Since Obama is not going to get any new states, if Santorum gets Florida and Pennsylvania, it’s all over for Obama.
Even if Obama keeps Florida (unlikely), if Santorum gets Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and an industrial state like Wisconsin or Michigan, it’s still all over for Obama.
Santorum’s stronger than Romney electorally.
Whatever/whomever it takes to get Obummer&Co out of there in November!
I think so too, in the long run, but around here, most of what I get is, "no, it's Newt! Newt, Newt, Newt!!!!"
Since Obama is not going to get any new states, if Santorum gets Florida and Pennsylvania, it’s all over for Obama.
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Yep. There are 3 States, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida. Whoever carries 2 of those 3 States, inevitably wins the White House. That’s why a Santorum/Rubio ticket would almost guarantee both FL and PA in the GOP column. And, Rick might carry Ohio as well.
You are absolutely right. I've been saying something similar for a long time.
Having a Southerner on the ticket or listening carefully to Southern concerns has been important for quite a while to Republicans; we couldn't win without winning the South. At this point, however, the Solid South has changed from “yellow dog Democrats” to become “yellow dog Republicans” — i.e., most of those states will vote for the Republican even if he's a yellow dog — and what Republicans need to worry about is winning traditional “rustbelt” states.
I'm painfully aware that Rick Santorum has cast some problematic votes which made sense to his blue-collar constituents in Pennsylvania but are being perceived by Republican voters elsewhere was being pro-union or anti-business. I'm not saying that Santorum’s votes were good, although as a states-rights advocate who believes elected officials need to do what their constituents want, I can understand those votes even if I don't agree.
What is being lost in the debate is that those votes are the sort of vote that can attract moderate and conservative Democrats in precisely the states Republicans **MUST** win to win the presidency.
The old “Reagan Democrat” coalition worked. “Reagan Democrats” are much less important today nationally than they were in the 1980s, but they are still key to winning certain states such as Pennsylvania, and Santorum is uniquely positioned to win those states.