Baffled as to why Ed has been under Lil’ Ricky’s frothy spell lately.

Iowa Caucus Entrance Polls show Rick Santorum as the getting 28% Tea Party support and 38% with “strong moral character.”

Why would the Tea Party support Rick Santorum?

He has a long history of being a major player in the inside the beltway Lobbyist game. 

Did everyone forget?

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Santorum was the only Iowa candidate to talk to Ed and now he’s got a weird man-crush on him. Santorum is a bigot homophobe, and Ed was a former Republican, so maybe he’s feeling homesick.

Rick is the new huckabe he will go down in flames in the upcoming primaries. This is Romneys turn. No first time republican running for president has won since Barry Goldwater in 1964 and he got killed in the general.

Santorum is on the stump?  Hypocrite!

I don’t think Ed like the guy. But I do think he respects the hard work and mileage he put in. Rick doesn’t have a prayer, but to a conservative he is the closest they got.

You are the master spacer!! Gave my finger a workout just scrolling over your spew!!

You tell em Special Ed…atta a boy!!

I think it’s because you’ve got ass on the brain.

Fixed. Sorry bout that.

Newt just gave a nod to Santorum after critique of Williard. Gravity to the evangelical over mainstream fix?

Not Romney. Besides, Santorum isn’t an evangelical.

Ed’s hard on for Rick has to do with Rick’s stumping on behalf of manufacturing. Santorum is a bit friendly to unions (thus Ed’s support/why I won’t vote for him.)

He is only once born, but satisfies the demands of the twice born like only Bachmann might.  Romney might lose the gravity needed to attract enough support if Newt lends his considerable mass to a Santorum orbit.

The establishment cannot be happy with this.  A faction on the right has already invested heavily in Romney futures.  Both mainstream money and reputations are on the line.  If the evangelicals see this as an opportunity to break the fix this could be good stuff.

God wants Santorum to be the nominee, but not for the reasons his supporters might think.  Ed is trying to nudge things in that direction.

Santorum with a strong speech…Ed had some honest insight on this one.

Likely part of the calculus.

It is interesting though that the top three in this process so far none of them are evangelicals. Although rick being a hardcore catholic best represents them. The evangelicals Perry, Bachman got crushed.

Both carry very particular baggage. I think that Bachmann misspoke so often that she became unelectable in the eyes of those who still had private admiration for her. Parry entered like a lion but was exposed in the debates and the same logic destroyed his support. I think that Santorum is different. He has absolutely sandbagged this thing. His just delivered a speech that demonstrated skill/ honesty far beyond the ability of either Bachmann or Parry on their best day. This is great stuff.
(edit: I still think he is wrong on everything and deeply vulnerable… but the Teavangelicals will gobble this stuff up)

Williard is a freaky robot dear Pablo.  What will you do with him?

Good comment its still amazing to me Santorum came out of this the winner or close to it. All the poles all the pundits all the bullshit matter not a bit. O reily wouldn’t even have him on his show till the last minute. The guy couldn’t get 5 minutes in a debate. We all overestimate the impact media has on this election. Romeny is still gonna steam roll him but his road just got a lot tougher. Expesh is Newt is Santorums attack dog. Although I suppose this could be good and bad.

Thanks inside! It is surprising in a way. At the same time we all knew that there was a large mass looking to folllow anyone not birthed “Willard”. Right wing media and commentary on Teavangelical friendly sites have been terribly critical of Mitt. Understanding the three fundamental factions (establishment/ evangelical/ libertarian) meant that someone had to emerge. He waited to the last moment in a way… but also invested his time (living in Iowa in effect) in a manner that allowed him to peak at a critical moment… toss in the Gingrich ego damage and desire for revenge… the gravity of it all has direction now.

Why Maddow is not eviscerating Schulz for fawning over Santorum baffles me. If he had his way Santorum would have Maddow’s head shaved and a number tattooed on her arm.

You don’t understand analysis do you. Maddow mentioned that Ed had the insight of the night after Santorum’s home run of a speech. He can stump… He has the evangelical chops and the blue collar message pegged down fairly tight. Ed was not saying that he agreed with Santorum… Simply that Santorum has the capacity to resonate in a manner that might favor him and influence the emerging direction of the race.

no i don’t think so…nobody wants to see that look :b

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/29/sinead-oconnor-divorce_n_1174538.html

Claiming Rick is a conservative is news to me. All you need to do is check is voting record and see what a Big Govt. guy he really is. I think Beck must be right, if you think these guys are more conservative than BO, maybe its actually about something else. Ask Ron and Rand Paul, they’d tell you how liberal he really is. 

Santorum is leans to the outside of the Republican freak-o-meter, and any skill he may have at retail politics won’t do him any good once people realize he’s a homophobic holy joe who is convinced his own santorum doesn’t stink.

For that matter, I’ve seen his stump performances on TV a couple of times and I was underwhelmed. I think America would be too.

Who cares what this uber dishonest, racist blowhard thinks about anything?

Just stirring the pot … he doesn’t believe for a second what he just said … pathetic!

If Santorum is anything close to Obama, we should reject him like we will Obama in 2012.

I have no plans for him. You?

Your mama’s.

None.

Ed likes santorum?

ewwww

Yeah well let me provide the irony since expecting such from Mr. Ed is asking a lot now that Chill Wills is dead. Mr. Ed regularly has white hating racists on his show and has no idea. This is a left turn at irony and into the stupidity down the block. You could have a block of cement in place of Mr. Ed and get more accurate editorials. It would’nt say anything but that’d be a plus right there.

Man love?

That’s the free-market working. If the Conservative market says your not good enough, and God knows they’re right, then take your less than talented butt to the opposition and make a living. Isn’t our Democracy great!

No….He has been told by MSNBC Management (aka…Obama) to kiss conservative ass during the primaries  to raise the dismal network ratings.(LAST PLACE)
He is to go back into the Obama ass-kissing mode in the General.

Watching Fat Eddy try to kiss conservative ass is like watching Nanci Pelosi try to talk like a Christian.
Round Hole/Square peg

Santorum is a flip flopper just like Romney, he will say anything to please the crowd and get elected.

Santorum is a flip flopper just like Romney, he will say anything to please the crowd and get elected.