2 Comments on “Rasmussen: Romney Opens A 16% Lead Over Santorum”

1. 
   Freespeaker 1976 said at 9:36 pm on March 1st, 2012:

   MEANINGLESS.

   It’s About Delegates, And By This Account; It’s Going To Be A Fight

   http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/GOPDelegates-Endgame/2012/02/29/id/431025#

   I Thought Romney Was Mr. Electable?

   I Mean, If He Can’t Put This Away, How Electable Is He

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   AGAIN - WHY IS THE TEA PARTY FOR SANTORUM? said at 10:23 pm on March 1st, 2012:

   Senator Santorum: Big Labor Republican

   The Senator says politics is a “team sport.” It’s clear he plays for Team Big Labor

   The Senator voted with Democrats and Big Labor to defeat the National Right to Work Act of 1995. The Senator justifies this vote saying he was representing Pennsylvania where forced unionization is the law but today, PA Senator Toomey is cosponsoring nearly identical legislation.

   The Senator voted with Democrats and Big Labor — repeatedly — to protect Davis-Bacon legislation, an old law on the books that requires the federal government to pay more to its contractors. Santorum was so wedded to big labor that he even voted against waiving Davis-Bacon in times of emergency. By voting to protect Davis-Bacon, the Senator cost taxpayers many millions in higher taxes, deficits, and national debt.

   The Senator sponsored the “Santorum Amendment” to raise the Minimum Wage 21.4%. He supported Ted Kennedy’s proposed hike in the Minimum Wage. And, in a 2006 campaign commercial, he bragged about his support for a higher Minimum Wage.

   The Senator voted with Democrats and Big Labor in favor of making it easier to unionize FedEx. How is that going to play in Tennessee?

   The Senator voted with Democrats and the teachers unions against school choice, merit schools, model schools, and decentralization.

   Santorum was Big Labor’s man in Michigan, Now in Ohio

   The Senator actively sought the support of Big Labor Democrats in Michigan. He slammed Romney for his opposition to the auto bailout, calling it “a slap in the face to every Michigan worker” (even though he has claimed to oppose it as well).

   His message included big payoffs to the “manufacturing sector” and he gave a heavily pro-labor speech in Detroit saying he “has no problem with private-sector unions” and pointing out that his grandfather was a union treasurer.

   It worked: union members broke heavily for Santorum in Michigan—45 percent compared to 26 percent for Romney.

   Now, AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) is running ads against Mitt Romney in Ohio for Rick Santorum’s benefit.

   Santorum can’t have it both ways now that he’s trying to win Right to Work states in the South.

   The Senator’s excuses on Right to Work are Romneyesque. Santorum claims he voted against Right to Work while in the Senate because it wasn’t ‘the right thing for his state.’ Of course, what he means is it wasn’t right for the unions in his state. He still defends his votes in the Senate, but now claims he’s for a national Right to Work law, too – which, by the way, is sponsored by Pennsylvania Senator Toomey.

   The Senator touts that he “stood up” as a “conservative” in Pennsylvania and cites his “strong principled voting record on issues that were tough in my state.” But Santorum admits he voted against Right to Work because of its unpopularity in Pennsylvania. (Again, Toomey has since voted for it). Who’s the courageous conservative again?

   It’s called Right to Work. Santorum must explain why he will protect it for the people of Georgia, Oklahoma, and Tennessee even though he didn’t protect that right for the people of Pennsylvania when he had the chance.