Dear Commons Community,
This is the eve of the Iowa Caucus. Republican presidential nominees Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are leading in the polls but unheralded candidate, Rick Santorum, appears to be moving up considerably in the minds of Iowans. Of all the candidates, Santorum has received the least coverage of any other candidate in the 2012 race, according to a study by Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. According to an article in the Huffington Post, Santorum’s surge has become the topic du jour among political reporters. The article states:
“It remains to be seen whether the “surge” is real or whether it’s simply media hype and the pack mentality of reporters and pundits — having already moved on from previous Iowa frontrunners — to seek out a new narrative. But for now, Santorum seems confident enough that the surge is real to put on his media critic hat and knock those pundits who wrote off his campaign in exchange for the non-Romney flavor of the moment.”
One statement Santorum made that is sure to appeal to the extreme conservative wing of the Republican Party is his support for a federal ban on gay marriage, saying on Saturday and that he would push for a constitutional amendment to render same-sex marriages invalid.
“In an interview at his campaign headquarters in Iowa, Santorum said there needs to be one marriage law for all 50 states. When asked if he would make same-sex couples get divorced, he responded, “Well their marriage would be invalid. If the constitution says ‘marriage is this,’ then people whose marriages are not consistent with the constitution … I’d love to think that there was another way of doing it… [but]gay marriage could doom the U.S. unless we protect it with the institution of marriage, our country will fail.”
The only things that will fail will be Santorum’s extreme view and pandering to the ultra right.
Tony
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