Originally Posted by
Tom B.
Right, but he had lost it in 1976. I thought that was the point of the original post -- candidates don't lose the nomination one year and then go on to win the nomination and then win the Presidency by a big margin in the next election. Generally this is true, but there are exceptions. That's basically what Reagan did in 1976 and 1980.
The point of my original post was that if Santorum can't coalesce the majority of his own party then he certainly would not win the general election in a landslide as was surmised by Verga3.
As for 2016? I think Santorum has put himself in a great position for that year, just as Romney did for himself this year with his bid in 2008.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."