Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Santorum wins three states in major upset

DENVER — Rick Santorum had a breakthrough night Tuesday, winning GOP presidential contests in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado, all of which is expected to breathe life into his struggling campaign and slow Mitt Romney’s march to the Republican presidential nomination.

The Santorum triumphs promise to, at least temporarily, alter the face of the campaign going into the crucial “Super Tuesday” contests, as the caustic tone of the primaries is expected to continue and intensify. Romney and his allies have signaled that they will use their financial advantage to launch stepped-up attacks on Santorum and on former House speaker Newt Gingrich, the other main challenger.
Read the rest here.

4 comments:

Igumen Gregory said...

Pray God that he becomes the nominee, we might get the incumbent out of the WH. I have little confidence in Romney.

The Archer of the Forest said...

I don't see Santorum having any appeal whatsoever to independent voters (and I am one.)

Visibilium said...

Yeah, he's one of those pro-family social engineers who has too much of an axe to grind to be attractive to independents. Despite his principled views, I'd vote for him only if....

John said...

As a senator Mr. Santorum hopped in bed with the lobbies as eagerly as any senator has done. He is the quintessential crony capitalist pandering to a particular demographic in the hopes of getting back in the game.