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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Santorum anticipates 'huge defeat' for Obama, Democrats

Leave it to former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum to burst the Democratic Party's bubble. And on the same day rock star Barack Obama delivers his acceptance speech as the party's presidential nominee. Party pooper!

Writing in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Santorum said the Democratic Party is facing an embarrassing and potentially huge defeat" by nominating Sen. Barack Obama.

The reason? Obama's extremist views on so many issues and his questionable associations with a number of far-left figures.

Obama's ability to give a great speech won't be enough, Santorum argues.

Obama's populist rhetoric doesn't match his well-documented extreme views on abortion, gay marriage and gun control.

"Having one's values untethered from external restraints does give one a certain moral flexibility," Santorum writes of Obama.

Read the full column at the newspaper's Web site.

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