No Really, Rick Santorum Can't Beat Barack Obama

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I think that if the Evangelical Republicans continue to vote for Santorum - they just also voted for Obama in November.
Senator Santorum will turn off Independents and most Democrats. The Republicans still do not understand that they must win over some Democrats to defeat Obama. It will be hard even with Romney, but harder with Santorum.
I know they are voting for who they like, but they better start voting on the most electable candidate or they have only themselves to blame when they LOSE the General Election.

Rachel of CO 10:44PM March 13, 2012

the president should relish the thought of running against rick santorum.this person is so demented,from his views on womens healthcare issues,to his views on the seperation of church and state.now add to that his views on higher education ,that it;s little more than a place to indoctrinate people with left of center thinking.
this from a person who spent enough time in college to earn the degrees.but still is a product of inverted reasoning.

bruce b of NV 12:37AM February 28, 2012

After 15 years living in the USA, I just became a citizen and can now vote. I can assure you it's NOT going to be Republican.

Mark Viers of CT 11:08AM February 27, 2012

What a wonderful day for The Honourable President of the United States of America ... Barrack Obama!
The Republican Party; have now … officially -- self-destructed -- on the grounds of homophobia & religious corruption!
At the rate the Republican Party is self-destructing with corrupt religious radicalism – Obama will most assuredly be re-elected and California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom will hopefully be the President of the United States thereafter!

MACDONALDBANK of DC 8:42AM February 27, 2012

They all suck. I used to at least have some respect for the republican party. No more. They have really gone off the deep end. And there is no such thing as Satan, either. Get these stupid neolithic ideas out of your stupid heads. Get real already. I can't believe the immaturity of our adults these days. It is outright embarrassing.

Rebecca Ramnytz of OH 6:50AM February 27, 2012

Santorum, please win.
Sincerely,
Every Democrat that ever lived.

Jay of AR 3:09AM February 27, 2012

"I think he is a good man, husband, and father." - Really? While I'll leave it to his wife to declare what kind of husband he is, Rick Santorum's status as a "good father" is debatable for having decided to de-socialize his children while brainwashing them with his Christian Theocratic Dogma through home-schooling them. Just what the country needs: a gaggle of mini-Santorum's running around spouting the same hate/fear-based nonsense as their lunatic-fringe father. "Good Man?" Unlikely as well. A good man wouldn't encourage the burning in "hell" of the entire LGBT-community. True hell would be a Santorum Presidency.

James Danek of PA 11:27PM February 26, 2012

I see the comments don't dissapoint the writer.
The problem with the social cons is one of perspective. If 80% of the people in Podunk are socially conservative, if everybody they know is an Evangelical then they are sure they are the great majority of Americans.
There just isn't any there there in Podunk.

Legion of IL 11:16PM February 26, 2012

"God will take care of the rest. Im sure you realize he has the power to do this, unless you worship satan too... SANTORUM FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
This is the problem with both Santorum and others of his ilk. If you don't agree with them you must be following Satan. Perhaps we just have some threads of Christian love and tolerance i.e. "love one another" and don't believe that America is limited to one single ideology.

jme of CA 9:30PM February 26, 2012

Whether Santorum is the nominee or not is less
important than the social issues that he brings up.
Many people who are currently voting Republican are
those who were once Democrats. Those issues that
you think are of no importance are why we left the
Democratic Party. Life issues. Family issues. People
ultimately want to work for something other than a
nice house and a flat screen TV. They want to be treated as citizens, not as consumers.
A Rebublican like Romney is a good manager but
but there is more at stake now than jobs--respect
for the intrinsic dignity of each human being no matter the circumstances of their lives. The
Democratic Party should be the natural home for
such concerns but the Democrats have come to an unusual
solution to the problems of the poor and working classes--convince them to abort and contracept
their progeny and offer to pay for it.
Their brilliant and "compassionate" solution to the
mystery of human suffering is to redefine those who
suffer as less than human and do away with them
whether by euthanasia, abortion or eugenics.
If our ancestors had accepted their solutions to
poverty and want, not many of us, rich or poor, would have made the cut.
At least in the Republican Party, there is less of a
chance that human beings will be willed out of
existence out of pity. The fear with Republicans
like Romney is that they will do the same as
Democrats for different reasons.