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Kathy Taylor aide slams Rick Santorum

A press release by Kathy Taylor's campaign manager may have accomplished what no amount of celebrity Republican endorsements have been able do: Motivate grassroots conservatives to go to the polls to vote for a man they despise as a RINO, just to make sure Taylor and her inner circle don't...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 25, 2013 6:53 PM

Tulsans phoning it in for Rick Santorum

Although the Oklahoma primary is behind us, Oklahomans who support Rick Santorum can still make a difference, through the miracle of modern technology. The Santorum HQ at 6969 E. 71st St. in Tulsa will be open for volunteers to make calls to voters in Tuesday's primary states. Alabama and Mississippi...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 12, 2012 1:54 AM

Tulsa band's Santorum song makes a splash

First Love, a local band featuring the singing and songwriting talents of Camille and Haley Harris, wrote a fight song for the Rick Santorum campaign. The song "Game On!" came together in the wee hours of this past Sunday night / Monday morning, after they heard Rick Santorum speak and...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 8, 2012 12:29 PM

Santorum the right choice for Oklahoma

I had decided some time ago that when Oklahoma's turn to vote came around, I would cast my vote as necessary to block Mitt Romney's progress toward the Republican nomination. Whoever was ahead of Romney in the polls or the closest to beating him would get my vote. (Dan McLaughlin,...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 5, 2012 9:03 PM

Rick Santorum rallies full house in Tulsa

This is a preliminary report, mainly so I can get the audio and some photos online. I plan to transcribe additional quotes as I have opportunity. Sen. Rick Santorum spoke to a standing-room only crowd of about 1000 people at Grace Church last night, March 4, 2012, focusing attention on...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 5, 2012 12:19 PM

Sunday for Santorum: Some delegates or all?

Fellow Rick Santorum supporters, your help is needed today. From Oklahoma Santorum HQ: The Duggars Are Coming Back To Tulsa Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar want your help. The stars of TLC's reality television series invite you to come help this Sunday afternoon. We will be reaching out to Oklahomans,...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 4, 2012 1:11 AM

Santorum returning to Oklahoma Sunday

This just in from Santorum Oklahoma HQ. Sen. Rick Santorum will return to Oklahoma for two campaign stops on Sunday, March 4, 2012. Oklahoma City: 3:30 p.m., north steps of the State Capitol. Tulsa: 6:30 p.m., Grace Church, 9610 S. Garnett Road....

Posted by Michael Bates on March 2, 2012 6:37 PM

Tulsa conservative activists make the case for Rick Santorum; early voting begins

Some friends of mine, long-time local conservative activists, have endorsed Rick Santorum in next Tuesday's Oklahoma presidential preference primary. They've notified their friends of their endorsement, but for their own reasons can't make the endorsement public. They are however willing to share their rationale, and I think it's worth...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 1, 2012 11:32 PM

Ron Paul's campaign of destruction and the cost of consistency

The nice thing about running your own website is you get to decide which ads run alongside your words. This morning I received notification from BlogAds of an ad submission "paid for by the Ron Paul Presidential Campaign Committee, Inc." (Saber Communications submitted the ad.) They wanted to run the...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 1, 2012 12:32 PM

Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich ORU video online

Oral Roberts University has posted video of their recent town hall events, sponsored by the ORU College Republicans, with Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich: Rick Santorum speaks at Oral Roberts University, February 9, 2012 Newt Gingrich speaks at Oral Roberts University, February 20, 2012...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 22, 2012 2:26 AM

Santorum leads statewide, in each congressional district

SoonerPoll.com has released a poll of 300 likely Oklahoma Republican presidential primary voters (deemed likely because of voting history). 278 said they planned to vote in the March 6 Super Tuesday primary. Margin of error is +/- 5.66%. The survey occurred over a nine-day period (February 8 - February 16)....

Posted by Michael Bates on February 21, 2012 2:05 AM

Rick Santorum at ORU audio

Here is the complete audio in MP3 format of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's speech at Oral Roberts University's Mabee Center in Tulsa on February 9, 2012. The links lead directly to MP3 files. This audio came from my personal audio recorder, so the quality could be better. I'm...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 12, 2012 10:53 PM

Guest opinion: Santorum sincere, straightforward

I'm still working on my comprehensive report of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's speech at Oral Roberts University. In the meantime, I'm pleased to introduce a new contributor to BatesLine, who provides her own concise and insightful perspective on Santorum's visit to Tulsa. (I'm especially pleased to have a contributor...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 10, 2012 12:32 AM

Santorum coming to Tulsa, OKC on Thursday

UPDATE: Because of expected crowds, the Tulsa event has been moved to the "Baby Mabee", the TV production studio just to the east of the Mabee Center on the ORU campus, and the Oklahoma City event has been moved to the Magnuson Hotel and Meridian Conference Center, just south of...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 7, 2012 12:16 AM

Flat February: No need to head for the exits

The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating interactive graphic, with stair-steps showing how allocated Republican delegates accumulate over time in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. It's striking to see how far to the right everything has moved this year. The massive step up on Tsunami Tuesday (February 3, 2008) has...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 22, 2012 10:52 PM

Not Romney wins South Carolina

Thanks to Sarah Palin, Not Romney won South Carolina by giving Newt Gingrich a plurality of the vote. Newt Gingrich's 1st place finish in South Carolina halted Mitt Romney's winning streak of one and deflated the notion that Romney is inevitably going to be the nominee. Romney's best assets in...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 22, 2012 12:27 AM

Iowa caucuses: In defense of "arcane rules"

BatesLine photo of a front porch with bunting in Clear Lake, Iowa, September, 2008 Smitty at The Other McCain links to a Buzzfeed story about Ron Paul's strategy to dominate caucus states: Paul is following the roadmap set by Barack Obama's 2008 strategy: Start early, learn the rules, and...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 3, 2012 12:06 PM

Iowa caucuses: On-the-ground coverage

Stacy McCain arrived in Iowa early last week, wearing out tires and shoe leather in search of underreported stories. (His archive of coverage is tagged "Fear and Loathing in Iowa.") McCain anticipated the Santorum surge, which seems to be peaking at just the right moment for tomorrow night's straw poll....

Posted by Michael Bates on January 2, 2012 2:43 AM