Today (10/3/2014) the former US senator Rick Santorum has cited Tony Abbott and the Pope as men the Republican Party could learn from in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential campaign. Republican Santorum used Abbott as an example of a rightwing politician who won office without compromising his values. “Australia is clearly to the left of us on most of these moral cultural issues, yet Tony Abbott is a conservative Catholic who didn’t change his positions one bit but was able to go out there and connect with average voters,” he said in response to a viewer asking if a far-right candidate could win the presidency in a party of moderates. He said the party was missing the mark by campaigning on cutting taxes for the rich and social welfare as they were missing getting in touch with the average voter like “hardliner” Tony Abbott did. Peter Raft - Goulburn.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 04:09:46 +0000
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