They can win by hauling out the old Reagan line that “I will get Government off of your back”.
We won’t be telling you what car to buy.
We won’t be telling you what lightbulbs to buy.
We won’t be micromanaging your health insurance.
We won’t have bureaucrats inspecting lunches at your kid’s school
etc. etc.
Till date I don’t hear any of that from them.
That's something Santorum won't say and won't do.
Santorum in 2006: " This whole idea of personal autonomy, well I don’t think most conservatives hold that point of view. Some do. They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do, government should keep our taxes down and keep our regulations low, that we shouldn’t get involved in the bedroom, we shouldn’t get involved in cultural issues. You know, people should do whatever they want. Well, that is not how traditional conservatives view the world and I think most conservatives understand that individuals can’t go it alone. That there is no such society that I am aware of, where we’ve had radical individualism and that it succeeds as a culture."
Well, Ronald Reagan thought that the government SHOULD leave the people alone to live their lives as they think best!
"I'm convinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: A better life for themselves and their children; a minimum of government authority. Very simply, they want to be left alone in peace and safety to take care of the family by earning an honest dollar and putting away some savings. This may not sound too exciting, but there is something magnificent about it. On the farm, on the street corner, in the factory and in the kitchen, millions of us ask nothing more, but certainly nothing less than to live our own lives according to our values — at peace with ourselves, our neighbors and the world."