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February 8, 2012

The attacks on Santorum have begun in earnest [updated]

For instance, Glenn Reynolds links an open letter from a very concerned libertarian (tell me: how are the libertarians going to feel when Ron Paul sends his delegates to Romney in exchange for some sort of quid pro quo?), who needs conservatives to know that Rick Santorum is a big government stooge, a guy who — just like Romney! Imagine that coincidence! — backed legislation approved by Ted Kennedy: Rick

GOOD NEWS: According to the White House, Mitt Romney backed a “a near-identical policy” while governor of Massachusetts, for requiring all health insurance policies – except for people working directly in a church or seminary – to cover sterilization and FDA-approved contraceptives

Reached for comment, Ann Coulter reminded “all the TEA Party hypocrites” eager to question Romney on such revelations, that the majority of Catholics vote Democrat, so any complaint from “hypocrite Papists” about their First Amendment rights being violated are necessarily canceled out by their “hypocritical embrace of leftist hypocrisy.” And if she didn’t say that, just wait.

BREAKING: Rick Santorum’s unironic wearing of sweater vests an electoral dealbreaker

…according to actress, model, Democrat activist, and erstwhile Sean Penn fuck pet Scarlett Johansson, who at a Vogue fundraiser for Obama criticized Santorum’s sleeveless knit-wear, praised the “casual, cool style” of the first couple, noted that Republicans “are all so unfashionable,” then sniffed that she won’t be attending fashion shows this year because, well, she’s just low key when it comes to such materialist showcases. Materialist showcases like, say, a

“Signatures to Rescind HHS Contraceptive Mandate Exceed Those on Petition in Favor of Policy 5 to 1”

Which, while suggestive, is not particularly dispositive with respect to public sentiment. Whereas conservative stalwart John Boehner’s having taken to the floor of Congress to pledge an overturn of the mandate is a much better indicator of public opinion — because we all know that, without some compelling internal polling data telling GOP leadership where they should stand on the issue, John Boehner would just keep his mouth shut and

“Democrats to continue Internet coup with new cyber bill”

Per Harry Reid, if the government is not free to regulate IP providers and private networks, the terrorists will have won. And by terrorists, Reid of course means private property holders and an erstwhile free people. At least, that’s my takeaway. Though I admit I may be a bit biased. (thanks to geoffB)

Do last night’s Santorum victories matter?

Why, of course not. The only victories that matter, when we’re dealing with an “inevitable” nominee, are those he wins. Which number is less than the wins by at least one opponent whose victories don’t matter. His not being inevitable and all — and so can be dismissed as a one-off winner who has now won one-off victories in more states than has the frontrunner. Who is a frontrunner not

Santorum’s Weld County Colorado speech

Less about fidelity to the historical Jesus, more about the way Chocolate Jesus and his progressive Utopian cronies are working to gut the Constitution and the civil society to impose the Statist model of centralized government onto a once free people. Unfortunately, I can’t find an embed code, so you’ll have to watch the video off site. Here’s how the Greeley Tribune reported on the speech that helped lead to