Please explain to me how Santorum can defeat Obama. It's not 1950 anymore (unfortunately). The halftime show at the Super Bowl tells you all you need to know about where the average voting boob is at.
Really - I can't accept Mitt, it is unlikely that Newt can make it in the long haul, and I just cannot see a Rick Santorum path to victory.
I'm prepared to believe, if you can convince me.
The path to victory in a general election isn't really that complicated. The seldom publicized truth (and this according to polls) is that most of the Country consider themselves Conservative. Rather than worrying about the Independents, a Republican nominee should focus on turning out their own base. This strategy is the key to success.
Romney doesn't excite the base. Sorry to say, Gingrich doesn't appear to excite enough of the base either. While all three candidates can draw the anti-Obama vote to different degrees (the lesser of two evils argument), it appears that Santorum, through his message, also is conveying that he is a true Conservative representative, giving Conservatives something to vote for, not just an alternative vote to Obama.
To those of us who believe in the ideology, last night was a great night and might be the real beginning of something very good.
Santorum’s biggest draw back has been the perception that he isn't electable. Last night likely changed that.
Santorum's electoral strength is in the Great Lakes/Midwest, where for better or worse it's still the 1950's (so to speak) in many ways.
Santorum beats Obama by winning Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa, plus the GOP base in the Great Plains and most of the South. He loses NH, NV, CO, NM, VA, and FL but triumphs 276 to 262. Or maybe he wins FL but loses one of the industrial states, or something similar - maybe his VP can carry VA or FL or NM for the ticket.
It's not an easy task but it's possible, and it's a clearer path to victory than those of the other candidates.
Obama beats Santorum by just 4 points in the recent Gallup.
Take your anti-depressants and man up.
The Super Bowl halftime is not the world. Most people are fairly conservative and basically decent.
The real airheads won’t vote anyway.
Work for your conservative candidates for the House and Senate. Volunteer what you can in time or money and, for gosh sake, cheer up.