No one bent on revisionist history can be reminded of anything....
The race was over after Mitt beat Newt in Florida. Through Florida, Newt had about four times the popular vote total of Santorum. I did write a hundred thousand word book that has a very long section tracking the entire GOP nomination process, a process I also wrote about daily as it was taking place. I know what I’m talking about here.
Santorum did move into second place post Florida, but the jig was up by then. In fact, SC was the last state with a good turn out. SC was the last primary where anyone ran against Obama.
Florida was a food fight and turn out was way down, and every other state was down compared to 2008 after that. Santorum racked up “states” with teeny little oddball caucus things...he never ever showed the ablity to mobilize large turn outs...because he CANT.....
You may equate 30 thousand folks in Iowa or 3 thousand, yes THREE THOUSAND,, in Nevada to 300 thousand in SC or a million in Florida, but sensible people do not. Santorm played the “finish second” game far better than Newt, but only Newt was ever a viable challenger, if even he was. Rick ran for governor of Iowa first, and then for 2016 next. He knew he was never a real threat and so did Mitt, which is why Mitt’s people funded Ricks’ attax on Newt.
Grow up.
Absolutely true.
Newt had about four times the popular vote total of Santorum.
Yep, besides Santorum only became the recipient of the ABM* vote post-Florida as the last man standing, even though he had NO chance. Every one else saw the writing on the wall. Rick Santorum is a good man with NO future as a political candidate for Conservatism. He's only good on some big social issues, but within his being there lies a big government legislative wonk.
* Anybody But Mitt
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Nice respecful way to answer an honest questioner
I was not trytng to revise history, only to revisit it and remember a not insignificant Santorum bloc of primary victories (3 in one day as I recall)
But not going to go back and discuss it with a sarcastic disrespectful poster
Newt demonstrated himself as a “viable challenger” by his track record in the GOP primaries, and Romney stamped himself as a loser too by his weak wins in his own GOP primaries. Santorum did not cause the annointed Mitt to lose. Mitt’s weak demeanor and his minority religious beliefs stunk on ice even to over half of his party and a nation desperate to get rid of Obama, who stayed home rather than vote for Mitt.