3. Election News
Tuesday - Republican presidential primary in AZ and MI
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Santorum accused Obama administration of weakness for apologizing about the Korans being burned
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Romney is focusing on economic issues rather than social issues (possibly in reaction to Santorum focusing on them)
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MI poll shows Romney and Santorum as front-runners and Gingrich and Paul trailing
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Santorum: “[President Obama] is now trying to tell people of faith that you will do what the government says, we are going to impose our values on you.”
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Mitt Romney has Secret Service protection; Santorum will get S.S. starting Tuesday; Gingrich requested it last week; Paul has not requested protection, saying it is a waste of taxpayer money
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Santorum defends his anti-contraception stance by citing a racist author (Charles Murray) when asked about promising to address the dangers of contraception in our country
Santorum cites increase in number of kids born out of wedlock and sexually active teens, impact on society - economically, drug use and “host of other things”
Charles Murray wrote Bell Curve - argues that black people score lower on IQ tests because they are genetically inferior to whites
1. Election News
Rick Santorum is courting Georgia voters - spoke in Cumming Sunday
Article had two dudes holding up signs, one read Santorum Palin 2012 (god help us) they had gelled hair though, no need to listen to them
Quotes from Santorum:
“America is different. The people who line up to come to America are not like the people who are very happy just to stay behind.”
“The rest of the world is ruled. The rest of the world’s governments believe that rights come from the government, not God.”
(I looked up his views on immigration because I suspected he was being disingenuous, this is what I found)
Opposes benefits for illegal aliens (emergency room care, shelter from abusers etc.); supports a border fence; critical of granting amnesty; as President would not act on immigration reform until southern border is secure; supports making English the official language; opposes granting in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants
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Rick Santorum is now the favorite of the right wing
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Labor organizations appear to be supporting the Democrats again after months of Republican attacks on collective bargaining rights
Fun fact: Labor unions can also do independent political spending as a result of the 2010 Citizen’s United Case
7. Election News
Mitt Romney trying to soften image, be seen as more sensitive
Has begun spending more time talking about the people he has met
Seen as too robotic and stiff
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Santorum leads Romney in Michigan polls - 15 points ahead in Public Policy Polling and 6 points ahead in American Research Group poll
Michigan is Romney’s home state, his father was a popular governor
A loss in MI would cast doubt on Romney being inevitable moninee
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Friday the White House modified position on health care, stating it is the responsibility of insurance companies to give employees plans that cover birth control
Many religious leaders are still unhappy
