There he goes again! ‘Ol Brush Himoff saying…Wait! Brush Himoff saying the TEA-GOP-Republican party should get their rear in gear over Santorum panic….Damn! He’s right! For once this blowhard is blowing reality. All the numbers thrown out show president Obama would trounce Santorum savagely  and Ronmey would have a better chance to lose with a better number of votes, but still lose the presidency.

LMAO! Republicans please please please make Santorum your nominee

doesnt blimpo run and own the GOP. isnt he the jesus of baggers? doesnt rush like young island boys? yes to all….

Is this some sort of karmic payback for his 2008 Operation Chaos?  

This is vintage Rusty the Chickenhawk. Every time the Republicans take a beating, he blames it on the fact their candidate was “not conservative enough”. He can see the beat down coming and he needs a scapegoat. He knows Saint Rick has no chance to win the nomination, so he is preparing his lemmings for one of his “I told you so” moments. Keep up the delusion, Rusty. The Party of No is on its way to become a regional party.

Pretty soon the GOP “establishment” will be as relevant as the Ed Show. 

Hey evangelicals….a Santorum nomination would be a gift from baby Jesus.  Can we Democrats pray with you?

hey M_B_W, please do! :) 7 of the last 11 socially conservatives to run for office have won… :) so he has a favor there…and btw…with real unemployment at over 15% and gas prices going to record highs, which means higher cost of living, id say obama will lose the election. so please…do pray :)

Would that be the same ‘Ed’ as the overfed, redhead on BSnbc? Somebody over there needs to pull the mic from Ed’s cold dead hands. That dude is going to explode all over the walls, ceiling and floor if they don’t get Ed on a diet and exercise plan. The guy looks like a redheaded Michael Moore.

Bull S*** Headlines:

Romney has a hard time
connecting with working class people.

People don’t seem to
like Romney.

Romney is a Mormon ‘fundamental
Christians’ would not support him.

All BS headline you
will find on blogs and written up by Liberals papers, repeated on radio and TV
and they have every reason to plant psychological uncertainty in the minds of
the average voting Christian Republican person.

And the worse is the
propaganda that Christians won’t vote for a Mormon. 

Mormons are Christians;
they believe and follow the teaching of Christ and any Christian that claims
otherwise is a bigot against one of their own followers of Christ and I say
shame on them.  Christ is the judge of the
truth in a person’s heart, not you his brother or sister, so search your own
heart and keep your own faith.

People are so easily
manipulated and coerced and Obama’s political teams are the best propagandists
in recent history.  They have learned
well from their Master mind theorist Saul Alinsky and right now they are
utilizing his well know rule four.

The fourth rule
is: Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules. You can kill them
with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church
can live up to Christianity.

Obama has the Christians
dancing to his tune of CONTRACEPTIVE; it is really quite sad to see them almost
in hysterics.  All they (Christians) have
to do is disobey that which they do not agree with.  If Obama takes issue with their disobedience,
then that dictate will go to the Supreme Court and there it should be debated
and ruled for or against in the main stream media.

Yes,The Republican Party, our bridge to the 11th century!!!!!!!!!!!

Limbaugh will get in line for whoever the nominee is, just like he did with McCain. Then he will blame the nominee for losing because he is not conservative enough.

Because the conservatives will vote for a liberal like Obama over a moderate. Makes sense, right?

Operation chaos except self inflicted.

 Wonder if Viagra is covered in his insurance policy.

No Republican currently running can beat Obama.  And if you baggers wanna run good ol’ Santorum, please, go right ahead.  It will be the biggest landslide victory ever…

Piles Limbaugh – the Tea-anderthal’s tribal chief, tries to make the case that Santorum’s Opus Dei theocratic vision for America has the Democrats in a panic.  

Rush must be back on the pills.  How hilarious that conservatism would pick a spokesman who:
- was married four times;
- Ruined his hearing and lost  teeth by using un-prescribed cracked Oxycontin – Google “opiate hearing loss”;
- Dodged the draft to Viet Nam because of “extreme anal cysts” (baboon ass);
- was stopped at customs with a thousand unprescribed Viagra tablets coming back from a “sex resort” in the Dominican Republic.

Yes, I know I’ve said it before, but the irony of this clown lecturing on moral values is just too rich!

As seen with impossible to predict earthquakes, Heartland’s Rick Santorum is consistent as both a lethally bad scientist and theologian.  God was not in the following predicted AGW earthquakes but the free toxic and other pollution from supporters of lumpy Rick Santorum were.  “1 Kings 19:11 … there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake” (Bible; biblegateway.com).  “The Wrapped Up … [73.14] On the day when the earth and the mountains shall quake and the mountains shall become (as) heaps of sand let loose. [73.15] Surely We have sent to you an Apostle, a witness against you” (The Koran; quod.lib.umich.edu).  Untreated AGW (anthropogenic global warming – climate change) has metastasized into a legal killer.  “Toll up to 113 in Philippine earthquake” (hindustantimes.com, 2/20/12).  With condolences, I predicted this quake in http://climatecrocks.com/2012/01/16/climate-deniers-and-creationists-singing-from-the-same-hymnal/comment-page-2/#comment-6054 .  Last couple of week’s Vancouver, Northern California, Oregon, and Brewer’s nasty finger Arizona were a correct AGW quake predictions from moi made on 2/4/12 under -http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/antarcticas-18-new-york-city-sized-iceberg.php.

Limbaugh doesn’t really care if the GOP lose, does he?

‘GOP establishment in panic over Santorum!’ Rush Limbaugh

It would be because they feel a deep concern that Santorum nationally is unelectable…

Santorum’s stance on some national issues are a non starter…

…Rather hoping he does extremely well in Michigan and confuses the Republican choice more!

Eww, runny Santorum.

 I think you will see Santorum beat Romney quite convincingly in Michigan. Romney has as much as renounced “Michigan citizenship” since the day he graduated from high school, and he is no “favored son” there.

 No. He doesn’t. He wants the extreme right to win, and he always has.

…Agreed!

It would definitely put the cat among the proverbial Republican pigeons…

 I was young when George Romney was governor of Michigan, but I do not recall anyone questioning or even mentioning his religion back then. People did not care about Conservative Christian Values in government until much more recently, and I have only been told that Mitt’s father was a Mormon because it is a problem for Mitt now.

I almost forgot that there was a big “stink” about JFK being the first Catholic running for president. The claim was that the Pope would have too much influence over him, and the Popes were always (gasp!) not just Catholic, but ITALIAN!!!!

Sure, many a politician would quote from the bible, but it was seen as no different from referencing one of Aesop’s Fables. Any piece of “ancient wisdom” was useful to a politician. 

 Who were those 11 social conservatives?

States with more population and therefore voters/delegates than Michigan are: 

California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

Michigan was number five in pop. decades ago, but now is number 8. Ohio and Illinois are going to be the real tests of “heartland” support for Romney. Romney is not “Michigan.” He is “Northeast.”

Even California counts more than Michigan as far as the Republican primary/delegate count, though of course the state will go for Obama in November. The question is who will the Cali Conservatives go for?

My point in all of this is that Michigan is big, but not the biggest in delegates, and will probably go to Santorum, but we have already seen Perry, Cain, and Gingrich spike, then fall as quickly as they rose up. Santorum needs a clean sweep of MI, IL, and OH to really lock things up.

It’s true that in terms of delegates, Michigan is not critical, but in terms of perception, it might be. Romney should have a natural advantage here and yet he’s trailing a “severely” social conservative with no significant base in the state. (I suspect that evangelicals represent a very small portion of the vote.) So Republicans have every right to be alarmed if Romney can’t pull this one out. If the people in his “home state” reject him, that should tell us something.

 I really do not see anyone from Michigan thinking that Mitt is “one of us.” Sure, he was raised there, but as soon as he reached adulthood, he was gone. Michigan people now know Mitt Romney was the governor of Massachusetts, not Michigan. He made a big splash in saving the Salt Lake City Olympics. Utah, not Michigan. He most recently claimed New Hampshire (I think) as his residence for tax and voting purposes.

Remember he was supposed to win in New Hampshire when that was his home state last month? Well, he did win there, and that is the only “home state” he gets this time around.

In short, what has Mitt Romney done in and/or for Michigan? Nada, zip, zilch, zero. He even went so far as to say Detroit and by extension the whole state was a massive failure that deserved bankruptcy. A recent poll showed that that attitude cost him 27% of the support he might otherwise have gotten, and the rest of the state will be thinking of him as a candidate from the Northeast, not Michigan.

He is not George Romney, and everybody in Michigan knows it.

If you cannot carry your home state, you cannot win either the nomination or the presidency. Ask Al Gore. He lost Tennessee. Sire, everyone points to Florida, but had he won his home state, Florida would not have mattered.

If Romney is this threatened in his so-called home state (he appears to have several home states, just like his positions on anything) where his father was a popular governor, then he might as well strap the campaign staff onto the roof of the car and go home.

All of which is true and accurate, except that Romney has called it his home state and that raises the stakes there to home state status. Maybe he needs to pick his home state instead of having several for convenience.

The pundits in Washington D.C. have declared that Michigan is Romney’s home state, and he is stuck with that.

What Romney really needs to do is some homework about Michigan. He needs to show some knowledge about the regions of the state like the Upper Peninsula, where the real scenic stuff is, and the Thumb, which is mostly agricultural, but HAD lots of small factories that supplied “The Big Three” but are mostly gone now.

He needs to do some name dropping about well-known and unique places that a real Michigander would know about. Does he know how to pronounce Mackinac (Mackinaw) and Sault Ste. Marie (Soo Saint Marie)?  Does he know that Flint, not Detroit, is the real home of GM?

Flint, Saginaw, and Bay City were just as hard hit as Detroit was, and their crime rates are just as high. So, if Romney only mentions Detroit and that “some places” have lakes, he will not be convincing.

Does he know that Midland is the home of Dow Chemical? What is Kalamazoo known for? What about Grand Rapids? Those are things that Michiganders know about, and that Romney should know but probably doesn’t.

“The pundits in Washington D.C. have declared that Michigan is Romney’s home state, and he is stuck with that. ”

He is spending millions running ads declaring himself a Michigander. The media didn’t film and place those ads. Romney did. He has never even tried to correct the media on this. In fact, the opposite. He has reinforced it.

What he knows about Michigan is what he knows about most states – nothing.

If the media declared Romney an Alaskan, he would immediately run ads claiming his home state.

Actually, Limbaugh has been saying that both R’s and D’s are scared of a Santorum nomination.
He’s half right.

I agree with you entirely, but here’s the thing: Mitt’s claimed Michigan as his “home” state, and has thrown the gauntlet down saying that he won’t lose. But making this claim, he’s made it a must win proposition and that’s why the perceptions here are so important.

Who wouldn’t be scared? He wont rest until the entire electoral map is covered in Santorum.

lol

I hope that you’re right.

Time for some new blood.

Not a Rush or a Santorum fan by any measure.

We need Ron brother. Restore the Republic.

Hello!? They are worried now??? They should’ve been worried when old man Mccain picked that whack-a-doodle from Alaska that cost him the election! The GOP is becoming a freak show with each canidate hating more Americans every day! Sontorum hates Americans, Gingrich is s big fat hypocrite adulterer, Romeny is paid and bought and phoney flip-flop! Its too hilarious!
They Make Nixon look like a progressive!

Mitt is owned by UTAH! and the LDS

Mormons CHristians?? Then why do they believe in another Prophet??
People wont vote for Romney cause he is a fake flip floper. Marches in the Gay parade in Boston, signs gay marriage, then denies it! Come on., he is a FAKE

GOOGLE SANTORUM

I’m not sure the Rush is really a conservative.  He talks a good game, but I’ve played baseball with a lot of guys who could do this.  In most cases, the talkers are just that, talkers.  They can’t hit the curve ball to save their souls.

I have nothing against Santorum nor Gingrich.  They both are honest, law abiding Republicans who put too much emphasis on being called conservatives.  The only right winger in the bunch is Ron Paul, and those who know him well believe him to be a little on the kooky side. He is a bit too eccentric for my taste, so I don’t take him too seriously.  Mitt Romney — to my knowledge — never slept around, nor voted for liberal ideas in the Senate of the United States.  If that makes him a weak Republican candidate for the presidential nomination then so be it. 

I like Mitt Romney.  I like his ideas on how this country should be governed.  I like how he presents himself to other Republican members.  As far as I can tell, he is a patriotic American Republican  who loves this country warts and all.  In a world that is hurting as much as this world is, he appears to to be the type of leader this country needs at this time in our history.  I like the way he talks even when he is being battered by other Republican candidates.  In short, he is as cool as he should be in a situation that calls for this type of coolness under fire.  And, on top of that, he honestly knows how things should work in the business world – unlike that guy we now have who is making decisions about business arbitrations that he doesn’t understand nor really care about.    

If you believe that being a Mormon disqualifies him as a presidential nominee, then shame on you. If you believe that he should be disqualified because he served as a Republican governor in a very liberal state, then you got a problem that I am unable to discuss intelligently in this post.  I will support whoever the Republican Party nominates, but I do hope that Mitt Romney is that nominee.

Santorum/Jesus 2012. 

Rick is a Bishop, he can’t be a saint until he puts a few decades between the abortion of his child and his elevation.

If Santorum is elected…The White House will have to be exorcised and fumigated  before he can move in.

Think of the old-fashioned concept of a politician’s home state. Gerald Ford was born in Nebraska, but was raised in Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan and played football. (Jokes about him playing without a helmet while he was president.) He took a boxing coaching job at Yale (not in Michigan) because he wanted to go to its law school. He was admitted to the school and got his law degree while still working as boxing coach, then he went back to Michigan. He practiced law in Michigan. He joined the Navy in WW II. He returned to Michigan.

Ford got into politics to fight a corrupted Michigan Republican establishment (shades of Sarah Palin). He continued his law stuff and became well known in Grand Rapids, MI. He won a Michigan seat in the House of Representatives in 1948 and served there from 1949 to 1973. There was never any doubt about his home state.

(Information from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library http://www.ford.utexas.edu/grf/fordbiop.asp

Al Gore was the son of a Tennessee politician and spent a lot of his youth in Washington, D.C. but also in Tennessee. He attended a Tennessee university and worked as a reporter in Tennessee. He was in the Tennessee House of Representatives for several terms, then became a Senator from Tennessee. Again, no doubt about his home state. (Info from http://www.biography.com/people/al-gore-9316028)

Those are two examples of “traditional home states.” The candidates lived, worked and served in the government of that state or as its representative/senator in Washington. By that definition, Romney’s “home state” should probably be Massachusetts, not Michigan. There is no indication that he ever ran for any office in Michigan.

The pundits think it should be where you went to high school? Or where your father became famous? The people don’t seem to think so, and I know I don’t.

As for Romney, he tried to have three Home States at the same time, and it is going to backfire on him.

Thanks for the excellent historical perspective on this. I cannot really define “home state” either. I am a native Floridiot (TM) and still live within 15 miles of where I grew up.

I think once a politician wins election to any office in a state, that is a fair determiner of “home.” Beyond that, it really is kind of nebulous.

I agree. Romney tried to go with multiple home states and now he will have to deal with the backlash. Of course, he has also had all opinions on all issues, so this is not surprising.

A load of Santorum
in the White House is better?

You cant get out.

Mormons are definitely not Christian,  There beliefs are aligned with Islam.  Look it up, do the research, I am an exMormon.  They tried to overthrow the US 3 times.  Please educate yourself, know your facts before telling others what is true
http://www.mormonzeitgeist.com/node/317http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/08/04/bill-maher-mormonism-closer-islam-it-christianity http://www.worldviewweekend.com/worldview-times/article.php?articleid=6474 

The media will only talk about Christianity in a negative light, unless it is contrived Christianity like much of the Left

Now Its the “Establishment that wants to rids us of Conservatives” what will be next week?
Aliens Forces at work? You have to laugh at yourself being a republican when realize that just hating the OTHER guy, Is the basis of your campaign, And I have been a registered republican for 27 yrs and Find myself absolutely realizing That although I got some bucks, i might as break rank and order help my business flourish, hire workers, give them decent pay benefits and live my life with a little less greed, greener objectives and see that my taxes are investing on one greatest cleanest countries on earth, second only to premium land in Switzerland, I’m over You Rush You becoming a Dinosaur 

Rush and friends are nuts period.  Although Sarah the douchebag beats them all.