Romney may or may not be electable, but Santorum lost his last election in his home state by 18%, the biggest losing margin for an incumbent Republican Senator in history.
And the budget under Santorum would be even bigger and more bloated than the budget under Romney.
Now, THAT is wild speculation. Santorum is NOT a big government guy, Linda. He was 1 of 100 senators and 1 of 435 representatives. He had to deal with reality as it existed during his 16 years in Washington.
Romney is a believer in big government and internationalism. AND, he is a phony and a socialist. He believes that it’s A-OK for a state to impose a mandate for everyone to buy a service that he or she doesn’t want. Don’t know about you, but I’ll be sick over a choice between two Democrats, hard left and soft left. Blessings, Bob
I’m from western Pennsylvania and I know why Santorum lost. It wasn’t his fault. Pennsylvanian voters, who are mostly Democrat voters, were fed up with Bush and his conduct of the Iraq war. In 2006, Bush declared that he would stay the course and that Rumsfield would continue as Secretary of Defense. Santorum was high in the Senate leadership. He was seen in Pennsylvania as Bush’s lackey. Democrat voters in Pennsylvania wanted to send Bush a message so they smacked Santorum. Santorum commented after he lost the election and Bush replaced Rumsfield, “why didn’t he do that before the election”?
Santorum now polls ahead of Obama in Pennsylvania. He would carry Pennsylvania in the general election. Obama is despised here, particularly after his comments about bitter people clinging to their guns and religion. He had just campaigned in western Pennsylvania where Democrat voters preferred Hillary. Obama then went to San Francisco where he met with big donors and trashed the racist rednecks he’d encountered in western Pa. I would love to see Santorum take Obama on in a debate and throw that comment back in his face. Would absolutely love it. Obama was insulting Santorum’s family and his grandfather who worked until he was in his 70s in the coal mines of western Pennsylvania. He was insulting all of us. I want that avenged in a debate. Santorum could do it.