Rick Santorum in Iowa

[Fuzzy Bear Loves Christian Missionaries]

The evangelical Christians in Iowa are, at this very moment, reading the article where Santorum has made his case against SSM in powerful terms!  
Maybe, just maybe, those good folks who stood up for this man 4 years ago will decide to stand up for him again!  And if they do, they will send a very powerful message that we're not all embracing the cultural sewer of Rolling Stone magazine and network TV.

My morals going down the sewer had nothing to do with Rolling Stone or network TV, neither of which I expose myself to much at all. I did it all by myself! Thank you.

I watch almost no network TV anymore.  But I subscribe to that rag Rolling Stone.  Many years ago they had at least one conservative writer, P.J. O'Rourke, believe it or not.  Now I can't even look at any politics in it.  They assume every reader is pro-marijuana legalization and pro-gay agenda and a liberal Dem.  No dissenting views at all.  They should stick with music.
You will never see praise for Ted Cruz or Rick Santorum in that rag.  The hatred they have for them rages with the intensity of 1000 suns!

Santorum is not the leader of the "Religious Conservative" faction of the GOP in the way that, say, Ted Cruz is the leader of the "Tea Party" faction, or where Jeb Bush is the leader of the "Estabishment" faction.  It's not like the folks who voted for Santorum in IA were pining for him all these years; it's more like he emphasized their issues and they voted their appreciation.  There other choices were Mitt Romney (soft on social issues and a Mormon to boot) and Newt Gingrich (serial adulterer whom religious conservatives know places limited interest in advancing social issues).  This year, they have Ted Cruz, whose father is a pastor, who leads campaign rally attendees in prayer, and who is an unabashed social conservative.  Not to mention, he's a guy who's got a great chance at actually being nominated.  If you're a religious conservative, the case for Ted Cruz is pretty strong.  That's not even mentioning Ben Carson, who's been a folk hero in religious conservative circles for decades.

Religious conservatives really don't believe that Santorum, or anyone else, is going to repeal SSM just by virtue of caring about the issue more than the next guy.  They've been disappointed and marginalized before, but they keep voting Republican because (A) the GOP is the lesser of 2 evils for them and (B) lip service is better than active opposition to the issues you care about.