Conservative leaders (Tony Perkins and James Dobson) 'all in' for Santorum

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By JONATHAN MARTIN | 3/10/12 6:15 PM EST

"A group of conservative leaders pledged to raise a combined $1.78 million for Rick Santorum's campaign and SuperPAC after meeting privately in Texas this weekend with the Republican presidential hopeful, POLITICO has learned.

"More than 200 conservatives from all over the country convened at the Houston Omni for a Friday fundraising reception for Santorum's campaign. They then met to plot strategy with the former senator Saturday morning, discussing how to overcome Mitt Romney's growing advantage in the GOP primary and fend off Newt Gingrich.

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"Many of those at the meeting were at the January gathering of conservatives at a Texas ranch where there was a vote taken to rally around Santorum as the chief conservative alternative to Romney.

"Co-hosts in Houston included Fischer, Rebecca Hagelin, Richard Viguerie and Tim Lefever.

Also present were conservative leaders Tony Perkins and James Dobson."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/03/conservative-leaders-all-in-for-santorum-117028.html

[RKP5637]

1. The smell must have been horrendous. n/t

[Ruby the Liberal]

2. As a Christian, this says loads.

What it mainly says to me is "keep religion out of government or lose your tax exemption"

[RKP5637]

5. Yep! ... but it seems IMO we crossed that line long ago and the tax exemptions continue while

religion gathers an ever stronger foothold in government and influencing elections from the pulpit, and telling their flocks how to vote. And as usual, nothing happens.

People/organizations in this country use the god word and get a free pass, I'm fed up with it ...

Separation of church and state means just that, separation of church and state. Not some quasi leaky relationship.

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. Perkins and Dobson are both tax exempt. Is there no where to

file a complaint?

[RKP5637]

7. It would seem with the IRS, maybe. n/t

[RKP5637]

8. Also a petition could be started at whitehouse.gov to investigate the validity of

their tax free status.

[Ruby the Liberal]

10. WH isn't going to touch this one.

Not in a election year.

[RKP5637]

11. Nope. In fact I doubt anyone is going to touch it this year, so they'll get a free pass to do as

they wish.

[Chipper Chat]

3. Perkins and Dobson are out to screw Romney

by their end-orsement of San-tore-rectum.

[sakabatou]

4. I'm not surprised.

[Initech]

9. Man on dog sypports Frothy... what a surprise!!

[Kennah]

12. Did they shower together, and did Santorum see that Dobson's is bigger?