Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Common Sense Catholics
Although Santorum wears his religion on his sleeve Santorum is having a rough time winning over Catholic voters. When you read the article and look at the stats you may be surprised to see how much it has cost him not getting the catholic vote. Do you think that this sort of impact will be the death of Rick?
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I don't think that this absence of Catholic voters for Santorum is going to have a particularly huge effect on his campaign. Yeah, including this group would definitely be nice for his numbers, but I don't think Santorum and his "dour 13th-century philosophy regarding women, their bodies and reproductive practices" actually stand a legitimate shot in the nomination. After all, it's the 21st century.
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DeleteExtremists scare everyone, even people of the group. In any group, if someone takes a step too far then the other members of the group will lose faith. And in the case of Santorum he has taken 20 steps too far. His extreme beliefs will not even appeal to the general Catholics. He only has received the radical wing of the Catholics. When someone is catering to a group and can not even win them over because his ideas are so out there then clearly something is wrong. No radical can win the general election and in this it is even affecting Santorum's chances with his own party.
ReplyDeletea classic example of not taking a more moderate stance coming back to bite. Without support of his core audience he is alienating himself from both the people he is trying to win over as well as those supporting him in the candidacy race. at this point in time it may be too late to attempt to chance his stance on some of the more controversial topics.
DeletePerhaps Santorum simply isn't catholic enough. Applauding to a comment " America was founded as a Christian Nation, and those who were not christian should leave." Come on? Is he still trying to win? I agree with the author, bless the catholic voter who have rejected crazies pooled behind Rick Santorum.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the lack of the catholic vote will affect Santorum if he makes it to the general election, because by that point it will all be based on politics. However, I think for the rest of the primary it could hurt him a little bit. Conservative catholics will most likely back a more moderate mormon (Mitt) #alliteration rather than a christian who has radical political views.
ReplyDeleteI really don't think that it is that surprising the he has not won over that many Catholic's vote. Santorum is viewed and prides himself as a evangelical Christian. He likes to wear his Religion on his arm and a majority of Catholics do not go around with their religion on his arm.
ReplyDeleteThis being said, I does not surprise that he has not won over that many votes because they do not see eye to eye with Santorum and may not have the same feelings he does.
It's very confusing for why this is an issue for Rick, I mean the fact that he has to spend so much money on something he should have in the bag. However, I think that the kind of Catholics that are voting for him are the "staunch catholics" how are really true to their religion. In the end I dont think it will play a part, because he is still finding a way to win.
ReplyDeleteCatholics should be Santorum's wheel house. He is one of them, and he champions their beliefs. Yet maybe Santorum's policies do not reflect Catholics' beliefs quite as well as Santorum thinks they do. For instance, 99% of Catholic women use contraception; Santorum does not seem deterred by this overwhelming majority when he champions the eradication of contraception from insurance plans. Santorum is out of touch with his Catholics. He takes the practices way more seriously. Everybody else understands that the world is different now than when the Bible was written, but Santorum doesn't appear to be grasping that it's 2012 (not 1512), that women, even Catholics, have sex for reasons other than procreation, and, apparantely, that they can vote as well.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the absence of Catholic voters is going to affect Santorum's campaign much. Including them in his campaigning would be helpful for him in getting more votes, but he doesn't seem to be very in touch with Catholics beliefs today, so it's better that he leaves them out in the long run anyways.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty surprised that Santorum isn't gaining the vast majority of votes for Catholics. Maybe Santorum is too conservative for Catholics (if that is possible). I think that the absence of these voters will impact his campaign negatively, but I dont think that it is time for him to change up his campaign strategy.
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