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wautd wrote:Is there any candidate that is even slightly pro-environment? Or are they all like the environment, let's focus on petty things like abortionand gay marriage?

Fuck, even todays democrats are lukewarm on green issues.

UnderAGreySky wrote:(especially in the OC area).

SirNitram wrote:If my math is right, this is basically over. Sanotorum would need damn near complete victories from here to the convention to win. Even Newt might not score enough to make himself a kingmaker.

UnderAGreySky wrote:The real danger, as I read somewhere (likely Slate) is that self-professed 'conservatives' will now ditch Gingrich for Frothy because they want to back the winner. I can see that happening, and Mitt would be worried now as this would cause Santorum to start picking up delegates in the deep south without Newt being a spoiler. The article even speculated that, for the first time since '68, California's primary would be crucial in deciding the nominee - and while on average California is neutral, the R side apparently is batshit crazy (especially in the OC area).

Questor wrote:

UnderAGreySky wrote:(especially in the OC area).

If you think OC is the nuttiest area of California, you've never been east of the mountains or north of the Bay.

And I say this as an Orange County resident who routinely wonders exactly how crazy people can get.

EDIT: I'm also going to add that I am aware that at least one OC Republican has actually advocated for the privatization of police and fire departments. And the less said about immigration, the better.

BTW, if OC ends up being a decider, Paul might make this interesting.

WEST MONROE, Louisiana - At a campaign stop at a firing range, while Rick Santorum was firing off some rounds, a woman shouted, "pretend it's Obama."

Santorum, who was far from the woman, couldn't hear the comment as he proceeded with his target practice. Neither could his staffers.

But the yell - the identity of the yeller is not clear, although the words were clearly audible - was in close proximity to journalists traveling with the candidate.

"It's absurd," Santorum said of the woman's outburst when reporters told him about it. "No we're not pretending it's anybody but shooting pistols. It's a very terrible and horrible remark and I'm glad I didn't hear it."

Santorum is expected to easily win the Louisiana primary on Saturday, but his chances of wresting front runner status from Mitt Romney have dwindled as Romney has built a strong delegate lead.

Perhaps sensing Romney's proximity to clinching the nomination, Santorum has sharpened verbal attacks on the former Massachusetts governor, suggesting he is too moderate for Republican voters and could not beat President Obama.
Santorum sought in a written statement to clarify today that he did not mean he vote against Romney if Romney is the nominee in November.

"I would never vote for Barack Obama over any Republican and to suggest otherwise is preposterous," he wrote. "I was simply making the point that there is a huge enthusiasm gap around Mitt Romney and it's easy to see why - Romney has sided with Obama on healthcare mandates, cap-and-trade, and the Wall Street bailouts. Voters have to be excited enough to actually go vote, and my campaign's movement to restore freedom is exciting this nation. If this election is about Obama versus the Obama-Lite candidate, we have a tough time rallying this nation."

General Mung Beans wrote:

UnderAGreySky wrote:The real danger, as I read somewhere (likely Slate) is that self-professed 'conservatives' will now ditch Gingrich for Frothy because they want to back the winner. I can see that happening, and Mitt would be worried now as this would cause Santorum to start picking up delegates in the deep south without Newt being a spoiler. The article even speculated that, for the first time since '68, California's primary would be crucial in deciding the nominee - and while on average California is neutral, the R side apparently is batshit crazy (especially in the OC area).

Not really, the OC after all is demographically speaking Romney paradise (ie rich suburbs) not Dixie-In-the-West.

Crossroads Inc. wrote:Makes me recall that even during the worse days of Dubya, I never once wished him dead. But it seems totally ok to joke about "Ridding america of it's greatist threat" among conservatives.