Originally Posted by
Verga3
Gingrich killed Santorum. Selfish, uncaring, egocentric. Rick would have overtaken Romney without Newt in the mix, even with only 50% of his support. Ron Paul will stay in until the end...everyone knows this. Sorry Rick. Santorum is the only candidate that can defeat Obama. It would be a crushing landslide, I believe. Mitt may win or may lose. Good luck.
If you can't even win your own party's nomination, there is no way that you win the general election in " a crushing landslide". I don't think Santorum would have done very will in the general, he's too far right to carry the popular vote. (Being too far right kept him beating Romney also, not Newt.)
However, as a Democrat and liberal, I would have loved for Santorum to be the nominee, just for the reasons I posted above. Romney has a much better chance against Obama.
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