Comments on: Evangelicals and Santorum

By: Sergio Méndez

Sergio Méndez — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:11:29 +0000

Blake:

No, in context, it applies to evangelicals, catholics and christian fundamentalists, which make the base of the Republican Party and of Santorum voters. Is that clear?

By: The Religious Vote in Iowa and Beyond » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:00:22 +0000

[...] is a difference between midwestern and southern evangelicals. But consider this: as R.R. Reno noted, in Iowa, 60% of the evangelical vote went to Catholic and Mormon candidates. (Well, it’s [...]

By: TXW

TXW — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:35:55 +0000

But did you hear the scandal with Santorum? A woman called the NY Times and said Rick slept with her and he sired children with her. Later they learned this woman was his wife. How unusual. I don’t think he is fit for office if he is too boring to just be happily married.

By: Rick Santorum Thursday Roundup | ThePulp.it

Rick Santorum Thursday Roundup | ThePulp.it — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:12:32 +0000

[...] Evangelicals and Santorum – R.R. Reno, First Things/First Thoughts [...]

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:00:41 +0000

“These days it’s just religious conviction plain and simple that arouses loyalty among some voters—and anxious antipathy from others. ”

What about “religious conviction plain and simple arouses fanatic loyalty among some voters – and reasonable worry from others”. Oh well, is just wording…

As long as we understand that this applies to humanist or “Enlightenment” religious fanatic convictions as well as Mormon, I’m good with the correction.

By: Sergio Méndez

Sergio Méndez — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:08:50 +0000

“These days it’s just religious conviction plain and simple that arouses loyalty among some voters—and anxious antipathy from others. ”

What about “religious conviction plain and simple arouses fanatic loyalty among some voters – and reasonable worry from others”. Oh well, is just wording…

By: The World Wide Religious Web for Thursday, January 5, 2012 « GeorgePWood.com

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:51:12 +0000

[...] that that’s the bottom line for many evangelical voters, not the candidate’s theology. See also Evangelicals and Santorum, where R. R. Reno shares the same intuition as I [...]

By: Felapton

Felapton — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:02:34 +0000

The job of a senator is to talk. He can be as ideologically pure as he wants to be. A governor has to compromise or nothing gets done.

The assertion that Romney has ever been anything but an exemplary Mormon is just insupportable. In fact, the Obama proxies are already attacking him for his faithfulness to Mormon doctrine while he was a stake president. (E.g., “The Dark Side of Mitt Romney” at Vanity Fair’s site.)

By: Bret Lythgoe

Bret Lythgoe — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:31:05 +0000

Despite Romney’s notorious reputation for compromise, and just flip flopping generally, he’s no more guilty of it than any other politician. It simply comes with the territory of politics that compromise, assuming one wants to get anything done, is part of the game. Santorum, for example, has advocated accepting laws that, although banning abortions generally, allow for exceptopns in cases of threats to the life of the mother, rape, or incest. However, he personally believes that abortions should not be allowed in these cases (he may believe in an exception for the life of the mother). Is he an appeaser? No, he’s doing what he should do, in order to acheive practical results: compromise. I

It’s just that Romney seems more famous for it, but he hasn’t really done it more than other politicians have. And what’s so wrong with changing one’s mind if it’s based on sound arguments and/or empirical evidence, as Romney seems to have done, concerning abortion? Mary Ann Glendon, has attested to Romney’s genuine pro-life convictions (I think it was an article in THE WEEKLY STANDARD, where it mentions Glendon’s support of Romney).

Of course, a politician can go too far. But Romney’s changes seem to be either about getting things done, or a genuine change of mind.