable moderate Romney upon us, people like sheep are falling for the Romney Most Electable lie like they did in 2008, and Newt Gingrich who is clearly no longer viable for the nomination refuses to exit the race and continues to divide the vote. Then you have Ron Paul out there playing the role of hammer for Romney and playing games with the delegates in caucus states in an attempt to override the will of the people that clearly don't want him.  It is clear who Romney's top rival is for the nomination and that is Rick Santorum. If we want to end this chaos and prevent an impending disaster in November I ask Conservatives and all Republicans to Unite behind the Only candidate that can win Rick Santorum!

With Rick's wins in Kansas, Mississippi, and Alabama over the past week and his likely win in the Missouri Caucus tomorrow where he won a primary over a month ago, it has become extremely evident that Rick Santorum is the Conservative Choice. While we have the so called front runner going around talking about his perceived "inevitability" and delegate math this being the GOP Elites chosen one Mitt Romney.  And then we have Newt Gingrich who saw his Southern Strategy burst right before his eyes in the last two weeks as Rick Santorum won every Southern state other than Gingrich's Georgia, he is going around talking about being the tortoise, that he wants to change Washington, making promises of $2.50 per gallon gas and 4.2% unemployment while totally ignoring the fact that he has no chance of winning this nomination. His supporters now seem bent on a brokered convention, which as I have already stated is a bad idea. We have also had Romney insist that Newt and Rick drop out so he can wrap this nomination up, we have also had Newt state that Mitt should drop out, just like he has asked Rick to in that past, Rick Santorum has yet to call on anyone to drop out of the race. Those around Rick may desire for Newt to drop out so as to unite the Conservative vote, but Rick hasn't done so himself. So we have Mitt arrogant and smug thinking he is inevitable and that we should just accept it and get on with his coronation as the nominee, then we have Newt desparate and delusional thinking he is still relevant when at this point he is just assuring that the Massachusetts Moderate wins, and finally we have Ron Paul who is totally irrelevant at this point and is running out of caucuses to campaign in. While his 3 opponants are using their time either being a bully or making empty promises or struggling to stay relevant Rick is campaigning and energizing the Republican Conservative base with his vision and plan for America. Lets take a look at Rick Santorum's Plan for America:

HealthCare
Unlike two of his opponants Rick Santorum never supported an Individual mandate for health insurance. First Rick will repeal Obamacare before anything else is done. Then Rick Santorum will implement his Free Market Conservative Plan for Healthcare that is bottom up rather than top down. Rick believes in Health Savings Accounts, buying insurance across state lines which creates more competition, and of course tort reform. All of these solutions will bring down the costs of Health Insurance in this country without the overbearing burden of government bureaucracy getting in the way. The rest of Rick's plan on Healthcare involves entitlement reform of Medicare/Medicaid.

Energy Independence
Rick yet again differs from his opponants as he never supported a Carbon cap and never bought into the myth of Man made Global Warming. Rick Santorum believes that in order for America to succeed we NEED to be Energy Independant. To accomplish this he would open up ANWR, the Bakken, offshore, etc for drilling and production. Second he would allow for hydrofracking wherever possible. Next Rick would see to it that more Refineries are built in this country so we can start refining our own oil. Rick would tap every oil and gas source we have while ending government subsidies including to ethanol something that Rick differs on with two of his opponants who would continue such subsidies. Rick also believes in Coal and nuclear power for our electricity needs. The very first thing Rick would do on energy is get that Keystone Pipeline built and flowing. It is time we stop depending on nations that hate us for our energy and become Energy Independent. Rick believes this and he doesn't need to make typical campaign promises like "$2.50 per gallon gas" to do it. Sayings like that are campaign slogans, promises that aren't meant to be kept because one can't control what happens. With Rick's plan in action I dare say we will see gas prices a heck of alot lower than $2.50 per gallon. Under a Rick Santorum administration Energy Independence will be achieved.

Educational Freedom
On Education Rick Santorum supports a limited Federal role, putting the power back in the hands of the consumer which are the Parents. Lifting mandates that make it difficult at the state and local level. Rick believes that education decisions should start with the parents, then involve the local, and state governments in that order. Rick believes personalizing education to the student and giving parents more options of where to send their child to school. One of the main reasons Rick voted for No Child Left Behind in the first place was his amendment which passed 91-8 to teach Intelligent Design in schools. In a Santorum administration Students would be the priority not the Teachers Unions and the Federal Bureaucracy.
As for Higher Education Rick believes in embracing all forms of it whether its trade school, job training, 2 year community college, undergraduate studies, joining the military, getting a job, and yes even the 4 year Universities. Once again he doesn't believe in the Federal Government having a large role in education at any level. Rick is absolutely correct in his assessment of the majority of College and University campuses that they are nothing more than Left Wing Indoctrination Centers designed to indoctrinate the youth into Leftist Secular Ideals and break them of their Faith and Traditions.  This is why Rick's focus on Faith and Family is so important as we need to build a solid foundation of moral values in children and ecourage them to pursue whatever they desire for higher education not just 4 year schools and better prepare them for the bombardment to come at such Universities. In summary Rick supports Educational Freedom that empowers parents and students to make the choices best for them rather than a one size fits all approach  that we have been using and has been failing. It is time for School and curriculum choice.

Immigration
Once again Rick stands alone on an issue of importance. While Newt and Romney pander for votes stating that they would sign a version of the Dream Act which makes them no better than Obam on this issue. Rick Santorum supports enforcing the immigration laws which have not been enforced in years. He is bold with his words when he calls all "undocumented" aka Illegal Immigrants what they are-Criminals! he boldly states that they didn't just commit one crime, if they have been here for 20+ years they have commited numerous crimes; from social security fraud, identity theft, etc. Rick Santorum is not going to be lenient on criminals no matter how old they are. So while Newt would give a free pass to a Grandma that came here illegally, is likely using a stolen social security number and collecting benefits illegally from the government, Newt would give her a pass. And Romney believes in "self deportation". Rick simply believes in enforcing the laws and not punishing states like Arizona or doing the Federal governments job for them.
And breaking from the misconception that Republicans are anti immigrant; Rick Santorum the son of an Italian Immigrant believes in a vibrant legal immigration process and people seeking better opportunities in America. Which is why enforcing the law is so important so as not to disenfranchise those that play by the rules and become a citizen the right way.

Taxes and Spending
Rick unlike his counterparts never supported the Bailouts or the Obama Stimulus spending binges. And as mentioned earlier Rick never supported Cap and Trade or Individual Mandates for Health Insurance both of which include new taxes in them.  Rick supports cutting taxes and slashing spending in order to balance the budget. Rick's platform on Taxes includes two Income Tax rates of 10% and 28%, simplifying the tax code to just 5 deductions(Healthcare, Housing, Pensions, Children, and Charities), he would permanantly eliminate the Death(estate) Tax and marriage penalty tax, would increase the child tax credit and triple the individual child deduction while also making larger families eligable for such credits. This is part of Rick's focus on Families. Rick would eliminate the AMT(Alternative Minimum Tax, Reduce Capital Gains and Dividends taxes to 12%, eliminate the cap on deductions for losses incurred in the sale of a house, increase the Research & Development Tax Credit from 14% to 20%  making it permanent to rejuvenate innovation in America, and eliminate the tax on repatriated taxable corporate income invested for manufacturers equipment ,with5.25% corporate tax rate on other repatriated income invested in the USA, and 100% expenses for new business equipment. The part of Rick's plan talked about most that the Wallstreet Journal dubbed "Supply Side Economics for the Working man" Rick will cut the Corporate Tax rate in half from 35 % to 17.5% which by far more ambitious than Romney's plan to cut it to 25%, but to make it even bolder Rick reduces the Corporate Tax rate on Manufacturers to 0% thus eliminating it completely for them and allowing American manufacturers to compete on a more even playing field with their foreign counterparts, this also will bring jobs in the manufacturing sector back to America. This one componant of his plan makes it bolder than anyone elses and just what America Needs to get back on track. And of course he will make Bush's tax cuts permanant first and then implement his bold Tax Reform Plan. This tax plan will result in increased tax revenue  due to an increased tax base because of job growth in our economy as a result of Rick's Tax cuts and other reforms.

Tax cuts are just one part of Rick's plan to Balance the Budget. The second part involves spending cuts. First Rick Santorum would push for a Balanced Budget Amendment. Second Rick has pledged $5 Trillion dollars of real cuts over 5 years, when I say real cuts I mean actual cuts in spending not in the rate of growth like we have gotten the last 3 years. To accomplish this aside from passing the BBA which caps spending at 18%, Rick will implement Strong America Now  through the Lean Six Sigma management process as a key engine for cutting government waste and improving efficiency,
immediately reduce non-defense discretionary spending to 2008 levels with across the board spending cuts, freeze defense spending levels for 5 years rejecting automatic cuts, and freezing spending levels for social programs for 5 years such as Medicaid, Housing, Education, Job Training, and Food Stamps, time limit restrictions, and block grant to the States like in his successful Welfare Reform. During those five years Rick Santorum will be working on the most crucial part of his plan and that is Entitlement reform which will bring the spending levels on these programs under control and allow us to Balance our Budget as well as possibly see real surpluses in the future.

In Conclusion
Rick Santorum's vision for America is all about Faith, Family, and Freedom. His plan provides choices and freedom for families, it takes the government boot off the neck of Americans and companies. Rick's plan is Bold and Courageous and focused on Job Growth for America. Rick's vision, provides a bright one for America's future. If you are looking for a candidate that can stand out in contrast from Obama and that has a Bold vision and Leadership on the issues....Vote Rick Santorum in 2012 

Newt Gingrich CAN'T WIN! He mathetically has zero shot at the nomination, the sooner he and his supporters accept this fact the better. Even if Newt wins both Mississippi and Alabama tomorrow he still will finish the month with no more than 180 and Rick will hit 330, while Mitt because of Newt's presence will hit 570. After Louisiana on the 24th there is no Southern Primary until May 8th in North Carolina in which Rick currently leads according to polls. All Primaries after April 1st are Winner take ALL which means 3rd and 4th place finishes that Newt has been getting won't cut it. By the time May rolls around because of Newt, Romney would have 785 delegates while Rick would have 450, and even assuming Newt wins NC that give him 235, Romney would win West Virginia and Indiana because of Newt giving him 862. with less than 700 delegates left at that point unless Newt finally dropped out Romney would be the nominee for sure. The longer Newt stays in the more likely Romney wins the nomination. Newt's last hoorah should have been Super Tuesday, the fact that he remains, leaves me to question why? When he himself called on Rick to do the same back in January when Rick had no reason to do so at the time but Newt does, he is way down in delegates, the polls, and support yet he won't take his own advice. Is it ego or pride? Or was he bought by Romney? No Matter what it is,. all he is doing at this point is divide the conservative vote. That's what happened in Michigan, Ohio, and Alaska. If we aren't careful it can happen elsewhere. Rick's decisive win in Kansas should prove how much this truly is a two man race now. So I implore Gingrich supporters to please stop enabling Newt. If you don't want Romney and want a candidate with morals, a strong economic plan, and can beat Obama; Pick Rick Santorum 2012

NEWT GINGRICH
Lets start by examining Newt Gingrich.   Speaker Gingrich loves to brag about being a conservative firebrand reformer in the 1990's when he was Speaker of the House from 1995 through 1998. Is he telling the truth? Lets find out where Newt really stands on the most important issues.
HEALTHCARE MANDATES
Newt Gingrich like Barack Obama supports an Individual Mandate for Healthcare Insurance as far back as 1993 through to as recently as this year. He still believes in  and I quote "Must Carry or mandatory Health Insurance or you can pay a $100K or $150K bond instead. Either way no Free Riders"  Newt also expressed suppport for Mitt Romney's Healthcare plan in Massachussetts. How is this different than Obama's mandate to have Health Insurance or pay a fine?
Answer: It's Not! 
                                                                       
http://www.weeklystandard.com/keyword/individual-mandate

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/10/santorum-blasts-gingrich-over-romneycare/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204296804577123043147395330.html

GLOBAL WARMING and CAP AND TRADE
Newt believes in Man Made Global Warming he went as far as to sit on a couch with Nancy Pelosi talking about what to do about Climate Change. He voted for a Cap and Trade program for Carbon. He believes in Green energy like Ethanol and in subsidies for energy. Again how does this really differ from Obama on this subject? Answer: It Does Not!

http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hank/111212

GUN CONTROL 
Newt supported the Lautenberg Gun Ban and numerous other Gun Control legislation on numerous occassions. Yet again how does this differ from Obama? Answer: It Does Not!

http://www.nationalgunrights.org/the-inconvenient-truth-about-newt/

DREAM ACT/AMNESTY
Newt Gingrich is supportive of the Dream Act with a Military Componant for young illegals. The Dream Act is basically Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants. Obama has been pushing for the Dream Act with this componant and an education componant for four years. Newt during the Florida debate back in January stated that he would sign the Dream Act with this Military componant. I have to ask again do you see a difference between Newt and Obama on this issue? Answer: No Not Much!

http://www.boston.com/Boston/politicalintelligence/2012/01/newt-gingrich-endorses-modified-dream-act-bill/kOy6ds0ghw8CJGNTllRjJM/index.html

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/23/gingrich-says-dream-act-with-military-aspect-ok/

http://www.policymic.com/articles/newt-gingrich-goes-against-gop-favors-dream-act

TARP BAILOUTS
Newt started out opposed but after about a week he switched his position because quote "business leaders told him it was a crisis". This wouldn't be the first time Newt supported bailouts.  In 2008 then Senator Obama voted for TARP and continued the program as President. Do you see a difference between Newt and the President? I don't.

http://theiowarepublican.com/2011/newt%E2%80%99s-justification-for-supporting-tarp/

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/9587-newt-gingrich-the-qanti-romneyq-or-the-qother-romneyq

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/09/gingrich-now-ba/

OBAMA STIMULUS
Most surprising of all is that Newt praised aspects of the Obama Stimulus, specifically spending on you guessed it healthcare. I'm sorry but this is a double whammy of Bad for Newt. I for one can't see ever supporting someone that could praise one letter of the monstrosity that was the Obama Stimulus. Do you see a difference? I am starting to see a pale clone.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/newt-i-applaud-president-obama-for-health-care

http://www.boston.com/Boston/politicalintelligence/2011/12/gingrich-stimulus-support-benefited-his-consulting-clients/IoXiAqmY1h1A74SYCwckdJ/index.html

ETHANOL SUBSIDIES
Ethanol a tenant of Obama's Green Energy Initiative and Newt not only is one of the few GOP supporters of it but one of his biggest supporters is an ethanol company that big shocker receives subsidies. This to me is another example of Newt's penchant for Green/Enviroment policies. This also smells of a potential Solyndra situation. Can we really afford to have a candidate that favors such things? Answer: A Resounding NO!!!!!

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/12/gingrich-backed-by-ethanol-lobby-supports-subsidy.php

http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/6175-ethanol-subsidies-newt-gingrich-and-the-2012-election

http://www.omaha.com/article/20111102/NEWS01/711029885

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704698004576104682930044012.html

ENTITLEMENT REFORM
Newt just last year blasted the Paul Ryan Medicare Reform plan as and I quote "Right Wing Social Engineering". This cut the Ryan Plan off at the knees and essentially killed it. A GOP candidate that did this should have been long gone yet somehow Newt has managed to double talk his way into people's good grace's. Well perhaps people need a reminder. Obama also opposed such reforms to entitlements. I view this as a betrayal.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2011/12/13/newt-gingrich-describes-paul-ryans-entitlement-reforms-as-suicide/

SOCIAL ISSUES
Newt is pretty much Pro Life and opposed to gay marriage, but he has been wishy washy on the former once supporting abortions in cases of rape, incest, etc. and he did not fight to end funding to famiy planning funds. On the latter he has a family member that is gay and has criticized conservatives on how they talk about the issue. He also has supported stem cell research in the past. On these issues Newt isn't as bad as other Republicans but he also isn't the strongest advocate for them.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/gingrich-had-no-problem-with-stem-cell-research-a-few-years-ago/2011/12/08/gIQAUszchO_blog.html

BUDGETS
Newt likes to brag that he balanced the budget for 4 straight years which were FY's 1997-2000. There are two major problem's with this assertion. First is that two of the years he is taking credit for he was no longer Speaker since he was ousted in 1998 before FY 1999's budget was put forward. The second problem is that during all 4 years the national debt went up. How is this possible if we balanced the budget and had supposed surpluses? I will tell you what happened there was no surplus that magically disappeared when George W. Bush took office and there was no balanced budget not really. What happened was that the Trust Funds that held surpluses and were supposed to be held in "Trust"-I am talking about Social Security, Military Retirement, etc,-were raided by Clinton and Newt Gingrich so they could balance the budget, only they used clever accounting gimmicks to hide the fact that they did this, so these trusts still show that this money that has already been spent is still in the trusts thanks to the double counting that Paul Ryan once spoke of on the Congress floor, but in reality all that is there are IOU's which are worthless and now that more baby boomers are retiring and there will more retired then are working the Social Security Trust will see deficits and is in serious trouble solvency wise if something isn't done. So while Newt takes credit and loves to brag about this "accomplishment" remember the high price we paid as a country. With corrupt scheme's like this is it any wonder why Newt's favorite President is FDR.

http://www.craigsteiner.us/articles/16

CONCLUSION
Newt is no different then Obama on the key issues of the day, how can we expect such a poor contrast to our current President to beat the incumbant? Debate skills and shiney rhetoric only get you so far in a Presidential Election especially when you are a Republican and you are running against an Incumbant even one who is as unpopular as Obama. You got to remember Obama has the whole media, his billion dollar campaign machine, the Unions/Special Interests, Hollywood, and his Super PACS behind him. Plus he is the President so he can go on TV anytime he wants.  Newt has baggage, is weak on the important issues, and he has a next to nill shot at the nomination at this point. I think I will pass on Newt.

RICK SANTORUM
Finally we have Rick Santorum who unlike Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich has always opposed Individual Mandates, Cap and Trade, The Bailouts, The Obame Stimulus, Gun Control, Ethanol Subsidies, and Amnesty.  Rick has always been Pro Life and Opposed to Gay Marriage and Stem Cell Research on Embryos. Rick has always supported Entitlement reform and even led the way on Welfare Reform in the Senate, plus he attempted to do the same for Social Security. When Newt and Clinton were raiding the Trusts including Social Security, Rick voted for a measure to preserve Social Security and the others and prevent such actions. Rick has for over 20 years championed conservative causes and would clearly make the best contrast to Obama.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBg3Mvi-iDw

http://www.ontheissues.org/Rick_Santorum_AE.htm

http://republican2012.org/issues/162-rick-santorum-on-the-issues.html

http://2012.republican-candidates.org/Santorum/

http://www.ricksantorum.com/why-rick

http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/11/04/rick-santorum-right-issues

Rick Santorum had a HUGE Night on Super Tuesday!
Rick won Tennessee and Oklahoma two Southern States and he won them handily. Then he pulled off a win in North Dakota and came within a hair of winning Ohio. Rick Santorum solidified himself as the conservative front runner last night. As he now has won in 7 states and he also finished a strong 2nd in Ohio and Alaska l ast night as well as several other places previously. What also is apparant is that if Rick wasn't kept off of the Virginia and kept from having a full slate in Ohio he would have done much better. It is what it is though and we move on to the next states where the Santorum Surge will continue as we move towards Kansas and its caucus Saturday; Mississippi, Alabama, and Hawaii who hold contests next Tuesday; plus Missouri-where Rick already won a primary-holds its caucus for delegates on the 17th of this month.  Contests in Illinois, Louisiana, and Puerto Rico are also looming, most of these upcoming contests favor Rick Santorum.

Mitt Romney has a Lackluster Super Tuesday!
Romney rolled into last night with the advantage in wins and delegates and he ended the night expanding his delegate lead but 4 of his wins last night came in states where he had virtually no opposition, and in Virginia his 5th win his only opposition on the ballot was Ron Paul yet he couldn't crack 60%. In Ohio after outspending his top opposition 12 to 1 in the state, his machine keeping Rick from having a full slate of delegates in Ohio just like he kept all his competition off Virginia's ballot except Ron Paul. Still Santorum almost beat Romney in Ohio. Romney was humiliated badly and still can't close the deal. One thing was made clear that more people voted against Romney just about everywhere then voted for Romney, if that vote unified behind one man, Romney would be finished. The states coming up don't favor Romney at all. Romney might pick up a few delegates by winning Samoa, US Virgin islands, and Guam but the only state that he will do well in is Illinois. Another thing that became apparant is that Romney is winning like a Democrat for the most part winning in the Urban areas getting overwhelmed everywhere else. Romney won his second home state, its neighbor, a heavy mormon state, a state where he might as well have run unopposed in Virginia, and Alaska a state where only Ron Paul campaigned. Finally Romney is benefitting from a divided conservative vote as soon as we unite behind one man its Game Over Mitt!

Planet Newt: Great In His Own Mind, In Reality Not So Much!
Last night Newt Gingrich finally won his 2nd state. His home state of Georgia, not exactly a surprise. Everywhere else though Newt finished 3rd place or dead last including in Tennessee and Oklahoma two states he once bragged he would win he finished a distant 3rd place in both. He served nothing more than spoiler in Ohio and Alaska insuring Romney squeeked out wins in those states. He finished 3rd in Ohio, and 4th in Alaska and everywhere else and like Rick wasn't on Virginia's ballot. Newt still trails badly in delegates and has become completely irrelevant as a candidate in this race. Should he continue he would serve as nothing more than a spoiler. Listening to Newt's speech last night you would think he just won the Super Bowl, it was all about him and all about his ego. He got obliterated everywhere except his home state, anyone else except Ron Paul would have bowed out gracefully and gotten behind Rick Santorum to Unite the Conservative Vote and their delegates. Not Newt he treks forward to Alabama where once again he polls 3rd and following his weak showing last night that won't change. Kansas and Mississippi also have contests coming up within the next week. If Newt loses all three how much longer can he justify his presence in this race? he has already cost Rick 3 states simply by his presence in the race. Newt Gingrich has choice to make stay in the race, continue to split the vote, continue to eat delegates, continue finishing 3rd or last place, and continue to play spoiler for Rick in his selfish quest for power and relevence handing Romney the nomination or he can bow out gracefully and back Rick Santorum and thus unite the Conservative vote against Mitt Romney.  Newt back in January before South Carolina had called on Rick Santorum to drop even though Rick had won Iowa and place higher than him in New Hampshire, it was kind of arrogant of him to do this at the time, now that he is at the bottom with no pathway out it is time for him to take his own advice and drop out and unite in the common cause of beating Romney and then Obama.

A Time to Make a Choice!
Newt supporters also have a huge choice to make in the coming days. Do they stay the course and continue supporting a candidate who at best finishes 3rd and 4th place and has zero chance of catching Romney and winning the nomination as he is 3rd place in delegates. Do you want Romney to be the nominee? If not I suggest you unite with us behind Rick Santorum the only candidate to have beaten Romney in a head to head match up and the candidate with the best shot to beat Romney going forward. Ask yourself  do you want to vote for a candidate who refuses to admit it is over for him and thus allow Romney a cake walk to the nomination or do you want to vote for a candidate with a real shot at beating Romney and can beat Obama in Rick Santorum.  If you choose the latter then stop enabling Newt and join us.

Why Is Ron Paul Still In The Race?
Congressman Ron Paul still hasn't won a single primary or caucus and there has been 23 so far, this doesn't figure to change anytime soon. He finished 3rd place or last in all but 4 contests one of which he was the only other one on the ballot. He is in last place delegate wise and he consistantly polls in last place everywhere. So why is he still in the race? I believe its in part because he wants to boost his libertarian message and also partly to help his son's future political career, which is why he agreed to his deal with Romney to be his wingman in exchange for a significant speaking spot and his son Rand as VP. His followers need to come to grip with reality that Ron Paul has zero chance of winning the nomination accept it and move on. Hopefully some of the more reasonable Paul supporters can then get behind Rick Santorum who is the only chance for us to beat Romney and go onto beat Obama come November.

Two Man Race!
In Conclusion it is now a two man race between Mitt Romney who has a huge lead in delegates and Rick Santorum who is in 2nd place and clearly far ahead of Newt who is way back in 3rd place.  A vote for anyone other than Santorum at this point is equatable to voting for Romney. I believe we all agree that Romney as the nominee basically assures Obama's re election so if you are voting for someone that has no shot at beating Romney essentially throwing your vote away you also are basically assuring 4 more years of Obama. So there are 3 choices at this juncture. First you vote for Romney and he becomes the nominee and loses. Second you can continue voting for a candidate other than Mitt or Rick and either insure Romney is the nominee or head to a brokered convention where the establishment not you or I will hand pick their guy and that person will lose. Finally you can unite the non Romney conservative vote behind Rick Santorum and we can Surge to the nomination and then the White House come November. Do the Right thing and Vote for Rick Santorum!

In the past week we have witnessed Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich use the same line of attack against Rick Santorum. Romney called Rick "Big Labor's Favorite Republican" and shortly there after Newt echoed the charge saying that Rick was a "Big Labor Republican"

http://articles.boston.com/2012-02-17/news/31072350_1_uaw-bar-unions-mitt-romney

http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/gingrich-slams-santorum-as-big-labor-republican--20120227

http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/02/28/gingrich-parrots-romneys-attack-on-santorum-as-a-big-labor-republican/

As the above illustrates both Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have attacked Rick Santorum as a Big Labor Republican recently. But is it True? No it is not according to Pennsylvania's Union Leaders. According to them Rick was no friend to Big Labor and the only times he voted with them was when it benefitted business as well as evidenced by Rick's vote against NAFTA. Not only that but Rick received low grades from Big Union AFL-CIO only getting a 12% and most of the time a 0%. So this notion of Rick being a Big Labor Republican is completely FALSE.

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/17/news/la-pn-santorum-is-big-labor-pa-union-leaders-say-ridiculous-20120217

Newt on the other hand is on record praising Former Head of SEIU Andy Stern including in one of his books. So maybe Newt should look in the mirror if he wants to see a Big Labor Republican.

http://teapartyatperrysburg.blogspot.com/2011/12/newt-gingrich-praises-andy-stern.html

http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=26542

So as you can see it is Newt not Rick who favors unions and the attack both Newt and Mitt leveled against Rick Santorum is completely false. Now you have to ask yourself why are Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney using the same line of attack against Rick Santorum? It almost seems coordinated in a way. Lets examine the evidence. We know that Newt was in bad shape financially a few weeks ago when suddenly his biggest backer Sheldon Adelson who had cut him off had a change of heart after having had meetings with Mitt Romney he shells out another $10 Million to Newts PAC. Mitt who is in close battles with Rick in Michigan, Arizona, and Washington at the time and now has Ohio where things are close as well. And Newt who is desparate to get back in the race by winning his home state of Georgia, Tennessee, and Oklahoma but was trailing in the latter two states by double digits. Then comes the attacks from Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and then Newt. Rick lost Michigan, Arizona, and Washington. Plus now polls have tightened in Ohio and Tennessee. Newt's lead in Georgia has expanded from 6 to double digits and Rick has gone from 2nd place there to 3rd 2 points behind Romney. So it is evident how the attacks have benefitted all parties, and it is clear that it was a coordinated attack on Santorum.  These are not the actions of men who should be our nominee. These are the actions of cowards, bullies, and desparate men desparately seeking power. So please  don't let these falsehoods sway your opinion and Vote for Rick Santorum!

After the events of the past week I am positively disgusted with the GOP Establishment, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, Obama, the Democrats, and the entire Mainstream media including FOX News. The Corruption, Lies, Spin, Distortions, Dirty Politics, and Manipulations of the past week are simply appalling.  
First you have the media's distortions of Rick's statements and positions on certain issues then they downright lie about his campaign saying that he isn't focused on jobs that he is a social issues candidate. They distorted his statements about Kennedy's speech, his positions on birth control and women in the workplace. They made it seem as though Rick was "Theocratic Statist that wanted women at home barefoot and pregnant and that he was going to ban birth control and enforce his religious beliefs on America". And nothing could be further from the truth.  In reality what Rick really said about JFK's speech was that this view point that only people of non faith can congregate in the public square, express themselves and participate in public life and discussions in policy goes against the First Amendment. That Kennedy was wrong in his statement that Faith should be kept in the privacy of the home and had no place in public discourse. The 1st amendment of our constitution guarrantees the free exorcise of religion in public. Our Founder's very much recognized the Role of faith in public life and policy making as many states had state religions, and the bible was a text book in schools back then. So when Rick made his statements he was saying that he as a man of faith and all people of faith have every right to draw from their beliefs when making decisions in public policy making that doesn't mean that he is going to enforce a national religion. Second on this non issue of Birth control, it was NOT Rick Santorum and the Republicans that opened this can of worms, contrary to what the Liberal media would have you believe it was Obama and the Democrats that made this an issue and continue to make it an issue. The reality is that not a single Republican is out there trying to ban birth control in any shape or form. What Rick Santorum has stated is that it is wrong for the Federal Government to place a mandate on Catholic Organizations forcing them to provide birth control in their health plans. The reason Rick and other Republicans are opposed to this mandate and the bogus "compromise" is because it violates the 1st amendment rights of Catholics since the Catholic Church is opposed to birth control on moral grounds and it goes against church law. That is what Rick has been talking about that Freedom is at stake as evidenced by this mandate, that this HHS mandate is case and point as to what happens when Government creates rights as opposed to God given rights as defined in our founding documents.  Finally on this issue of Rick being against women working, this once again is total and absolute hogwash. All Rick said was that BOTH choices should be affirmed, that women that choose to stay home and raise a family shouldn't be ridiculed by feminists, that women who choose life shouldn't be insulted. And he only expressed concerns about women on the frontlines not that he was opposed to it. This is what happens when words are taken out of context and the media spin machine gets to work

This brings me to Mitt Romney and his attack machine. As you all know Romney out spent Santorum in Michigan 5 to 1 and did everything but throw the kitchen sink at him. The lies and distortions about Rick's record were disgusting. Having Romney call Rick as Big Spending, Big Government, Washington Insider is simply laughable. Rick Santorum got HIGH marks from every Conservative group out there and with the likes of Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, David Limbaugh, and Mark Levin all of whom despise Big Government and Big Spending makes it even more of a joke. Add to that the fact that Romney is the author of Romneycare; Massachussetts State Healthcare plan that includes gasp an Individual Mandate and double gasp a mandate on Catholic Institutions for abortions and birth control. Romney also put in place the nations first carbon cap. Mitt Romney supported TARP and Stimulus funds. Romney accused Rick on his earmarks when guess what Mitt Romney sought earmarks for the Olympics which amounted to more than what was ever spent on the games, plus he touted his DC connections to bring in the money. I guess that makes Mitt a Big Spending, Big Government, with Washington Insider friends. And because he made these attacks it also makes him a hypocrite. Romney also has managed to be on both sides of an issue, that makes him a flip flopper. We all saw how flip flopper Kerry fared in the General Election. Also we have Mitten's whining about Rick's "dirty trick" trying to reach out to Michigan's Reagan Democrats. I guess Mittens and some others have forgotten how Ronald Reagan won his two consecutive landslides in the 1980's. Not surprised since Mitt wasn't a Reagan supporter.  You have Mitt accusing  Rick of using Obama tactics, excuse me? It was not Rick that adopted the language of Occupy Wall Street in the past week, no that would be Mitt Romney who stated that he would cut deductions on charity, homes, etc on the "richest 1%" and he talked about tax cuts and progressive rates for the "middle class". I'm sorry but this is the class warfare language of the left not how Conservatives speak. Rick has a plan to bring jobs back to America by cutting taxes for all Americans, but cutting federal spending, and passing a balanced budget amendment. Finally as a prime example of corruption in a back room deal the Michigan GOP Big Wigs got together and changed the rules for allocating the at large delegates after all the votes had been cast and pretty much counted when it looked like both Romney and Santorum would walk away with half the delegates each receiving 15, no the Establishment couldn't allow Romney to be humiliated in his home state like that so they awarded Mitt both at large delegates giving him a 16 to 14 edge thus breaking the rules. Of course Arizona and Florida already broke party rules when they allocated their delegates in winner take all fashion for Romney prior to April 1st, 2012 all delegates are to be proportional. This is the kind of back room dirty politics that Sarah Palin warned of and spoke against.  Now they are at it again in Ohio trying to scare voters into believing that Rick is not on the ballot in parts of the state that he isn't eligible for a quarter of the delegates and so on. The truth is that Rick is on the ballot in the whole state and he needs to win the popular vote to help him get most of the at large delegates, and he only didn't file nine delegate names out of 48. The rest is a distortion perpetrated by the Pro Romney media. Too bad for Romney he won't have a money or media advantage in November and with his policy flip flops and total lack of substance he will wilt and lose.

Then you have Ron Paul out there making statements like Rick Santorum is a "fake" conservative. This from the guy that loads bills with earmarks then doesn't vote for the bill. This from the 4th biggest earmarker in Congress. This from the man who would legaliza narcotics and prostitution. I don't take anyone seriously that would allow Iran to have a nuke, sorry. To all the Paul folks as yourself this why is it that Ron Paul who basically had given up on Michigan why was he running ads against Rick Santorum and not Romney? In fact we haven't seen any ads run against Romney nor any attacks by Ron Paul against Romney or vice versa. What we have seen though is Ron Paul behave like Romney's wingman targeting anyone that even sniff's at Romney. Rush Limbaugh and others have speculated that perhaps there is a deal between Romney and Paul for Ron Paul's son to be Romney's VP choice should Mitt get the nod. If this is true I guess that makes the faux conservative Ron Paul a sell out as well as a fraud.

Next we have Newt Gingrich whose campaign was dead in the water a month ago as he was down in the polls, down in delegates, on a losing streak, out of money, and running out of support. Now all of a sudden the man who cut him off breathed new life into Newt's campaign. Adelson who had held meetings with Romney had said he was cutting Newt off then less then two weeks ago suddenly an about face when Rick was leading in Michigan and only trailing by a few in Arizona. You would think that it would be Romney that drew Newt's focus for attack right? Nope instead Newt has been targeting Rick Santorum calling him a "Big Labor and a Big Government Conservative". I am sorry Newt coming from the guy that voted for the creation of the Department of Education, locking up lands for the environment in Alaska and North Dakota, voting to give China preferred nation status, supporting an individual mandate, supporting global warming, TARP, the Stimulus, praising Romneycare, and stating that he would sign Amnesty bill the Dream Act that was ALL Newt not Rick Santorum. On the Labor issue it wasn't Rick that praised former SEIU head Andy Stern, no that would be Newt. So Newt's attacks are laughable at best, hypocrisy at worst. Newt has become utterly irrelevant since finishing 2nd place in Florida and Nevada he as finished 3rd or last place in 8 straight contests, and the only state he leads at the moment is his home state of Georgia on Super Tuesday, he is a distant 2nd in Oklahoma 20 points behind and everywhere else he places 3rd or last meanwhile Rick Santorum leads in Ohio, Tennessee, and Oklahoma with a chance at more. If Newt were to drop out today it would dramatically improve Rick's chances of winning  alot more contests on Super Tuesday, his continued presence only serves to help Mitt Romney. Since Newt's whole argument has been debates, well the last debate failed to give him any bump in the polls and outside the South Newt polls a distant 3rd place and even dead last in someplaces. Newt should take his own advice. The fact that he hasn't makes me wonder if he has made a deal with Romney to stay in the race.

Lastly we have all this talk about the only options being Romney or a Contested/Brokered Convention. As I have stated before we don't want a Brokered Convention as it tends to favor the establishment guy. The only reason they are acting worried about it is for two reasons. One is because nobody in their bullpen is stepping up and they are frantic to find someone if Mitt fails. And two they are worried about the chaos and disorder of it and that it will cost us the General Election. Make no mistake though that they are using this notion to damage Santorum, making it as though him getting the nomination is not a possibility to scare people from Rick Santorum. They are even dangling Sarah Palin as a possible candidate to come out just to draw people away from Santorum. Remember this is the GOP Establishment we are talking about here, there is no way they would ever let Palin be the nominee in a situation they control like a Brokered Convention. The only threat to them is Paulbots and their stacking delegates at the caucuses. So Please put this issue to rest.

In conclusion this race has been bitter and more vicious then any previous GOP contest in recent memory. And it is evident that the GOP Machine is doing everything in it's power to prevent Rick Santorum from being our nominee which just makes me want him more. Rick is a man of Integrity and Principle who would lead this Great Nation with Respect for Faith, Freedom, and Family restoring morality to America for Future Generations.

Several things to take from yesterdays primaries in Michigan and Arizona. First there is the fact that the media keeps touting Romney's popular vote win in Michigan as a HUGE win, when the fact is Romney only won by 3% in his home state. You look at the margin of victory and take out one county Oakland which Romney won by more than 30,000 and the margin becomes less than 900. You look at the state as a whole and Santorum won more counties by far with 59 and Romney won less than 30. Another thing the media fails to mention is that it is likely that Rick will obtain at least 15 delegates from Michigan which is half of the 30 delegates the state possesses. Chances are Rick could win upto 18 or more since Rick won more districts than Romney and delegates are proportioned by congressional district. Rick has won at least 7 and leads in two others out of the 14. The Michigan Primary was still an embarrassment for Romney as he had to spend a fortune to win the popular vote there outspending Santorum 5 to 1, just to win by the skin of his teeth in his home state. I score this as a win for Rick because he will walk away with half of the states delegates which is far more important than the popular vote anyway.

The 2nd thing I noticed was that the media was quick to announce Mitt the winner in Arizona even though polls were still open there and not a single vote had been counted. I also noticed that because of early voting thousands of votes had been cast for candidates that were no longer in the race. I hope the party makes a move to end early voting on such a large scale.
Also Arizona broke party rules by allocating their delegates as winner take all before April 1st. According to party rules all primaries and caucuses that occur prior to April must be proportional. Arizona is one of 4 states that lost half of its delegates for breaking the party's set timeline; Michigan, Florida, and South Carolina are the others. So this could be challenged.

The third thing I noticed was all the Republicans that got bent out of shape because Rick reached out to Democrats and Independents in Michigan which was an Open Primary meaning everyone could vote in it regardless of party affiliation. First off it was Romney's idea for it to be an Open Primary. And secondly hasn't anyone ever heard of Reagan Democrats those socially conservative blue collar folks that are predominant in the Rust belt? How do they think Reagan won two landslides? With gasp votes from Democrats. I guess Newt and Mitt supporters don't want to win Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota come November. The reality is they are scared because Rick with his Manufacturing Plan is connecting with voters in those states and they're not. In conclusion while the other campaign's are getting desparate Rick is gaining momentum and is staying the course to victory in next weeks Super Tuesday Primary.
Vote 4 Rick

With the Michigan and Arizona Primary just a day away and Super Tuesday around the corner Newt Gingrich joined Ron Paul and Mitt Romney in their attacks against Rick Santorum. Ron Paul has accused Rick of being a "fake" conservative. Romney has accused Rick of being Liberal, behaving like a Democrat, of being a Big Spender, and a whole host of other things. Both Paul and Romney have attacked Rick's Pro Life credentials. Now we have Newt attacking Rick as a "Big Labor Republican". Gingrich has fallen into 3rd or 4th place in most polls, the only state he is leading in for Super Tuesday is Georgia his home state. Newt trails in every other state up through Super Tuesday. It has now turned into a 3 on 1 assault on the most Conservative candidate left in the race. One thing I find strange is that after publically stating that he was cutting Newt off, Adelson shelled out $10 million dollars to his PAC, this also after having met with Romney. Is it possible that Romney asked Adelson to save Newt's floundering campaign which was in the hole moneterally until Adelson's donation? Why would Romney keep Newt in the race you ask? It is simple really as long as Newt is in the race it keeps a chunk of Newt's support from going to Rick Santorum. Mitt Romney saw what happened in Missouri a race without Newt and it frightened him. We already know Romney has some kind of deal with Ron Paul as evidenced by the fact the two never attack eachother and the latter attacks all of Romney's top rivals. It was evident in last weeks debate when both Ron Paul and Romney attacked Rick Santorum virtually ignoring Newt. It seems now that a desparate Newt Gingrich has now made some kind of deal with Romney as well. His debate performance having failed to change his poll numbers, Newt must be getting pretty desparate to save his flailing campaign. It is definitely now apparant that the 3 non conservative rivals of Rick Santorum have teamed up against a man who is running his campaign on a shoe string budget that has caught fire with the American people. These attacks are unfounded and false, this all out onslaught from all sides on Rick's record and character only serves to make Rick's case that he is the clear contrast that can win.  So if you are in Michigan,Arizona today, Washington on the 3rd, or one of the Super Tuesday States Vote Rick Santorum!

Last  night in the deserts of Arizona what was perhaps the final debate of the GOP Primary took place on CNN from Mesa, Arizona. While the talking heads in the media want everyone to believe that Romney and Gingrich had the best night and that Rick Santorum lost his opportunity. Nothing could be further from the truth. What I saw was Senator Santorum go into this debate the clear target, under fire the whole night from both Romney and Ron Paul, but he also had to deal with a blatantly obvious Pro Romney/Paul hostile crowd that went as far as to boo loudly when Rick Santorum attacked Romney on Romneycare. The significance of this is obvious elsewhere Rick has received thunderous applause for his attacks against Romneycare but not last night. Despite  all that Rick Santorum still managed to come out strong and finish even stronger, And in my opinion Rick delivered a powerful performance last night and won the debate.
First he managed to take Romney's attacks against him on Earmarks, No Child Left Behind, Debt Limit increases, and on his fiscal conservative record and turn them around on Romney who sought earmarks as Governor and as head of the Olympics, and when Romney described the process of how it should work, Rick pointed out that that's how it did work in the past, he also said when it got out of control he wanted to put a stop to it and stated that he voted for the line item veto which would allow the President to veto the waste in bills. On the debt limit Romney supported the most recent one, on No Child Left Behind, Romney supported it, and finally once again Rick hit Romney on his Romneycare and how in some instances it was to the left of Obamacare and more onerous on businesses, how it raised taxes, and imposed the very same mandates on Catholics as Obamacare.  Rick also went after Ron Paul as a Prolific earmarker that doesn't vote for the bills, and pointed out his conservative ratings as compared to Ron Paul who ranks near the bottom, Rick near the top. Thus Rick defended himself well against the two front attacks with a hostile crowd. 
Secondly Rick delivered a powerful answer on the contraceptives question when he talked about the decay of our morals and of the family unit, pointing out the growing number of kids having kids, and single parent homes thus spreading poverty and government dependence in America. The most powerful line though was when he said, " I may believe these things but I don't believe we need a government program to fix the problem that is what the Left does not us". I am paraphrasing a little but that is the gist of it. That was a clear shot at Obama and the Left with their Big Government agenda.  Rick also delivered some powerful answers on foreign policy and explained his Specter endorsement well by stating that Arlen Specter was the key to getting Bushes Supreme Court nominees through and thus the reason we have a 5 to 4 conservative edge in the Court. Rick overall was forcefull, direct and to the point. He stayed positive and on message, that he is the one that offers the clear contrast to Obama.  He layed out his vision for America as restoring our Principles and Family Values. He outlined his plan to tackle the debt by making REAL CUTS in spending not cuts in the rate of growth, he pointed out that it is not earmarks or military spending that holds the highest percentage of our budget but entitlement spending does and until we tackle those we won't solve out debt problem. He outlined his plan to reform entitlements, starting with repealing Obamacare then working to shrink the need for Welfare, Foodstamps, and Medicaid by getting people off of those programs and back to work and making cuts by eliminating alot of the bureaucracy involved. And also he will work to make Medicare and Social Security solvent again. His one word answer of "Courage"  describes him exactly. My favorite line came at the end when he stated that "We need someone that can do alot with a little" All I got from Romney was a bunch of double talk and he came out looking like a hypocrite, Ron Paul clearly is Romney's attack dog and is just plain loony. Finally Newt did better than last debate but his smugness and his penchant for just making applause line statements, rambling out encyclopedia factoids like a professor, and no real substance beyond generalities he too didn't measure up in my opinion. Santorum won this debate while on the hotseat and should continue to Surge in Tuesday's Primaries.
Rick Santorum 2012