Social Conservative Santorum

by YankeeJim | February 9, 2012 at 10:57 am

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Social Conservative

Definition: Antisocial bigot

Here is what is really odd, Rick Santorum has never had a job other than working for government. He was an earmarker. He represents a perpetual welfare community.

He and Gingrich are big government guys who were in office when government was running up the tab. What a joke.

“Republican Conservative Base Starts Rallying Around Santorum

Julie Hirschfeld Davis, ©2012 Bloomberg News

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Republican Party's socially conservative base, conflicted for months over which presidential candidate to back, is increasingly coalescing behind Rick Santorum in a shift that some observers say may energize his bid and slow Mitt Romney's momentum toward the nomination.

Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, collected no delegates when he swept a trio of Republican contests Feb. 7, yet he demonstrated his growing popularity among voters who make opposition to abortion rights and gay marriage a priority.

These voters -- galvanized by opposition to President Barack Obama's decision last month to mandate that religious employers include birth-control coverage in their health plans - - are becoming more motivated to back Santorum in an effort to draw the starkest possible contrast with the president.

"At the grassroots level, I would say that there is a strong plurality -- if not a majority -- for Rick Santorum" among conservatives, said Richard Land, the president of the Nashville, Tennessee-based Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. "His viability was his only real weakness; well, he had a clean sweep" in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/...-LZ4YM.DTL#ixzz1luhoFIQ3”