Santorum schedule signals ambivalence about Florida
AP
MIAMI, Fla. - Caught between a strong debate performance and low poll numbers, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum's campaign is struggling over whether to compete in Florida's primary Tuesday. The immediate answer seemed to be no, judging by Santorum's schedule.
On Friday, four days ahead of the primary, Santorum flew to his original home state of Pennsylvania to raise money and hold a media availability. Then he was headed south to his home in Virginia to do his tax returns, which he says he always does himself, in preparation for making them public. He was scheduled to return to Florida on Saturday night.
Greg Rothman, a close friend traveling with Santorum, said Friday that Santorum would certainly depart the state ahead of the Tuesday primary, possibly as early as Monday morning. He said Santorum was considering spending all of Monday in Florida after the positive reaction he received for his performance in Thursday's CNN debate in Jacksonville, Santorum himself told reporters yesterday he will "run every race."
However, Santorum's dwindling campaign funds and low polling numbers tell a different story. Polls of Florida show him trailing way behind Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich in what has become a two-man race.
Foster Friess, a wealthy backer who gave half a million dollars to the Red, White and Blue Fund, the super PAC backing Santorum, told the Wall Street Journal he will still contribute money to help Santorum. But he said he won't do it in time for the Florida primary because he doesn't see a win as realistic. "I'm committed to Rick Santorum, and I'm going to be giving more to Rick Santorum," he told the paper. "It's just a matter of when and how much."
Rick Santorum on the campaign trail
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You have picked up on a truly revealing essential of Santorum's character...while Rick advertises himself as a Christian, TO THE EXTENT THAT HE EMBRACES PRO-LIFE POLICY, he also embraces TORTURE IN A POLITICAL WAR IN WHICH THE REPUBLICANS VOLUNTARILY INSERTED THEMSELVES for no better reason than to make Cheney wealthy, neither of which is truly Christian policy.
Once Santorum places himself in a position of character condemnation, he leaves the Christian faith altogether. Be a Judge, be a policeman, but do not extend yourself as a demonizer of character judgement, which neither Christ nor God enlisted Man for that purpose.
To be a human Christian is to extend charity, mercy and forgiveness to every human, not to decend upon mankind as a Godly judge. Christ went from human to human forgiving of their sins and welcoming of their deity. He asked no questions of those who pleaded for His mercy and Jesus brought charity upon their cries for His mercy, bringing life to the dead, healing to their sick, and peace to their dissolution.
So, exactly what was Santorum planning on bringing to the Christians should they vote him in, and then what about the non-Christians, what ill should they face?
Why can we not secularize politics as was the intention of our Constitution, even though then the outrageous majority of the Americans were Christians? And why must Santorum make religion a secular government? "Houston, we have a problem" and we are NOT going to fix it with a bunch of Republicans who want to hide every issue. With their "Slick Rick" advantage, we can only expect "more of the same", yup, more of the same old, same old, while some of us like the dependability of regularly getting scr*wed by the Republicans, a majority of us are moving on to a better, more progressive, and more respectful of our constituency agenda...so where do you fit in?
A fetus?