[JCBreckenridge]

This article is a massive fail.

1. RUN A CONSERVATIVE.

“The primary system needs to be reformed: Here’s a thought: Maybe allowing our nominee to be chosen by two moderate, lily white states”

Santorum actually won in Iowa, so for all the complaining about the primary system - it’s not to blame for the result. The problem was that the conservatives kept backing a candidate who could not win (Gingrich). Had Gingrich withdrawn after Santorum won Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota - we’d be talking about president Santorum right now.

But alas.

[Vigilanteman]

Had Gingrich withdrawn after Santorum won Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota - we’d be talking about president Santorum right now.

You should have seen what happened when I tried telling that to the Newtbots back in February.

[Utmost Certainty]

Lol, Santorum would’ve been the worst disaster of a Republican presidential candidate ever. The majority of Americans simply don’t vote for the social issues Santorum represents.

[srmorton]

I don't agree that Santorum could have won. I love him and his ideas, but he is about as exciting as watching grass grow. We need a charismatic, articulate candidate whose ideas are not already viewed as extreme before he even announces his candidacy. The Democrats are great at demonizing our candidates and the MSM is not going to help us correct any misconceptions.

Santorum also would most likely have lost his home state because of the massive voter fraud that took place. With 30 Republican governors, there should be a better way to combat voter fraud. We should emphasize that the purpose of voter identification measures is not to keep any eligible voter from voting, but to keep their legal vote from being canceled out by ten illegal ones.

We know that our conservative ideas are the way to prosperity, but, as Rush often says, it takes some time for a uninformed, MSM, public school educated voter to grasp them. I think Rush's idea of getting his program on Spanish radio stations has some merit as well as the author's idea of supporting conservative versions of the stale, old Democrat organizations. A case in point is Pat Robinson's American Center of Law and Justice which has done an excellent job as a counterweight to the ACLU.

[Alberta's Child]

With all due respect, you are completely wrong about this.

To paraphrase one wag from a nationally syndicated radio show: Jerry Sandusky will be a special guest on Sesame Street before Rick Santorum is ever elected to the White House.

I think Santorum is a good man and brings a lot of good ideas to the table. But he's not a strong candidate who is going to win over voters outside his core supporters. This is why he lost his own Senate seat in Pennsylvania by a wide margin in 2006.

If Santorum had been nominated in 2012 by the GOP, he would simply have become just another marginal presidential candidate who couldn't even carry his own state ... like Al Gore and Mitt Romney, for example.