[org.whodat]

You do realize that most of the people that voted for newt in his old district are working on their dirt naps now, he never won a state wide election and the people in his old district do not know it was his old district. The population there has doubled since noot was in office.

[BCrago66]

How did Santorum do in his last statewide election? Humiliated by 18 points. 2006 was a bad year for Republicans, but no other incumbent got slaughtered like that; Santorum’s loss was an order of magnitude more.

An 18 point loss in a “purple” state where all those Reagan Democrats live, Democrats we need to win a Presidential election.

So if Pennsylvanians got tired of his whinny, preachy demeanor, I don’t think he would wear well on the country generally.