Yeah except Santorum is the one who said we’d be better off keeping Obama. No one else said that, Santorum did.

Face it, Romney sucks, but Santorum is a moron.  He continually says stupid things, and has to walk them back.

There’s a reason why democrats have been organizing and crossing over to vote for this nimrod. Obama would win all 57 states against this guy! 

I do not have a problem with Rick Santorum being “firey” in responding to Romney or Gingrich.  That is fine.  I have a problem in Rick Satorum not acknowledging he was less than clear and hence how people misunderstood his intent.  The comment the other day did sound like he would prefer Obama over Romney…although it was a bit garbled. 

I concur. All hype. We saw this play out with Cain.

The Mittens people and liberals are scared of Santorum (who I am not a big fan of, but he is better than Romney). They will use any and every thing to destroy him.

Santorum makes a lot of garbled statements. If the republicans nominate him it will be an absolute trainwreck.

Really George Romney is the Gaff machine and he has surronded himself with bBush and McCain crowneys.  The Media will cover for Mittens till he has the nomination and them the real we will see who the real train wreck is.  I am a Santorum guy and have been wthcing him for years and he is clearly the best candidate.  You have bought into the left pture painting.  Tey will do back flips to make Santorum look as foolish as they can. 

So you read the printed lies and now your doing the bidding of the left.  You must be a Proud Romney supporter.  You learned well from Mittens . Afterall he has spent 50 million on slinging Mud

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You are a good egg Bob. BTW I am not buying the left narrative. But when Rick Santorum confuses even Michelle Malkin…then the messenger mangled the message.

 No.  Rick made his “point” and it blew up in his face.  He has no one to blame but HIMSELF for saying something SO STUPID, regardless if he “could have articulated it better” or not.

Politics ain’t beanball.  Get your sh_t straight, Rick, or go home…

 “liberal talking points” my ass. 

i’m voting for Santorum if he wins the nomination.  But what he said was DUMB…

 Pathfinder’s wife:  your ability to read minds is… overstated.  As are your rhetorical skills.  But hey, it’s a lot easier to make fun of someone you disagree with, than to counter their points.

When Michelle Malkin and Glenn Reynolds “misunderstand” what Rick said (and I saw the video too and misunderstood it) then the fault is with Rick Santorum.  He should not point blame that Team Romney and Drudge ran with it, he should instead by saying it is absolutely wrong and sorry for the misstatement on his part. 

He went ballistic. Sad day for Santo. 

Santorum is the only one who makes sense in the race.  He speaks the truth….  Ronald Reagan spoke boldly…why are we so afraid now to be BOLD?

 What about those of us with enough common sense and realistic sense of perspective to understand this thing is over? Reckon she’ll scare us too?

 Okay now let’s think about this for a minute. I recognize the reality that this thing is to all practical purposes over and decided. So that means I’ve got my head up my ass? Do you think maybe you should think about that for just a couple of minutes? You know, just in case you might be led to accidentally come to a different conclusion?

 Smitty-

Could it possibly be that the “Mitt-hedz” are defending their candidate just like Santorum’s supporters defend him when he is attacked?

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No harm done. I myself find it hard to resist the opportunity to lodge a good one-liner.

 I knew Ronald Reagan. Rick is no Ronald Reagan. Maybe Ross Perot.

I still say the Louisiana loss will be the best advertising Mitt can’t buy for the states yet to vote on the eastern and western seaboards. The Looking Spoon has the best Etch A Sketch.

http://www.thelookingspoon.com/index.php/3279-the-only-etch-a-sketch-america-needs-to-worry-about

I’m going to come out in disagreement with Rick on this one.
I think it was only the best hatchet job in the Biden-Klein 500-100 years BHO (Before His Obamaness) Constitutional Antiquity period.
Rick, I feel, is overselling the size and heft of the hatchet in question.

Brad,
You need a guy who fights.  Like Lincoln said…send a case of whatever whiskey he drinks to my other generals.

I’ve been in my truck and listening to talk radio all day. Fox news has been pimping this non controversy all day trying to help Mr. Romneycare. I would be angry with them as well, if I were Santorum. 

Comparing Ricky with Reagan is ridiculous. The reason a moderate like Romney will get the nomination is that there is no conservative that inspires like Reagan did. Besides, Icky Ricky still cannot justify his support for Arlen Specter when Pat Toomey is the real conservative.

Romney is not a moderate.  He’s a liberal.  And Pat Toomey’s endorsing him, which isn’t surprising.  So Toomey is endorsing a liberal that he’s hoping will suddenly become a conservative. 

 I have to take exception to that. Warren Buffet is a capitalist, would you call him a liberal or conservative? What about Jon Corzine?

I’ve got a mission for Rick, something that might inspire people and help him regain his footing.

Easter Is Coming-Hey I Know, Let’s Have A Used Rubber Hunt

 Frankly I just think its ignorant to make a political issue out of birth control, over and above objection to government subsidy of it. I especially find it objectionable to question the motives and the religiosity of those who practice it.

Abortion I want thrown back to the decision of the states. Some people though will never be satisfied with repeal of Roe. They won’t be satisfied until abortion of any kind and for any reason is outlawed at the national level. And that’s where we part company.

 Sorry, that doesn’t wash. If Roe is repealed by the SCOTUS then it no longer is a federal issue. The matter will then be decided by the will of the voters in the states or by their legislatures. If you don’t like their decision, vote them out and try again.

The judiciary won’t be able to interfere, because there would be no federal grounds to do so. I’m not saying its a perfect solution, but its the best you’re going to get. In most states, you can even decide the matter through the aegis of your state constitution. There will be some states that will probably maintain abortion rights and some that will outlaw them outright. Most will probably limit abortion to special circumstances, or to the first trimester.

Where Rick screwed up was in slamming people who exercise birth control of their own initiative. He didn’t necessarily limit his remarks to those who use government subsidies, he insulted everybody who practiced birth control, most especially Protestant Christians. Granted, this was before he ran for President, but its out there and he’s stuck with it.

Of course he could pull a Romney and say he’s changed his mind, but somehow I think that will go over about as good as his statement about “taking one for the team”.

But all of this is beside the fact. This is going to be Romney’s year. I’m not happy about that, but I’m resigned to that reality. And part of the reason he’s got it in the bag as of now is Santorum flushed Ohio down the toilet with his intemperate remarks.

If he pulls it out, of course I will gladly vote for him. But I don’t see it happening.

 Pathfinder’s wife-

How about getting rid of Obama? Could you be a full-throated supporter of that?

And like I said, some states will not outlaw abortion. That’s only to be expected in states like California and some others. You could probably go down the line and pick them out.

But at least overturning Roe and turning it back to the states will afford the opportunity for those states who don’t want it to not have it crammed down their throat by the federal government or leftist judges.

And frankly, that’s as good as its going to get. A national constitutional amendment, whether pro or con abortion, will never pass. It will either be seen as extreme by not just the opposing side but by the majority of voters (especially independents), or so watered down with exceptions that hard core supporters of either side will fight it.

The only constitutional amendment I could support would entail exactly what I’m suggesting, that its a state’s rights issue. That’s the only sure way to settle the damn thing once and for all as far as its influence over the public arena. That way the states can decide whatever they want in their own state constitutions and in the meantime let their own extremists fight it out.

Frankly both sides piss me off, so my vote is likely to be determined by which one gets on my bad side the worst way at the right time.

Totally disagree. The people are plugged in, will stay plugged in, and ensure that we have some right rudder on the ship of state, even if it’s less than we’d like.

I do have faith. Not in any of these candidates, but in God and the notion that the Information Age heralds a second American Revolution, as we do to Progressivism what the Founders did to Parliament, and for the same reasons.

No-one could tell if/when those interviewers were confrontational because they usually had thier heads bowed……..

Stacey,

You’re right.  If someone were to take what I said and attribute a meaning to my words that I had said was inappropriate, I’d  be upset.  So, if (after Santorum clarified his meaning) Romney or Gingrich were to say that Santorum threatened to vote for Obama if Santorum were not the Republican nominee, Santorum would have a right to be upset. 

How should Romney feel when Santorum goes around with an Etch-A-Sketch claiming Romney’s campaign admitted that Romney’s policy positions are written in sand?  Romney has specifically disavowed that interpretation of what his adviser said, yet Santorum continues to use the Etch-A-Sketch comment against Romney. 

 BB,

With all due respect, that’s BS on steroids.

Virtually everyone who reported on Santorum’s remarks understood him to have meant that Romney was no different than Obama and that Santorum would prefer an Obama second term to a Romney presidency.  Santorum’s aide reinforced that view when he claimed that Romney and Obama were “mirror images” of each other (but, Santorum, would, of course, reluctantly, vote for Romney rather than Obama).  Later, Santorum claimed that he had been misunderstood.  He was only expressing the fear that others would conclude that Obama was preferable to Romney. 

Fair enough.  None of us can read the hearts and minds of the principals, so we cannot know whether Santorum (or Romney’s aide) misspoke.  If Santorum expects others to accept that he merely expressed himself poorly, he should extend the same grace to Romney.  So should Santorum’s supporters.

But, if you want to parse the differences between the two scenarios, keep in mind that in one the candidate was speaking and in the other the candidate was not.  Also keep in mind that Santorum has, on several occasions, said that there’s not much of a difference between Romney’s positions and Obama’s.  Given what Santorum has said the last few weeks, the next logical step for his rhetoric to take was that he’d just as well vote for Obama as Romney.  (Romney has consistently said that any of the Republican candidates would be infinitely preferable to Obama.) 

Perhaps he’ll join Dr. Paul in the disappear-o-sphere of the Republican radar. Ron who? Rick who?

What Rick said in the Cavuto clip is consistent with his entire campaign.
You can, if you want, take a bloody-minded view of the  transcript of the contentious remark and arrive at the conclusion that, for some reason, he deviated 180 degrees from the rest of the campaign, I suppose.

Holy Cow!! The Mittbots are flooding over from Hot Air even.

I rather liked Fehrnstrom’s candor.

It’s ironic how you say that what Fehrnstrom said was not precisely clear from what he actually said, but with Santorum it’s different.

Uhm, Romney’s own rhetoric when asked about the positions has (distressingly) confirmed the suspicion that he is indeed a wind sock and political whore who will say anything (and pick up any legislation) that he thinks will garner him favorables in the polls.

That’s all well and good (though annoying and not productive) with a country that is relatively united and doing well.  At this time our country is none of those things.

Romney keeps saying he wants to cut back the size of government.  I believe he not only means it, but knows more about what it will take to do it (having done battle with Massachussets leftists)  than Santorum does. 

Stacy,
Santorum sucks and you suck even worse.

Bend over, grab an ankle with one hand and try to find a shred of credibility for yourself wjith the other.

Mutt.

Well said. These attacks on Santorum are despicable and ignorant. His meaning is clear if you look at the entrity of what he said and consider that he’s said all along that he’ll support the nominee. But no, we can’t do that. That would begin to resemble intellectual honesty.

Superlative reasoning by Nopefull –go for the robotic moderate because the conservative candidate is less inspirational than Reagan.
 
But what would Reagan do,huh? Would he forever rehash the Spector matter, which Santorum has, in fact, justified, if not to Nopefull’s satisfaction?
 
I’m willing to overlook Spector, just as I’m willing to overlook Sandra Day O’Connor. Even the best of them can’t always get it right. But that’s no excuse for clownishly backing a candidate like Mitt, who can be expected to get it wrong time after time.

 There are no other alternatives.

 Cavuto always plays devils advocate, even with people he likes.  Its his style.

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/139527/

Instalanche over it.  

At some point, reality has to set in for some of you – those who compare Santorum to Reagan or who believe Cavuto was unfair and unreasonable in that interview are in need of professional help – and realize the numbers are no longer arguable.  In the same poll showing Santorum ahead in LA by double digits, 75% of Republicans in the survey say they expect Romney to  be the nominee.  They aren’t supporting Santorum as a candidate – he’s a safe protest vote for those who WISH there was a qualified more conservative candidate in the race.

Freedom Works this week dropped its opposition to Romney, and even stated that with a GOP Congress he could be “the most conservative President ever.”  Jim DeMint issued a strongly favorable statement about Romney – not a formal endorsement, but if he isn’t interested in dating the guy, it was pretty close.  And Jeb Bush spoke for the resolution of doubts from the dreaded “Establishment” of the party with his own endorsement.

OVER.  DONE.  There is no reasonable path to the nomination for Santorum, and no reasonable path to a brokered convention, either.  Romney would have to be caught, as Governor Edwards of LA once said of his own prospects, “in bed with a live boy or a dead girl” to lose now.

ALL continuing this charade accomplishes  is to make it harder to beat Obama.  Frankly, I think there are a number of Santorum supporters who secretly WANT Obama to win so they can whine that Romney was a weak candidate later.  Whining does seem to be their most refined skill.

At this point, Santorum is only ruining his own (extremely slim) chances of future viability as a candidate.  He’s playing Huckabee – although Huckabee didn’t spend his time bashing McCain.  

By definition, politicians say stoopid shit…politicians under pressure of a failing campaign often say VERY stoopid shit.  I suspect that Mr. Santorum was a politician in a faltering campaign and having a temper, said some VERY STOOPID shit…

Honestly, I haven’t really liked any of the candidates the GOP is fielding this year.  I would have preferred Paul Ryan myself, or Chris Christie, or just about anyone else other than those who have chosen to run.  None of them have run very good campaigns, with Romney being the worst of them all. 

Rich Vail
Pikesville, Maryland
http://thevailspot.blogspot.com

I listened to the  original clip of Santorum’s gaffe, and to his interview with Cavuto.  I’m admittedly not a Santorum fan, and I’m not really a Romney fan either.  My sense was that Santorum really did imply people might as well vote for Obama rather than Romney, and that Santorum’s attempt to justify himself not only didn’t wash, but made it worse because he came across more and more as a whiner.

I don’t see Santorum as much of an American-style conservative, rather he seems to me more in the mode of a German Christian Socialist or Italian Christian Democrat – not really a conservative on liberty or economics, only on social issues.  I don’t see how any Tea Party supporter whose touchstones are individual liberty and fiscal conservatism could support Santorum

 Actually Romney is the one who strikes me as being more in the mold of a European style “conservative” like the British “Conservative” Party. But alas, that is almost without a doubt our soon-to-be nominee.