[Downinthedixie]

One who could withstand the assault by Obama.

Nominating a conservative and losing would make this whole process a waste of time. I like Santorum’s character, I just don’t think he can beat the loser in office.

[jwalsh07]

So you have no pref. Getting kind of late in the game amigo.

[GlockThe Vote]

And who can newt or myth? LOL!!!!

[Antoninus]

Nominating a conservative and losing would make this whole process a waste of time.

Incorrect. Nominating a liberal Republican (Romney) and winning is actually the worst possible outcome. Nominating a liberal Republican and losing is second worse.

Nominating a conservative and losing is the second best outcome. At least our message will get put out there by someone who actually believes it and we have a chance to educate the voters nationwide, thus building the framework for future victories.

[RygelXVI]

Nominating a conservative and losing would make this whole process a waste of time. I like Santorum’s character, I just don’t think he can beat the loser in office.

Maybe, maybe not. From a purely electoral perspective, Santorum, Gingrich, Romney, and Paul all have their strengths and weaknesses, and none is the ideal 'electability' candidate.

Santorum's electoral strengths lie in his blue collar appeal and connection with voters in the Midwest/Great Lakes, the key battleground region.

Whether one is rooting for Santorum, Newt, or a brokered convention, yesterday's result was a great thing.

[Prole]

Do you honestly think that Gingrich could beat Obama in November?

He cannot even get votes in the primaries, and is consistently trailing behind even Ron Paul.

Society clearly backs Romney, Santorum and even Ron Paul in the effort to defeat Obama in November.

Gingrich is becoming more of an obscure nuisance with each passing day.

Maine will go to (in no particular order) Romney, Santorum and Paul. Gingrich won't even place there either.

[DestroyLiberalism]

Downinthedixie wrote:
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One who could withstand the assault by Obama.

Nominating a conservative and losing would make this whole process a waste of time. I like Santorum’s character, I just don’t think he can beat the loser in office.
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Why don’t you think Santorum could beat a guy as unpopular and as polarizing as Barack Obama? What has Obama done that will make a majority of the electorate want to clamor for four more years of his lawlessness, recklessness, and destructiveness?

[Deo volente]

If he gets the nomination, the media will open up the hatred on him like we’ve never seen before. He’s solidly pro-life, and the pro-aborts cannot stand that. I think there will be a backlash from the people, a reaction of anger against these attacks that we’ve not previously seen. There will be a lot of Americans voting AGAINST the culture of death emanating from this administration and the media. I pray that will be the case.

[WOSG]

So the guy on his 3rd wife with 60% unfavorables is MORE electable? Or the swiss bank account guy in an election year when Obama team is just drooling to run against the “1%” types?

By the end of this process we may find that Santorum is the most electable of the choices.
Certainly the latest Ras poll suggests that as a possibility.