This article is called, “Discord in G.O.P. as Conservatives Air Differences,” and was written by Katharine Q. Seelye. This article was found on www.nytimes.com and was published on January 16, 2012. Basically, this article is about how some of the Republican candidates, who have not dropped out of the race, are really against Romney because he is the front runner as of now. However, there are some who fully support him. For example, Jon Huntsman recently dropped out of the race and announced that he will be endorsing Romney because he feels Romney would be the best candidate to beat Obama in the upcoming Presidential Election. He also believes that Romney would be the best candidate to fix the problems of the United States. This does not change the evangelical leaders’ views that the candidate should be more conservative and that candidate is Rick Santorum. Newt Gingrich still has a chance as well because people have not forgotten about him. This article is also about how Santorum released his first negative advertisement against Romney. This advertisement was released only hours before the candidates had a debate. The ad talked about how Romney is “more liberal than Ted Kennedy on social issues” and that Romney would be unable to show the differences between himself and Obama because of the fact that Romney inspired President Obama’s health care plan. It also talked about how South Carolina’s conservative and evangelical voters have an interest in choosing Santorum or Gingrich. It seems like each candidate, other than Romney, is publicly saying negative things about the other candidates. Either way, Romney is still attempting to pull off a third straight nomination with the upcoming South Carolina primary. Basically, Santorum and Gingrich are targeting conservative voters to vote for them because they know that people believe Romney is not as conservative as he says he is. Also, it seems that between Santorum and Gingrich, one of them is going to do worse than the other which elevates the pressure to drop out completely. This is significant because although Santorum and Gingrich seem to be making progress, Romney seems like the most likely candidate to win. It is also significant because Huntsman is endorsing Romney which could give Romney even more support than he already has or it could completely turn voters the other way because some voters may hate Huntsman and everything he is involved with. Overall, it seems like Romney is the candidate that will run against Obama in the 2012 Presidential election.
This last blog entry is on the article called, “Social Conservative Leaders to Huddle in Texas, Assess 2012 GOP Candidates,” and was written by Dave Montgomery. It was published on January 14, 2012 and was posted on www.thestate.com. This article is about how the social conservative leaders from around the nation gathered in Texas to figure out who they feel will be the best Republican presidential candidate. They seemed to be leaning toward Mitt Romney. This gathering took place at former Texas judge, Paul Pressler’s Hidden Hills Ranch which is where many social conservatives and evangelicals gather. Since Romney had repeat wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, he seems to be the most likely candidate for all other candidates to beat. However, many people do view Romney as a moderate and they tend to question his commitment to opposing abortion and gay marriages which is their priority issues. Romney has a lot of work ahead of him if he wants to win in South Carolina because many of the voters are evangelicals and social conservative. This gives Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum hope for possibly earning a win. Anyway, around several hundred conservatives were invited to this gathering which takes two days. Some of the people invited to this gathering are James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, Kelly Shackelford, president and CEO of Liberty Institute, Don Wildmon, founder of the American Family Association, and Gary Bauer, president of American Values. Some of the people attending this believe that it will be difficult to decide on one candidate because many of the people are torn between all of the candidates. Shockingly, Perry seems to be a dominant contender for social conservatives and he has a good chance of having a significant impact during the South Carolina primary. This is significant because if the people attending this gathering decide on Romney as the candidate they want, then Romney will most likely win the South Carolina primary. It is also significant because Rick Perry, who was thinking about dropping out of the race before the New Hampshire primary, may end up having a very good outcome. It will be interesting to see the results after the South Carolina primary and to see who will win those delegates.
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