P H O T O B Y R E U T E R S /J IM Y O U N G
BY JED. I. KNIGHT
“Santorum’s been out front in his stance
C O N T R IB U T IN G V E R Y LIT T LE
against men marrying hordes of other men,
resident Barack Obama is set to come
for example, and Obama has frankly not said
to Portland in September in hopes of
a thing on the matter. It’s going to make it
matching or even exceeding his
harder for Obama to win back the people
75,000-plus attendance record achieved in who voted for him in ’08 as the true
his last campaign swing here in 2008.
conservative.”
The announcement comes as stiff
Twenty-one-year-old Colin Marin of
competition mounts from Rick Santorum,
Portland is one man who supports Santorum
who is seen as the GOP frontrunner for the
in his bid to stop man-and-multiple-men
nomination and a formidable opponent to
marriages. Marin currently lives with four
Obama’s policies on family values.
other men.
Santorum’s surge in the polls over the
“I should have known it was a mistake to
past month has the Obama campaign
enter into this agreement,” Marin said.
rescheduling time on the liberal West Coast,
“They’re slobs and they’re demanding. It’s
which was once thought to be a shoe-in for
just too much. It sounded like a good idea at
the time — even with two jobs, I was broke,
the Democratic incumbent.
“Santorum has taken a stance on a lot of
and they seemed to really like me - but if
Santorum had been elected in 2010, this
issues that Obama has, frankly, been
would never have happened.”
relatively mum on,” says Rod Stagger, a
Nor has Obama outlined his strategy for
political analyst with Reed College.
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making sure the country isn’t harmed by
contraceptive use and the lack of an
imposed morality standard, even as he
pushed for a federal mandate that insurance
companies cover contraceptives.
“Santorum has come out clearly on the
one issue most Americans are worried
about, that women are making decisions
they have no control over,” Stagger says.
“Where’s Obama on controlling women?
Nowhere.”
Obama’s efforts to reduce the
unemployment rate also raises concerns
among analysts who say this could make
him weak against a candidate who has
dismissed such statistical jibberish.
Santorum has made it clear that the
unemployment rate doesn’t matter.
“Doesn’t matter to me,” Santorum said at
a recent stump speech in Illinois.
“This could be a big problem for Obama if
the jobless rate continues to dominate the
news,” says Armand Guiterrez, a political
analyst with the non-profit Oregonians With
Intention. “If Obama continues to hammer
on something that Santorum has made clear
is not important to the next President of the
United States, voters could get disillusioned
as to what really matters in their lives.”
At the crux, however, is Obama’s
embracement of “evil”, an issue Santorum
has raised throughout the campaign. A call
to the White House on the issue of the
President’s love of evil was not returned.
“Obama’s silence on evil and its minions
makes this a close race,” says Nathan
Guillatino, a political analyst with the non
productive Vegans Against Evil. “Obama is
at a distinct disadvantage if he doesn’t go
after evil in the campaign. He has a lot of
catching up to do if he want’s to go toe-to-
toe with Santorum on this issue.”
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IKEA trip causes
Candidates
trouble
Mitt gives
away toddlers
Have you heard
these people?
Nearly rips
frakking fam ily
apart
Promises plenty
for all
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