All of these guys have baggage. A man that thinks he has no baggage is always the one that travels with a steamer trunk.
Gingrich can handle what comes up at him. He is not a dainty flower. Being in congress, and in the political arena in various capacities, he’s been there, done that, got the T-shirt...and used it to wipe the blood off his face so he can see which person needs to have their face torn off.
Santorum is an unknown quantity with too many people projecting that he either has no baggage, and the political tenacity to take fire for whatever may come up. He lost his last race badly. For a guy running for the WH, you have to have the political genius of a Nixon to lose a previous race, and then beat a field like we have today. Especially with ultra-establishment Romney.
So did Newt, he was voted out of his leadersip position in '98, after screwing up rather famously by overplaying his hand..
For a guy running for the WH, you have to have the political genius of a Nixon to lose a previous race, and then beat a field like we have today. Especially with ultra-establishment Romney.
IMO, you are overstating if you are talking about Sentaurum. He's fairly unknown in the general public and doesent have the massive negative public baggage Newt has, nor the unusually public evidence of personal hubris
Sorry, but Santorum can beat Romney one on one, and he's a "fresh" face that can win in the Fall. IMO.