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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (468289)	1/29/2012 9:34:41 PM
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To me the next president should have a record of demonstrated executive success. The nation needs an executive to run the show. It does not need a Community Organizer who never ran a pop stand. It does not need an ex speaker who created censure and controversy. It does not need an ex Senator who lost in a land slide in his last election. Just a brief explanation: Rick Santorum's 'landslide loss' in 2006 was part of the anti-Bush tsunami and and there were three factors, that had little or nothing to do with his credentials, that resulted in that loss: (1) It coincided with the democrats nominating the son of a famous and popular good-ol'-boy former governor who ran as a pro-life centrist against Santorum in a heavily democratic state. (2) Santorum had doggedly defended the Iraq War, which by 2006 had become very unpopular, especially among centrists and independents (3) Probably most important, and most tragic: Santorum had endorsed Arlen Specter over Pat Toomey in the race for Specter's senate seat in 2004. In doing so, he lost much of his conservative base (myself included) in the state, since Specter was reviled by PA conservatives. It only came out much later (and was verified by both Specter and Bush) that Specter, who despite everything else was a man of his word when it came to making political deals, had promised Santorum that, if Santorum endorsed him, he would see to it that any potential Bush Supreme Court nominees would be confirmed by the senate. As powerful head of the judiciary committee, Specter did indeed have the power to made or break a nominee's chances. As it turned out Justices Roberts and Alito received quick confirmation during Bush's ensuing term. Those two confirmations -- of two original-intent Constitution-revering justices -- were no small feat, considering the makeup of the senate at that time. As a result, think about the current makeup of the court, and the wide-ranging influences of their future rulings (including, but not limited to, ruling this June on the constitutionality of Obamacare). So, in effect, in endorsing Specter in 2004, Santorum signed his own death warrant regarding his 2006 senate chances, but the results for the country as a whole were certainly positive.