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Florida - winner takes all as candidates make final push
by Joseph Earnest January 26, 2012
Newscast Media HOUSTON, Texas — Thursday's debate was the candidates' last chance to appeal to Florida voters, with CNN's Wolf Blitzer as the moderator. Blitzer did get some boos when he ventured into the private lives of the candidates, who at some point unanimously agreed that the moderator needed to ask questions of substance rather than waste time with questions of no value to the voters. The audience seemed to lean toward Mitt Romney as he and Gingrich went back and forth about their finances.
However, Rick Santorum was able to shine above the rest when it came to the issue about the United States Constitution. Santorum spoke the way a man who lives outside the Matrix would speak. Just as I have always told my readers, Santorum repeated verbatim the same definition and purpose of the Constitution, I have always attempted to articulate. He stressed that it is not the Constitution that gives us our rights.
"The purpose of the constitution is to protect our God-given rights. Our rights are endowed to us by God the creator. We are the only country in the world whose God-given rights are protected," Santorum said. He also reminded the viewers that if our rights came from the State, then they could be taken away from us.
At the end of the debate, all candidates were then asked to explain why each thought he was the most likely to beat Obama.
Ron Paul said his message was one of freedom and ending wars. "The freedom message and constitution is appealing to people of all beliefs. A constitutional foreign policy will end the wars," Paul said.
As for Mitt Romney, he talked more about his experience in the private sector and how he was intent on reducing government while growing the economy. "This is a critical time, not an average election. Our economy is becoming weaker, government is getting bigger. Scale back the size of government. You are gonna have to bring someone who has been on the outside. I will use the experience of my life to get America right, and that experience is what will beat Obama," Romney argued.
Newt Gingrich said he was concerned about the future generations. "I'm running for my two grandchildren: Maggie and Robert. I believe if we have a big election, it will be an American campaign [of people] who prefer a paycheck to food stamps; who prefer the Constitution to Saul Alinsky."
Santorum said, "I wasn't for the Wall Street bailouts like these two have been," referring to Romney and Gingrich. "The centerpoint of my campaign is to win the industrial heart and the Reagan Democrats, and govern with the mandate that I just talked about," he added.
Whoever wins Florida, walks away
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