Rick Santorum was robbed.

The Republican Establishment/Elite now have the Republican Presidential race they want, former Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Governor Mitt Romney; but the person who could have been the frontrunner in this race now was robbed of the legitimate momentum he should have gotten out of a stunning upset, grass-roots, come from behind victory in Iowa, former Senator Rick Santorum. He won of January 3, 2012 in Iowa; but we did not know that until January 19, 2012, two days before the South Carolina Primary and nine days after the NH Primary. It is undeniable that the race would be different if Senator Santorum’s victory was known before New Hampshire voted. The surge he would have received would have changed the race. The vote undeniably would have been different in New Hampshire. The number of candidates in the race could have changed even more quickly, and the surging fund-raising and poll numbers in South Carolina for Speaker Gingrich may never have happened. Governor Perry might have suspended his campaign before New Hampshire. Governor Huntsman might have suspended his campaign on January 11, 2012, with no ticket to ride south. Governor Palin and Governor Perry might well have endorsed Senator Santorum, or at least not endorsed Speaker Gingrich before South Carolina. The evangelicals in Texas would have supported Senator Santorum on the first ballot last weekend, if they hadn’t come out for him even before NH. Speaker Gingrich would not have had the night he did at the Myrtle Beach debate. All of the last sixteen days would have been different and Senator Santorum’s blue collar background would have been juxtaposed against Governor Romney’s blue blood past.

January 19, 2012
earlier poem, “A vote of conscience”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/01/vote-of-conscience-v2.html
January 2, 2012
Iowa Caucuses, January 3, 2012
and New Hampshire Primary, January 10, 2012


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