Our Next President

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i voted for Santorum, although i believe it might be Romney going up against Obama.
i definitely do NOT support the re-election of barack obama.
 
Romney - he has the best chance of beating Obama. I also believe he could turn around our economy. On the other issue - supreme court justices, foreign policy, etc. I believe he is solid.

Ishii
 
It is surprising to me, given what Obama and his administration have been up to, that nearly a third of respondents cast their straw vote for him in this poll.
 
i want it to be dr paul, but who we will get is someone who won’t do a darn thing about the federal reserve or our massive debt.
 
I said Romney. I like Santorum, but I don’t think he’s presidential material. That being said, if he’s against Obama, I’m voting for him. Better Romney over Santorum, but better Santorum over Obama.
 
ishii said:
Romney - he has the best chance of beating Obama. I also believe he could turn around our economy. On the other issue - supreme court justices, foreign policy, etc. I believe he is solid.

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i think santorum is a really nice and moral man, however, i think he is too conservative for a lot of Americans. he doesn’t have the experience like romney does. so, i too think that romney has the best chance of seeing that our current president is not re-elected. i think some day, after becoming more seasoned and experienced, rick santorum would make a good candidate for president. i am not saying that romney is not moral or nice, he seems like a good family man and i know he understand the hard knocks of the business world.
i think he would be good for our economy too.
 
7_Sorrows said:
i think santorum is a really nice and moral man, however, i think he is too conservative for a lot of Americans. he doesn’t have the experience like romney does. so, i too think that romney has the best chance of seeing that our current president is not re-elected. i think some day, after becoming more seasoned and experienced, rick santorum would make a good candidate for president. i am not saying that romney is not moral or nice, he seems like a good family man and i know he understand the hard knocks of the business world.
i think he would be good for our economy too.
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I agree with you on Santorum - this primary process has taught him a lot about campaigning. He is relatively young. Even if Romney were to do 2 terms he could run in 2020 as he’d be only 61 years old. Or if Romney loses, he’d be in a position to run in 2016. I like Santorum. One of the criticisms I have of him is that he sometimes does not come across as presidential. On paper, I probably agree with him on most issues, but I do not think this year is his time.

Ishii
 
I will take Romney over Obama anyday but…

As to political experience:

Romney served one 4 year term as Governor.

Santorum:
**Served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 4 years **
and
Served as a U.S. Senator for 8 years.
He was the third-ranking Republican in the Senate
He was chairman of the Senate Republican Conference
He served 8 years on Senate Armed Services Committee
He served on the the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; the Senate Special Committee on Aging; and the Senate Finance Committee

As to age: Santorum (53) is 3 years older than Obama(50).
 
I wouldn’t count Santorum out at all.

And at the end of the day as long as Obama goes, I’m content. 🤷
 
The_Rock said:
I will take Romney over Obama anyday but…

As to political experience:

Romney served one 4 year term as Governor.

Santorum:
**Served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 4 years **
and
Served as a U.S. Senator for 8 years.
He was the third-ranking Republican in the Senate
He was chairman of the Senate Republican Conference
He served 8 years on Senate Armed Services Committee
He served on the the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; the Senate Special Committee on Aging; and the Senate Finance Committee

As to age: Santorum (53) is 3 years older than Obama(50).
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As to experience relevant to the situation: Santorum is a career politican. Romney has experience in the private sector - turning around the Olympics and other businesses. He has real-world experience as opposed to Santorum’s debate experience.

Ishii
 
I do not think I ever seen a poll on here that tells you which members voted for who… till now 😉
 
dcingoranelli said:
It is surprising to me, given what Obama and his administration have been up to, that nearly a third of respondents cast their straw vote for him in this poll.
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Because some so called Catholics do not give real consideration to what the Church teaches on the principals of voting. Whether they realize it or not, a vote for Barack Obama at the ballot box means they have constituted remote material cooperation or material cooperation with evil, depending on the voter’s reasons for voting.

GetReligion classifies the ‘Catholic Vote’ as this:
Ex-Catholics. Solid for the Democrats. GOP has no chance.
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Code: 
**Cultural Catholics** who may go to church a few times a year. This may be an undecided voter — check out that classic *Atlantic Monthly *[tribes of American religion](http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200601/twelve-tribes) piece — depending on what is happening with the economy, foreign policy, etc. Leans to Democrats.
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Code: 
**Sunday-morning American Catholics**. This voter is a regular in the pew and may even play some leadership role in the parish. This is the Catholic voter that is really up for grabs, the true swing voter that the candidates are after.
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Code: 
 **The “sweats the details” Roman Catholic** who goes to confession. Is active in the full sacramental life of the parish and almost always backs the Vatican, when it comes to matters of faith and practice. This is where the GOP has made its big gains in recent decades, but it is a very small slice of the American Catholic pie.
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getreligion.org/2008/10/catholic-vote-vs-catholic-voters

Simply, you have properly catechized Catholics - they won’t vote for pro abortion, religious liberty impinging candidates. As the article says, the data shows the link between weekly mass attendance and not voting for a political party which opposes important Catholic teaching.
 
ishii said:
As to experience relevant to the situation: Santorum is a career politican. Romney has experience in the private sector - turning around the Olympics and other businesses. He has real-world experience as opposed to Santorum’s debate experience.

Ishii
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Every cycle, someone will bring up a candidate’s business experience as being somehow “better” than “political” experience as qualification for high office.

That does not really make sense, IMNAAHO, because the US of A is not a business. Not only is it not intended to make a profit; citizens are not employees.

The POTUS is and will always be a politician. Nothing can change that.

ICXC NIKA
 
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