Paul is Roadkill and Santorum is Alive

[tombogan03884]

NO,,...but the Executive Orders for spools of Kentucky Rope will go up exponentially...   

I know the East Lawn has fine ol' trees too....

I'll have to legalize weed.
Where else could I get that much rope 

I started a thread about it but I met Newt today and was VERY favorably impressed.
(Stepford # 3 is kind of cute too     )

[Herknav]

Take a look at the clip of the soldier that was cut off by CNN's "technical difficulties".  http://ronpaulflix.com/2012/01/soldier-cut-off-by-cnn-invited-to-speak-by-ron-paul-jan-3-2012

I'm guessing it's because somebody at CNN knew what the Cpl didn't--namely, that you can't campaign for somebody while in uniform.

[jnevis]

Paul coming in 3rd is not good for him, especially since Santorum came out of nowhere and took 2nd. But the others are right, this is only 1 caucus, and not a particularly telling one. It's just publicity for the winners.

That's free advertizing, gets there face in the public and gives the DWTS crowd a face to go with a name.  A "proven winner" no matter where the win comes from is still a win and gets support.  It all depends on who they heard won last.

[tombogan03884]

Santorum completely overlooks the fact that SS would never have been in trouble if Johnson and his Dem congress had not stolen the money from it.


http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/05/santorum-commits-republican-sacrilege-attacks-ronald-reagan/

BRENTWOOD, N.H. — Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum committed one of the gravest sins in Republican politics on Wednesday evening by knocking the revered former President Ronald Reagan at a packed town hall meeting.

While addressing America’s entitlement crisis at his first New Hampshire event since his stunning near-victory in the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday, Santorum said Reagan contributed to the entitlement crisis by pushing Social Security’s sustainability issues down the road instead of dealing with them head-on in the 1983 bipartisan deal to fix Social Security.

“If Rick Santorum gets elected and we do what I said that we need to do, which is to deal with the entitlement programs now, not 10 to 20 years from now,” Santorum said.

“You’ll know — unlike Ronald Reagan who maybe was a better politician than me — you’ll know that it was Rick Santorum that worked together and got the American public to gather together to fix this problem. Why? Because it is our problem.”

Santorum was walking the audience through what he called the “ancient days of yesteryear” in a interminable and incredibly detailed response to a questioner. He explained that in the 1983 deal Reagan brokered with Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O’Neil to fix Social Security, the retirement age was moved back to 67, but that change wasn’t slated to be enacted until the politicians responsible were out of office.

“This was the brilliance of the politicians that did this,” Santorum said sarcastically.

“They were absolutely brilliant. They passed a bill that didn’t take effect for 20 years so nobody blames them. It was brilliant. They increased the Social Security age by two years back in 1983 and it didn’t start phasing in, it doesn’t fully phase in for almost 40 years. And so Ronald Reagan did that. Most people have no idea — no one associates Ronald Reagan with raising the retirement age. Why? Because all of the people it affected were nowhere near retirement and they didn’t know about it.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/05/santorum-commits-republican-sacrilege-attacks-ronald-reagan/#ixzz1ic9WLDAa

[santahog]

I'm not sure Santorum could win, but I think that in the General, he would do at least as well as Romney would, because I don't think Romney could beat Obama..
I do know that Paul never intended to win. As always, he just wants to drive the discussion. It costs him nothing to do what he's doing. It's a win-win for Paul.. I don't think that 90% of his followers realize that he doesn't want to be President.. Further, I don't think that 10% of paul supporters will pull the lever for ANY GOP candidate. I think 50% goes to Obama and the other 50% gets a virulent, mutated strain of Bush Derangement Disorder that they'll never fully recover from..

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[tombogan03884]

Santorum isn't getting much traction here in NH.
Perry is a complete unknown up here.
NH will be between Romney, Paul, Gingrich, and Huntsmen, Even "Vermin Supreme" has gotten more exposure than Perry or Santorum.
 

[santahog]

I caught a glimpse of this guy on CSPAN an hour or so ago, and while I didn't have the volume on and I haven't watched the link, I'd support this guy over BO, even to the point of switching party affiliation to do so, over BO... I bet the guy is better on undue union influence or (real) equal protection than BO.. Pretty sturdy looking boot.. I wonder if he's wearing the other one on his leg...

[MikeBjerum]

Santorum isn't getting much traction here in NH.
Perry is a complete unknown up here.
NH will be between Romney, Paul, Gingrich, and Huntsmen, Even "Vermin Supreme" has gotten more exposure than Perry or Santorum.
 

This is my issue with the media.  I don't mean just mainstream either!

The media decides what information we will get, and how they present it determines how we will categorize it.

If you remove the editorial spin and the sound bite chosen for the purpose of the story I dare anyone to tell me what percentage of the information we receive truly represents all candidates on an equal and level playing field.

[tombogan03884]

M58, I agree with you in general, but I have to point out that another issue is the candidates time investment.
Perry and Santorum have spent very little time or money on NH.

[MikeBjerum]

True - You must spend time in the state or community to get the time in the media.  However, money spent should have nothing to do with media coverage.  This is what the equal time legislation was all about.