Possible Twist in the Race

I have not written much yet on the Republican primary as a whole, but I thought yesterday’s results were interesting. Rick Santorum surprisingly won all three primary contests yesterday in Colorado, Missouri, and in Minnesota.  While these victories do not signal the imminent defeat of the other candidates in the race, I think it does add a little twist in the saga of this election year.  People generally vote for a candidate that has their same beliefs, but also one that they believe has a legitimate chance of winning the nomination.  Winning primaries, no matter how small of a victory, puts the seed in people’s minds that a candidate can win it all.  That could be a factor as other primary contests approach.  Another thing that I think these victories will do is to put a little more of the spotlight on Santorum.  Of the candidates, I think he is really one who is flying in under the radar and one that people perhaps have not looked into as much.  He just doesn’t have the same name recognition the others do.

Personally, I think he would make a solid candidate.  Strong enough to me that I did give him my vote in the recent straw poll they had here in Houston (In case anyone was interested who I voted for). If you have not checked out his positions on the issues here is a link to his campaign website where he outlines them.  Even if you only read the introductory paragraph for each one you will immediately see that he is very grounded in the importance of family.  And I think anybody that starts with that is starting from a pretty sound foundation. As the race continues I probably will be writing more on the primary and its candidates, but I thought that these surprise wins at least merited a mention; even if it is a short but sweet post. I think he could make it interesting, especially in what I would consider a pretty weak field.

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