My Theory of Why Santorum Suspended His Presidential Campaign

By Brian Hughes
Edited by: Becca Lower

Rick Santorum (and this movement we’ve formed together) has made a huge impact on the GOP, our nation and (I hope) the world. The usually-soft Christian voice needed to be amplified and I believe Rick delivered the wattage needed. I firmly believe that our efforts were not in vain. I also believe that Rick is now doing what he has to do, in order to secure the ground that our grassroots movement gained in this cycle. People who’ve been in politics for a long time know how to play the game and Rick is one of those. That’s just how it is.

Ever since the day Rick Santorum suspended his campaign, I’ve been working on a theory of mine. I believe that while Bella was sick, Rick had a chance to step back from the trenches of the campaign and view it from a distance. He must have been able to get a full view of the battlefield that lay ahead, and that may have been when he realized that a clear win was not in the cards. He also might have known, at that point, there would be casualties if he had forged ahead because our resources in the grassroots were depleting. We as supporters felt so convicted about what Rick stood for in this fight that we would have kept on going– even past the point of going broke. I’m sure Rick realized, too, that his campaign’s needs required more resources than the grassroots could offer. And I believe– once he did– that he decided to lift this burden away from us. Another factor could have been the fact that the Romney campaign did have the needed resources to carry things forward and the main objective was to defeat Obama.

I know some of you believe that Rick’s compromising our shared beliefs by leaving the race and handing over the baton to Mitt. But since the beginning of his campaigning, he stated that this was always about defeating Obama. That theme, in all of his speeches, had a more prominent role than even values did. Why? Because if we don’t defeat Obama, we won’t have the freedom to express our values. But, if we defeat Obama our Republic will have the best chance of still standing.

Lastly, I want to say to those people who think that by suspending his campaign, Rick is committing a selfish act– you’re wrong. It’s one of the more unselfish acts anyone could ever do, if my theory is correct.

Even as I’m writing this, the thought that Rick was wrestling with this in his heart– unbeknownst to all of us– brings tears to my eyes. Being a man it’s hard to even admit that. I am only guessing, of course, because no one can see into another person’s heart and mind. But I do know what kind of man Rick is. It’s the same reason why I know he would make one of the best presidents our country has ever had. Without seeing a clear path ahead, Rick’s frugal nature would most likely have made it impossible for him to keep going. He knew that the larger effort, defeating the monster in the White House, would be much more than even we could muster.

On a personal note, I’d like to apologize, if I ever caused any of you anguish. I’m sorry for everything that has transpired since his announcement to suspend his campaign. And to all of those who have not yet had a chance to vote for Rick in your primaries or caucuses, my heart breaks for you. Please don’t read what I’m not saying; I’m in no way telling anyone who to vote for or who not to vote for in their Primaries. I truly love all of you whom I’ve met while working on the campaign. Hopefully, one day we can all rally together once again in this fight for our freedoms.

God bless you and God bless America.

Will You Stand with Rick and Fight?

By Brian Hughes

This is for all my fellow Rick Santorum supporters out there. Will you stand with Rick and fight?

As a supporter I received an email from Rick’s campaign informing me that he is endorsing Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee for President. I have to admit I saw this coming and I prepared myself foe it. But I am afraid that many of you might either be surprised and or angry that he has done this. If that is you, I would ask you to please continue reading as I talk about this short yet powerful paragraph.

“Above all else, we both agree that President Obama must be defeated. The task will not be easy. It will require all hands on deck if our nominee is to be victorious. Governor Romney will be that nominee and he has my endorsement and support to win this the most critical election of our lifetime.” Rick Santorum

Rick wrote, “Above all else, we both agree that President Obama must be defeated.” and I agree with him on this. My number one priority is to help kick out the commie that is presently occupying the White House.

This video is from The Victoria Jackson Show.

Rick also wrote, “The task will not be easy. It will require all hands on deck if our nominee is to be victorious.” I also agree with Rick on this point. It’s quite simple folks, “United we stand and divided we fall.”. It’s going to be a very tough fight for the White House and “O” will most certainly pull out all the stops. Look at this ad Obama has produced already…

This video is from “Obama: The One-Man Terrorist Slayer” from the blog conservativechick757.

To my fellow Christian brothers and sisters, I appeal to you. For those who are against Mitt because of your Biblical principles I am in agreeance and that is why I stood with Rick Santorum as my first choice for President of the United States. But now Rick is no longer running and we are left with the choice of the RNC establishment. I believe that the LORD will honor us for our first choice but I also believe He will honor us for our choice to help the GOP defeat President Obama. My values vote was Rick Santorum and my wisdom vote is the RNC nominee.

Watch this very inspiring speech from Florida Congressman Allen West at the Broward County REC Lincoln Day Dinner.

Here’s what the Right Scoop had to say about Allen’s address:

“This is the most incredible speech, ever. Allen West comes out swinging hard against the left and doesn’t stop until his speech is over. He hits the left over their collectivist ideology. He hits them over their collectivist policies. And he encourages Republicans to “find the enemy and fight them wherever they are” just like American paratroopers from the 101st and 82nd airborne did the night before D-day. He said Republicans must be like sharks that smell blood in the water because, as he puts it so well, we don’t win playing defense. We win on offense.”

This video was produced by Boris Balaban.

We must unite and stand together to defeat our common enemy Obama, because four more years of his progressive liberal policies would mean the destruction of our Republic. We also need to focus our efforts on helping our local and State Congressional candidates to win control of the Senate and expand our control of the House.

Do you remember why you’re a Conservative Republican?

This video is from ZoNation on PJTV.

Who Are We Battling Against?

By Brian Hughes

Since posting my last blog, “The Battle is Over but the War is Still On”, I’ve been on the receiving end of many attacks and slanders. I’ve been all but exiled from some of the inner circles of what was once Team Santorum. Sadly, I have watched a division widen within the grassroots movement of Santorum supporters– between those that are still fighting as if Rick were still in the race and those who have moved on since he suspended his bid. My question, for myself and anyone reading this: who are we battling against?

This fighting is causing several problems. First, it’s alienating those who have chosen to move on to fight other battles in this war for our Liberty and our freedoms. Second, communication within the grassroots movement has been disrupted. Not only can’t people talk with each other, but it’s causing needless disrespect of those we once called brothers and sisters. Anyone wanting to continue campaigning for Rick surely feels isolated from everyone else. Third, our base is being weakened, and divison can only appear in a negative light. Remember that the rest of the world is always watching– especially the Liberals.

After much prayer and thought, here are my suggestions. Let’s show compassion for those people still wanting to campaign without Rick. Their desire to do so need not cause anyone offense. But I also ask respectfully, of those people who want to stay an active part of the Santorum groups: please don’t use avatars that represent another candidate. This does cause offense, and we Christians are called to a higher standard of conduct and character. I thought it was inappropriate to change my avatar to another Presidential candidate while still wanting to network and interact with the Santorum groups, so I decided not to and even kept my cover photo up of me holding Rick Santorum sings.

To those of you still wanting to campaign for Rick, I say: Please don’t attack those of us that have moved on. It isn’t fair. No one is betraying anyone. We are all sorry that Rick left the race. We were all left high and dry without a candidate, even though he still is on ballots in upcoming primary and caucuses. My heart really breaks for Rick supporters in those states. I know how important it was for me to vote based on my Christian values. So, do this yourself, if that is what’s on your heart. But please refrain from calling me or anyone else a turncoat, or a betrayer of Rick. That is completely untrue. I will go one step further. Even someone with an avatar of another Candidate on their profile is not a turncoat or betrayer.

How should we in the grassroots continue to associate and network? My hope is that– now– a leader will emerge and lay down some ground rules, since it’s quite evident that we’re unable to govern ourselves. This leader would step up and attempt to guide with fairness and wisdom, providing unity. The grassroots network spawned by Rick’s campaign can be such a powerful force for the upcoming battles. And the communication possibilities alone are endless.

Like I said in my previous blog, I am of the opinion that we need to shift our attentions to our local and State Congressional races. This is even what Rick brought up in his interviews and on the conference call with Team Santorum.

If even one person is helped by this article, I will feel that stepping out on a limb like this was worth it.

The Battle is Over but the War is Still On

By Brian Hughes

Here are my thoughts after Monday’s conference call with Rick Santorum, Karen, Bella and Mark Rodgers. I am a values voter and my first choice was Senator Santorum. I gave everything I could to Rick and his campaign, money, time, skills, talents, sweat, tears and more. Just ask my wife. But I have no regrets.

Early on in the 30 minute Conference call Rick stated that “…we’re no longer in this race.” So It’s painfully obvious that his Presidential Campaign is over and we must stop trying to campaign without a Candidate.

“The war is not over but the battle is and we can’t fight a battle without a General.”

I can’t stand how the system works either and I personally think Mitt Romney is not the best thing going for us as Republicans but I will still support what Republicanism stands for and trust that God is in control.

I was able to vote for Rick in my Primary here in Florida and it felt good to be able to do that so I understand how disappointed many of you are who still have a Primary or Caucus coming up. I say vote however you feel like when it’s your turn. After August I have every intention to support who ever the GOP Nominee is in hopes of defeating President Barack Obama and I encourage others to do the same.

I hear many other Republicans say they will not support Romney if he is the Nominee. In black and white reality, I don’t believe that is the right thing to do and I do believe God would frown upon us doing nothing in this matter. If we allow the enemy to discourage us from supporting the Republican Nominee and from voting in November, the enemy will have won a major battle.

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” Edmund Burke

We still have to fight for what we as Conservative Republicans stand for and defeating Barack Obama is the Parties main objective.

My main focus has already shifted to helping State and local Conservatives with their Congressional Campaigns. We have many many races all over the Country that need all of our help! How amazing would it be to take what rick has started and now focus all of it on those races…it would shake the foundations of Capitol Hill and our voices would be heard loud and clear.

We need to help Conservative Candidates take the Senate back and expand the House. One of the great places to help do that is this Facebook group, National Grassroots to Elect a Conservative Congress.

But if we just scatter in discontent to our havens of misery it will be a much larger loss for all of us. Please be encouraged, keep the faith and keep fighting! God bless!

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Rick Santorum is a True Hero in my Eyes

By Brian Hughes

Today is a dark day for Rick Santorum supporters. As we all waited with anticipation to hear of Bella’s prognosis, we got news we all regretted hearing. Rick Santorum has suspended his campaign for President in 2012.  I had a gut feeling about this when I first heard of Bella’s admission into the hospital.

I want to commend Rick for not allowing Bella to be the scapegoat but rather using the Texas delegate rule to be it instead (A Message from Rick and Karen: Thank You). This is exactly why I support Rick in the first place. Any man who chooses to be a hero for his daughter over anyone else or anything else is my hero.  I hope and pray for the health of Bella in this dark time for her and her family.

As we all complain about who can we support now and what is going to happen to us; let us think about poor Bella at home with pneumonia and how serious this could be. The fact that Rick and Karen left Bella’s side to talk to us about their decision was very honorable. Being a father of 5 and my youngest having Spina Bifida it proves to me that Rick really does care about our Nation and his family.

Bella is in our prayers and I hope the best for Rick and his family.

The Leading Cause of Degradation of the Family in US is Education

 

The leading cause of degradation of the family in the US is rooted in our inability to protect the education of our children. We’ve allowed the Government to step in and take control of how our children are educated. Another thing is we have allowed the minority in this Country to dictate our laws and how our society should function on a public level. To the point of letting them dictate our healthcare.

We handed our schools over to the Government and allowed them to remove God, prayer and the Ten Commandments from the classroom and then expect our children to have moral values. It’s basically a miracle that we are not in worse shape. That is the primary reason we began homeschooling our children.

Private schools are also at fault because they enable the Fed by capitalizing on the circumstance to make a profit and by pulling in Federal money. If we don’t take our schools back and bring God back into the classroom it will all be in vain and we will just delay the inevitable.

Newt’s Gamble Could Mean our Freedoms

 

Based on my observations, it seems to me that Newt Gingrich is exhibiting the behaviors and characteristics of a gambling addict by deciding to stay in the GOP race. He has chosen to completely disregard the fact that he has not proven to be a viable contender. The problem here is that his wager is our Country and our freedoms, which are being torn away little by little by Obama and his minions. Newt; stop gambling with our freedoms and our Country!

Newt just like a gambling addict is anticipating that he will eventually hit the mother load win that will send him into Presidential orbit. A gambling addict will lose everything they have and whatever they can obtain from others to chase that next big win. The big problem here is that Newts betting with our freedoms.

Every game that he refuses to step away from the table he fuels Mitt Romney’s advancement to the nomination. If Newt would leave the table it would give Rick Santorum all of the Conservative vote; this would most likely discourage and destroy Romney’s campaign.

Newt not dropping out of this race alarms me and causes me to not trust him even more than before. I am hoping that Gingrich can resist the lime light and show some self control by dropping out of the race for the sake of our freedoms and our Country.

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What are the Differences Between Perry, Bachmann and Gingrich?

 

What are the differences between Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann and Newt Gingrich? This is the thought that came to mind after Super Tuesday and this Tuesday’s results. The answer came rather quickly and really frustrated me. Both Perry and Bachmann could have chosen to stay in the race longer and kept fighting to win the nomination. But they obviously saw something much larger then the glory of becoming the next President of the United States.

They saw the ultimate goal of all Conservatives alike; to defeat Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination and go on to defeat Barack Obama for the Presidency. They understood and accepted the fact that Romney would win the nomination if the Conservative vote remained divided. Like the great Patriots they are and with great humility, they dropped out of the race. For that, many other Conservatives and I are very grateful.

It baffles me to see the complete lack of Patriotic honor, humility and respect for the Conservative movement that Newt Gingrich is displaying by staying in this race. My honest opinion is that Newt should have dropped out back in January when Perry and Bachmann did. That would have been the noble and Patriotic thing to do in my eyes.

Instead Newt has chosen to stay in this race and split the Conservative vote between him and Rick, which in the long run could enable Mitt Romney to walk away with the GOP nomination. Newt is pleased with himself for winning in South Carolina and his home State of Georgia but he has failed to seal the deal in the deep South and instead Rick Santorum, a Yankee from Pennsylvania won Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi.

When we take a look at the sheer numbers and results it makes absolutely no sense for Gingrich to stay in other than for the satisfaction of his own ego. Let’s take a look at the numbers.

Primary and Caucus Results
Date	State	Mitt Romney	Rick Santorum	Newt Gingrich	Ron Paul
01/03/2012	Iowa		W
01/10/2012	New Hampshire	W
01/21/2012	South Carolina			W
01/31/2012	Florida	W
02/04/2012	Nevada	W
02/07/2012	Colorado		W
	Minnesota		W
	Missouri		W
02/11/2012	Maine	W
02/28/2012	Arizona	W
	Michigan	W (410,517) *426,791	(378,124) *426,943	(65,093) *48,819
If Newt would have dropped out after February 7th and handed the torch to Santorum he would have most likely defeated Mitt. Even if only 75% of Newts votes went to Rick and 25% went to Mitt, Santorum still would have squeaked out a win.
03/01/2012	Wyoming	W
03/03/2012	Washington	W
03/06/2012	Alaska	W
	Georgia			W
	Idaho	W
	Massachusetts	W
	North Dakota		W
	Ohio	W
	Oklahoma		W
	Tennessee		W
	Vermont	W
	Virginia	W
If Newt would have dropped out before Super Tuesday, Santorum would have had a way better chance of defeating Romney in AK, GA and OH.
03/10/2012	Kansas		W
	U.S. Virgin Islands				W
	Guam	W
	Northern Mariana Islands	W
03/13/2012	Alabama		W
	Hawaii	W
	Mississippi		W
	American Samoa	W
03/17/2012	Missouri
03/18/2012	Puerto Rico
03/20/2012	Illinois
03/24/2012	Louisiana
	Total	17	10	2	1
		Mitt Romney	Rick Santorum	Newt Gingrich	Ron Paul
http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012-republican-primary-schedule/

So as you can see there is not much evidence for Newt to continue with the race because Santorum is receiving the popular vote among Conservatives and Newt is actually hurting the Conservative’s by dividing our voting power. This is enabling Romney to run away with wins he would otherwise not get if Newt would drop out.

2012 Delegate Tracker
Candidate	WSJ	CNN
Mitt Romney	495	489
Rick Santorum	252	234
Newt Gingrich	131	139
Ron Paul	48	66
Speculative – 1,144 needed

Above you can see a Delegate Tracker with totals from the Wall Street Journal and CNN. These numbers are the majority of what is out there accept for a few sites that actually have Newt with more Delegates than Santorum. Either way, Rick Santorum is doing much better than Newt Gingrich in this race for the Republican nomination and every indication shows that Newt should drop out to unite the Conservative vote.

It would be ludicrous for Newt to ask Rick to drop out based on these results along with the fact that Ricks Campaign just raised $1 million in the past 24 hours since his Southern Sweep. In light of all this, I think it’s safe to say that ego or something maybe worse is behind Newt’s decision to stay in. I really don’t know what it would take for Gingrich to come to his senses and respond to the higher calling but I hope it happens sooner than later.

here are some answers to some of the rumors against Santorum.

Rick can’t win against Obama: Rick can win against Barack Obama mainly because he has God on his side; plus millions of Conservative voters that have God on their side. Santorum is a stark contrast to Obama and is the true Conservative alternative. Rick defeated an incumbent Democrat in a 3:1 district and won a re-election for a second term. He then defeated another incumbent Democrat to take the Senate in a very blue State and also won a re-election to serve a second term. So all in all Rick has defeated Democrats in 4 elections and can do it again.

Rick also has the most consistent record compared to the other candidates. Rick can reach the blue collar Americans to win key States like Ohio and Pennsylvania. He can win votes from Reagan Democrats, Blue Dogs, Moderates and Independents, because he’s done it before. Rick has the best plan to turn around our economy and has the track record to show he can get things done. Check out Ricks First 100 Days Economic Freedom Agenda.

Rick is not popular with women: According to the exit polls in Alabama, Santorum’s results were better among women; in Mississippi women were divided between Santorum and Romney. In both States Gingrich did less well with women voters than with men.

Rick is being set up by the Democrats because they believe he is the weakest Candidate: First off, these are the tactics of Liberals and we should not be falling into their traps. The information is coming from people like Mother Jones and Dan Savage, who hate Rick Santorum and everything he stands for. They are trying to create an atmosphere of division among Conservatives by lying about Rick and making false claims that the only reason he’s winning States is because Democrats are voting for him because he is the weakest link. For starters based on the exit polls in Alabama only 6% said they were democrats; in Mississippi only 4% said they were Democrats therefore exposing these rumors to be nothing more than a trap set by the Left.

I encourage you to do your own research instead of relying on just the mainstream media or here say from someone else. One thing that has been sticking out to me is that we need to also be mindful of who we replace Obama with.

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