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March 14, 2012
The conservative Republican base (evangelical Christians, blue collar and middle-class voters, and rural dwellers) sure doesn't want Mitt Romney to be their Presidential candidateto take on Barak Obama They much prefer Rick Santorum, even though Romney's grip on the GOP nomination is much more firm and more electable than Santorum.
On the other hand Santorum knocked off Newt Gingrich who had pitched himself as the South’s candidate. The big question is: will the anti-Romney conservative base ever united behind a single candidate? This is now Santorum.
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A lot of conservatives seem to have decided this is their last chance to get birth control and abortion made illegal again, which along with hysterical ranting about Islamic threats to Israel is their main obsession. For me the interesting question is when Abbott will follow suit. The Libs have a track record of picking up American conservative initiatives even when they are not especially topical here, and Abbott's views on the rights of women to control their own bodies are well-known. Santorum's success must be making it very tempting for Tony to start muttering again about removing Medicare benefits for birth control and criminalising abortion. I'm sure Cardinal Pell will be urging him to do so.