COMMENTARY | In politics, just as in any other segment of society there are several differing sets of standards all operating at the same time. With the buildup to today's Iowa caucus, this has been extremely prevalent. The Republican Party is embarking on their first stop in the process of separating the wheat from the chaff to see which of the candidates they are going to pit President Barack Obama against next November.
By different sets of standards, I am speaking of the varying definition of what makes a conservative and a liberal. Surprisingly, former GOP castoff Rick Santorum has got a very good chance of getting the nod in Iowa today. According to MSBNC, Santorum's poll numbers have nearly doubled in the past month.
When he visited a pizza shop while campaigning in the state, he shut the thing down due to his number of supporters that were occupying the place. People like Santorum. In a field of who is trying to show they are more conservative, he is one that may win on that margin alone.
Which is why I sincerely do not understand the comment by fellow candidate Ron Paul. In an interview with a CNN correspondent, Paul stated that Santorum was "very liberal." Paul, of course was citing Santorum's voting for what he called too much spending during his time in Congress.
If you ever wonder why there is so much infighting in the Republican Party, this is why. Even those that call themselves conservatives branch themselves off into various sects. One group is your fiscal kind, the other your social conservative, and so on. For Paul to say Santorum is liberal on the whole is a stretch of the imagination.
According to Huffington Post, if elected Santorum stated he would invalidate same sex marriages. He would want to attempt to push forward a constitutional amendment essentially outlawing such. Santorum would push for the repeal of DADT. Just because Santorum voted for spending bill after spending bill does not make him a liberal by any stretch of the imagination. He may be part liberal, but most of his other missions if he becomes president far overshadow what little sliver of liberalism may be in his political mindset.
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