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Rick Santorum Drops Presidential Bid, Endorses Marco Rubio

CNN.com:

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum ended his presidential bid on Wednesday, throwing his support behind Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. 

Satorum made the announcement Wednesday night on Fox News' "On the Record," saying he spoke with Rubio "for more than hour" Tuesday before making up his mind.

Santorum won the 2012 Iowa caucuses and ended that race with the second-most number of delegates to eventual GOP nominee Mitt Romney. But he was unable to capture any momentum this year despite extensive barnstorming efforts in Iowa.

He is the third Republican presidential candidate to drop out after Monday's caucuses. Mike Huckabee ended his campaign that night, and Rand Paul suspended his campaign Wednesday morning.

Santorum said that he and his family decided the best way to achieve his campaign's goals was to get out of the race. 

"We decided that I think we could be better advocates for that in supporting someone who shared those values and is in a better position to do well in this race," Santorum told Greta Van Susteren, saying he was looking for a candidate that believed in helping struggling Americans, placed importance on traditional family units and who had the experience and understanding to take on ISIS. 

I've always liked Santorum, but he's never going to be President. Better to try another run in Congress or even a governor bid if he wants to make a difference for social conservatives.

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The Gay Wedding Gotcha Question That Isn’t

TheFederalist.com:

It started with Marco Rubio, but the “would you attend a gay wedding” question is one that is rapidly being applied to the entirety of the potential 2016 field. Thus far, Rubio has said yes, Ted Cruz has demurred, and Rick Santorum stands alone as a “no”. John Kasich says yes, he’d attend a loved one’s gay wedding (and also that he’s waiting for a signal from God on whether or not to run). And Scott Walker one-ups them all by saying: I already did.

This has all the hallmarks of being a gotcha question that really isn’t, along the lines of last cycle’s “should states have the right to ban contraception?” questions from George Stephanopoulos. It’s not about whether you believe in federalism. It’s not about the philosophical interpretation of the roles of states or the rights of citizens. It’s a question designed to test your allegiances. It’s being asked this cycle by reporters because of the obvious tension within the Republican coalition between the social conservative base and the need to appeal to general election voters who are increasingly fine with gay marriage. As such, just like the 2012 contraception question, it’s not about a pressing policy issue. It’s about trying to find a subject where the natural voter’s response is “what? Don’t be ridiculous”, but Republican candidates’ responses will be a fifteen minute discourse on the finer points of Griswold v. Connecticut.

“Would you attend a gay wedding” is a matter of personal conscience. But that’s why it’s such an obvious opportunity for turning the question back on the actual policy battle at issue, a bit of ju jitsu I haven’t seen from any of the respondents yet. The whole point is that it’s your decision whether to attend or not. 

Conservatives and (most) libertarians believe people ought to be able to decide whether to freely associate with others themselves, not be dragooned by the force of government into mandatory associations as the secular left maintains. The entire point of religious freedom laws in Indiana and elsewhere is that we want to give people who say “I cannot in good conscience participate in this ceremony” the right to defend themselves in court based on their deeply held beliefs. That used to be a bipartisan principle, and now it’s effectively a monopartisan one – but it’s the right principle. A Republican Party unwilling to defend it has been reduced from a party founded on the idea that no man should work and toil and earn bread where another eats it… to one only ready to smash their clay fire pots and raise a sword in the air for the cause of the Keystone Pipeline and the Medical Device Tax.

Hugh Hewitt has probably done us all a favor by teeing it up on a radio show that will feature appearances by every 2016er early on, as opposed to leaving it until the debates. The downside is that just means that the question will have to be updated by the time everyone’s answering questions on stage. I’d suggest something like “Would you send your kids to a school that teaches the Bible says being gay is a sin?”, or “How many Sam Smith albums do you own?”, or “Would you order a pizza from someone who wouldn’t cater a gay wedding?”. Only once the voters know your stance on bigot pizza can they be fully informed as to which side of Culture War 4.0 you are on.

This is a test. It is an early test. It should be easy for Republicans to pass it.

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Rick Santorum: I Wouldn’t Attend a Loved One’s Gay Wedding

Mediaite.com:

Likely Republican presidential candidate and Rick Santorum would not attend the same-sex marriage of a loved one.

After the pair decried the media’s focus on the same-sex marriage fight — calling it something of a distraction from the Islamic State’s brutality abroad — conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt asked the former senator the same question Fusion’s Jorge Ramos asked newly-announced candidate Marco Rubio on Wednesday: Would you attend the same-sex wedding of a loved one or anyone you are close to?

“I would not,” Santorum said, shocking no one. “As a person of my faith, that would be something that would be a violation of my faith. I would love them and support them, uh, but I would not participate in that ceremony.”

A shame that most of these GOP Presidential candidates are doing such a poor job defending conservative ideals while handling the liberal media. I mean, here's the easy answer to this question: 'No, I wouldn't attend a gay marriage and nor would I attend a polygamist wedding either. Next question.'

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