[muawiyah]

I don't care what Independents are up to. They are off on their own ~ outside of politics.

If they want a say in selecting candidates they have to get inside one of the major parties and get involved.

[Leaning Right]

I don't care what Independents are up to

I probably picked the wrong word there. By "independents" I meant those folks who are neither hard left nor hard right. They are the ones that could vote either D or R on election day.

To beat Obama, we need to get a lot of those folks to pull the R lever. And as I said before, Santorum is not the one to get their votes. He's dull. He does not inspire as Reagan did. I have some idea of what I'm talking about because I'm from PA.

So if it's Santorum vs Obama, Santorum can win only if the independents vote against Obama rather than for Santorum. That's quite possible, but it's a dangerous bet.