First off, congratulations to Rick Santorum for winning the endorsement of roughly 150 social conservative leaders this past Saturday. While a lot of people are doubting the actual effects. Of the endorsement on South Carolina voters, I think that we’ll definitely see more support towards Santorum. I love when people say he isn’t electable because he only got 10% of the vote in New Hampshire. He spent a very short time campaigning there, spent 0 dollars on advertisements/mailers, yet managed to haul in 23,362 votes, just a few votes behind Newt Gingrich. He won 4 elections out of 5 attempts, with 3 of those campaigns being statewide — in Pennsylvania, a blue state. His campaign is focused on families and blue-collar workers, especially with his proposed 0% tax on manufacturing, and he has actually cooperated (to an extent, of course) with labor unions before. I find him more electable than Romney because this guy is absolutely unwavering in his stances. People like it when you know what you’re talking about, can interact with crowds, and have always stood by what you said. Unfortunately, we can’t say the same with Mitt Romney (cough cough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4&feature=youtube_gdata_player). Notice how this was in 2002 – not too long ago, especially when, 5 years later, he was running as pro-life in 2007 & 2008.

On another note, the Saddle Up Texas GOP Straw Poll happened on Saturday and, naturally, Ron Paul won. Frankly this is not very surprising considering that you could text in your vote – which undoubtedly boosted Paul a lot among the younger “libertarian” crowds. Factor in that Ron Paul has also been a Texan Congressman for several decades and you can see where a lot of his support came from. What’s notable, however, is that Rick Santorum came in second place, with 15.6% of 3,321 votes – not bad, considering that most pundits say he’s slipping. BS! He’s getting big crowds, pouring money into South Carolina – I’m ready for another surprise. Are you?