Rick Santorum "Doing A Lot With A Little" Shined Last Night
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
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
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