Poor Mitt Romney, he doesn't know whether to scratch his watch or wind his butt. He ended the week up, with a negligible 3 point win over Ron Paul in Maine last night. At the CPAC convention this week, where all the real hardcore conservative crazies meet once a year. Mitt Romney said conservative so many times, maybe if he clicked his heals real hard three times he'd win the nomination. He suffered a major setback with Rick Sanatorum's trifecta in Minnesota, Missouri, and Colorado, which turned this nomination fight on its head. In keeping with the Wizard of Oz metaphors, Romney is like a Republican tin man. He's hollow with no political core, and desperately wants to capture the heart of the Republican party. Yet, every time he tries to shed a tear for the middle class, he rusts. Then he has to backtrack, and his campaign comes running with the oil can. If he admits he has a heart, he gets hit by the right. If he admits he's looking for a heart, Republican don't think he's the man for the job.
Rick Santorum's three state win on Tuesday gave his faltering campaign a much needed shot in the arm. He, and front runner Mitt Romney have now each won four states, Newt Gingrich has won one. Santorum has now also managed to put himself into the cross heirs of Mitt Romney's money machine. Look for him to flush the bombers against Santorum in the next two big contests, the primaries in Michigan and Arizona. Santorum also exposed his Achilles heal this week, by diving head first into the contraception mandate fight. It was his rigid religious dogma regarding women's issues, birth control, abortion, and his belief religion(christian religion specifically), is a corner stone of our governments power. As apposed to an individuals protected freedom to practice whatever religion they wish outside the reach of government. It was this very zealous conviction that got him kicked to the curb by the people of Pennsylvania in 2006 by more than 18 points. Thomas Jefferson once said, "If God is just, I tremble for my country." For a party who loves to invoke the founding fathers, they might do well to read what they actually said, as opposed to what they think they said.
Santorum wrote a book called It Takes A Family: Conservatism and the Common Good. The book was released on July 4th, 2005. Hows that for blatant irony that misses the mark. It was written in response to then First Lady Hillary Clinton's best seller It Takes A Village. Upon reviewing the then Pennsylvania Senator's book, The Philadelphia Inquirer referred to Santorum as "one of the finest minds of the Thirteenth Century". Id say that puts him right up there with Pope Benedict and the rest of the Catholic church, who have been trapped in the Thirteenth Century for some time now. I was raised Roman Catholic, I graduated from a Catholic High School, and for those who remain active in the church, you will be hard pressed to find anyone who buys Catholic dogma lock, stock, and barrel. The term used this week was "Cafeteria Catholic" those in the church who pick and choose what makes sense to them, and what doesn't. This is not a new phenomena. Catholics still active in the church go to give their hour to God, no matter how out of touch their religious leaders are, especially on birth control.
Finally, A big thumbs down to the Obama Administration for creating this shit storm in the first place. You had good economic news, poll numbers up across the board, and somebody lets this skunk out of the barn? The President lost control of the conversation almost immediately, and gave an uninspiring group of second string contenders for the Republican nomination a wedge issue they will now use for months. Add Catholic Bishops balking at the compromise announced Friday, and look for the big red toxic rhetoric machine to beat this issue to death, using misinformation and their hallmark scare tactics. I wonder sometimes if President Obama isn't happy unless he finds himself on the shitty end of the stick? A reasonable administration might tackle an issue like this in an off year, but an election year? All I can say is, "What were they thinking?"
Rick Santorum's three state win on Tuesday gave his faltering campaign a much needed shot in the arm. He, and front runner Mitt Romney have now each won four states, Newt Gingrich has won one. Santorum has now also managed to put himself into the cross heirs of Mitt Romney's money machine. Look for him to flush the bombers against Santorum in the next two big contests, the primaries in Michigan and Arizona. Santorum also exposed his Achilles heal this week, by diving head first into the contraception mandate fight. It was his rigid religious dogma regarding women's issues, birth control, abortion, and his belief religion(christian religion specifically), is a corner stone of our governments power. As apposed to an individuals protected freedom to practice whatever religion they wish outside the reach of government. It was this very zealous conviction that got him kicked to the curb by the people of Pennsylvania in 2006 by more than 18 points. Thomas Jefferson once said, "If God is just, I tremble for my country." For a party who loves to invoke the founding fathers, they might do well to read what they actually said, as opposed to what they think they said.
Santorum wrote a book called It Takes A Family: Conservatism and the Common Good. The book was released on July 4th, 2005. Hows that for blatant irony that misses the mark. It was written in response to then First Lady Hillary Clinton's best seller It Takes A Village. Upon reviewing the then Pennsylvania Senator's book, The Philadelphia Inquirer referred to Santorum as "one of the finest minds of the Thirteenth Century". Id say that puts him right up there with Pope Benedict and the rest of the Catholic church, who have been trapped in the Thirteenth Century for some time now. I was raised Roman Catholic, I graduated from a Catholic High School, and for those who remain active in the church, you will be hard pressed to find anyone who buys Catholic dogma lock, stock, and barrel. The term used this week was "Cafeteria Catholic" those in the church who pick and choose what makes sense to them, and what doesn't. This is not a new phenomena. Catholics still active in the church go to give their hour to God, no matter how out of touch their religious leaders are, especially on birth control.
Finally, A big thumbs down to the Obama Administration for creating this shit storm in the first place. You had good economic news, poll numbers up across the board, and somebody lets this skunk out of the barn? The President lost control of the conversation almost immediately, and gave an uninspiring group of second string contenders for the Republican nomination a wedge issue they will now use for months. Add Catholic Bishops balking at the compromise announced Friday, and look for the big red toxic rhetoric machine to beat this issue to death, using misinformation and their hallmark scare tactics. I wonder sometimes if President Obama isn't happy unless he finds himself on the shitty end of the stick? A reasonable administration might tackle an issue like this in an off year, but an election year? All I can say is, "What were they thinking?"
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