Tell me, how can that “village mullah” dour scold social Neanderthal Santorum be much worse than this guy?
He's not worse, just different.
I think Santorum's loss to Obama would be of McGovern scale, costing maybe 100 House seats and a couple in the Senate. Romney will come closer, and some seats in Congress could be saved.
Either way, Obama gets a second term and the system changes.