“The GOP’s insiders didn’t expect Ronnie to do well either.”
I’m not a GOP insider... and Reagan was a charismatic and skilled communicator, while Santorum has the personality of nosy schoolmarm
I wouldn’t hire the guy as a manager of any sort, just seems weak and unfocused
George H. W. Walker was the pick of the GOP mainstream, as i recall.
He was thought of as a better communicator back then...