[OneVike]

Much as I’d have hoped that Gingrich would be the republican nominee, the odds now are non-existent of this occurring. Santorum is telegenic, has far less baggage than Gingrich, is a fiscal and social conservative, has blue-collar roots, is best suited to win over the Reagan Democrats, will capture a large part of the female vote based on family etc, and as favorite son, PA will fall into the red column.

Than why did Gingrich trump him ion all those categories in SC? Seems to me that Santorum is the one who cannot win in the general, because the only place he won is Iowa where no one showed up to vote.

Check out the Florida numbers again, Gingrich came in second, Santorum came in a very DISTANT third! That does not sound very promising to me.

[Steelfish]

You make a good point. Gingrich you must remember won on the force of his debates against the media who is the enemy of all conservatives with CNN in particular and of course with the support of the Evangelicals. Santorum was the only person of the current crop of candidates (Paul excepted) who voted against TARP and the bail-out and supported the Paul Ryan plan on Medicare which everyone knows is going broke. While it is easy to “demonize” Gingrich because of FannieMae and make him a target of SNL (colonize the moon), this won’t be a sail with Santorum because the overall public perceives him as a decent guy. His recent rush to take care of his sick daughter showed him as someone with the right priorities and got him loads of favorable press.For this and also the reasons stated in my earlier post, he is our Plan B and I think this may be the one that works for us. We have to go with what is both conservative and practical.

[Steelfish]

You make a good point. Gingrich you must remember won on the force of his debates against the media who is the enemy of all conservatives with CNN in particular and of course with the support of the Evangelicals. Santorum was the only person of the current crop of candidates (Paul excepted) who voted against TARP and the bail-out and supported the Paul Ryan plan on Medicare which everyone knows is going broke. While it is easy to “demonize” Gingrich because of FannieMae and make him a target of SNL (colonize the moon), this won’t be a sail with Santorum because the overall public perceives him as a decent guy. His recent rush to take care of his sick daughter showed him as someone with the right priorities and got him loads of favorable press.For this and also the reasons stated in my earlier post, he is our Plan B and I think this may be the one that works for us. We have to go with what is both conservative and practical.