Things are heating up in the Republican presidential primary here in Ohio, if you can say with a straight face that anything having to do with wimpy Ohio attorney general Mike DeWine generates heat.
DeWine, who had endorsed Mitt Romney in the presidential race, has withdrawn his endorsement and flipped to the Santorum side, perhaps drawn by the fact that Santorum has taken the lead in state polls.
Buzzfeed suggests,
Sources inside the Romney campaign said DeWine was upset that Romney was critical of Santorum’s position on the felon voting bill, which is mentioned in an ad by Romney’s Super PAC and was brought up in a debate last month. DeWine and Santorum were two of only three Republican Senators who voted for the bill.
Santorum’s position is that convicted felons who have served their time should have their voting rights restored — a position considered reasonable and useful in helping to reintegrate ex-felons into society by helping them feel they have a stake in it. Proving you can never overplay the Clinton scare card if you’re a Republican, Romney’s ad said Santorum “joined Hillary Clinton to let convicted felons vote.”
This is DeWine’s third endorsement in this race; he previously endorsed Tim Pawlenty, who dropped out of the race in August. He endorsed Romney in October when Santorum was polling in last place. — Anastasia Pantsios
This article appears in Feb 15-21, 2012.
There are two things which would make me willing to consider a republican presidential candidate even worthy of the 2012 election. I doubt even this would get me to vote republican over the current president, but at least I would not be so angry at the republican party: 1) Instruct all republicans and politicians that the Norquist Pledge was a huge mistake and that it went against the people who they are representing; and 2) To apologize to the president for the oath they took at the beginning of the presidents term to go against him in every way and try to make him look as bad as possible. This oath has had a terrible negative impact on the republican party’s leadership qualities and puts into question their claims to be true Americans. If these two things do not happen the republican party will not only have little chance in this years election, but it will also begin to be voted out of office in governor positions, The House and other political positions throughout the country. They have had thirty or forty years to become other than the party of conservative fools which they have become. Instead of using their power to become less hateful and intolerant and against women and others, they have gone the other direction. They are as bigotted as any party has ever been and the country deserves far more help and far less judgment from these out of touch men.
No sooner did DeWine, whine his endorsement for Rick Santorum, then another stupid and self destructive comment was made by Rick. First his big backer made that asprin between the knees thing and now Rick has said an even dumber thing while in our state of Ohio. He said that ‘Obama worshipped a false religion and was destroying religious values in the country’. Here is a guy who seems to hate women, and Christians other than Catholics looking to become the president of the USA? I think he had his day at the top just like the dozen or so other idiots the republicans have thrown at the people. Another one bites the dust….It is like one of those little league games where there are no more pitchers to put in other than kids without the ability to even throw one strike to stop the fifty to twenty score of walked in runs to stop and let the kids and the parents go home and watch TV. The debates have been worse than listening to Jimmy and Frank debate on ethics and honesty.