PearlWatson
Well-Known Member
I think it absolutely matters for running for the republincan nomination. The public, particularly the right, has grown very distrustful of the group on Capitol Hill. Showing (or having it shown) that you pay to play so to speak is very harmful to winning the Republican primary.
As for Santorum standing up to the media, well anything he has done on that front is greatly over shadowed by Gingrich who, in my opinion, has cornered that part of the vote.
Romney already has the label of being the Establishment candidate...the one those on Capitol Hill want.
I didn't say anything about standing up to the media. I said "standing up against the liberal social agenda," meaning he is the only social conservative and the only one really participating in the culture war that is heating up with homosexual marriage and religious conscience.