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14. Actually, he's pandering to those evangelicals

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 9, 2012, 05:51 PM

Feb 2012

According to a recent survey posted at Daily Kos, the only group against providing birth control coverage in health insurance policies is White Evangelicals. Even Catholics are in favor of insurance covering the cost of birth control pills for women. Evangelicals have shown time and again that religious differences take a back seat to political considerations. As long as Santorum is singing their tune on this, they can pretty easily overlook the inconvenient fact of his Catholicism.

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Doesn't Rick Santorum understand that he'll never be President of the United States? [View all] Cyrano Feb 2012 OP

He is living in that republican bubble. He will never be elected president. Period. There is no southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #1

It's only a matter of time BumRushDaShow Feb 2012 #2

Actually, he's pandering to those evangelicals gratuitous Feb 2012 #14

Nothing to disagree with brer cat Feb 2012 #3

He's not going to be the nominee, let alone president RZM Feb 2012 #4

Prior to 2000... Lizzie Poppet Feb 2012 #5

I watched a washed up B-movie actor who co-starred with a chimpanzee elected president twice NNN0LHI Feb 2012 #6

Not in my lifetime, and I'm 40 something.......lol.....oh, I guess not in his lifetime either...Hell louslobbs Feb 2012 #7

I said the same about Bush. nt jannyk Feb 2012 #8

I think he understands the $$$ that comes with being in these GOP elections Johonny Feb 2012 #9

No Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2012 #10

I'm not sure there's much he does understand. nt NoGOPZone Feb 2012 #11

A former incumbent Senator who lost re-election by 18 ProgressiveEconomist Feb 2012 #12

Simply, I think he's shilling for a VP spot... quispquake Feb 2012 #13

Cautionary tale: there was a time when people said the same about Ronald Reagan... markpkessinger Feb 2012 #15

he is exciting the right-wing fundamentalist base - they love to feel persecuted Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #16