Santorum Push Could Backfire

[Batman]

To my knowledge, folks don't go around in Santorum t-shirts and baseball caps or drink from Santorum mugs. Folks like to sport Ron Paul gear. Ron Paul has more name brand recognition and the non-politically-oriented people may just come out in droves for Ron Paul on Caucus Night. If they keep pushing Santorum they run the risk of giving him a better finish than Romney. Can you imagine if Romney came in third how that would affect his New Hamphire performance?

Something to look forward to.

 

[lucent]

We'll see what happens.

 

[-:Undertaker:-]

IMAGINE Ron Paul first, Santorum second and Romney third.

They would go absolutely crackers. Thats right CNN, i'm talking about you.

 

[pacu44]

Dont let the media TV hype get to you... look at their websites, all the articles are Paul or what others say about Paul...

Santorum doesnt even get an article on ABC, for the supposed super surge of Santorum, you would not even know he was a candidate from their website.

 

[bluesc]

or drink from Santorum mugs.

I don't like the guy who started the "Google Santorum" campaign, but he has provided me with so much laughter this campaign season.

 

[Cleaner44]

IMAGINE Ron Paul first, Santorum second and Romney third.

They would go absolutely crackers. Thats right CNN, i'm talking about you.

Now that would be super funny!

 

[Sola_Fide]

Santorum is a distraction.

 

[pacu44]

This is Romney v Paul for the GOP... Pure and simple. Do you want a progressive or a conservative... The people will decide...

 

[Tod]

Romney is the one to beat...need to concentrate on him.

 

[Accountable]

True. Seems that nobody is comparing themselves to Romney.

 

[TroySmith]

It also places Gingrich even further back. The media will do all they can to push Santorum and hope to get Paul in 3rd, but I can't help but notice how calm Ron seems to be about the situation. It's makes me confidant we will be just fine in Iowa.

 

[Forty Twice]

Paul 1st, Santorum 2nd, and Romney 3rd doesn't surprise me at all. I suspect among actual caucus attendees, that Paul is further ahead than polls show.

Romney can't get passionate voters unless he pays for them. Probably the political class will caucus for him but that's a small fraction of the whole. I think polls are high for him because, for those who don't really care, he's the guy they've heard about on TV.

Santorum has been the most dedicated of the three weak evangelical candidates. In hopes of keeping Paul from looking too strong, corporate media would like to
combine votes for these three into a single candidate. Passive poll respondees may flip and flop from one candidate to another. Those people make the polls swing a lot.
However, the passionate supporters of Perry and Bachmann, who will likely caucus, will still choose Perry and Bachmann. I don't believe Santorum will surge as much as
media hopes.

What's going to be corporate media excuse when Paul wins 40% of vote despite all their efforts to destroy him? Certainly will not be that corporate media has lost its
relevance.

 

[White Bear Lake]

1)Paul
2)Santorum
3)Romney
4)Gingrich
5)Bachmann
6)Perry

would be an absolute dream scenario. A third would kill Romney's momentum going into NH and make people question his "inevitable" nomination. Santorum is going nowhere fast after Iowa. And Perry, who is the only one with the money to compete with Paul and Romney in the long term, would be at the bottom of the barrel.

 

[pacu44]

1)Paul
2)Santorum
3)Romney
4)Gingrich
5)Bachmann
6)Perry

would be an absolute dream scenario. A third would kill Romney's momentum going into NH and make people question his "inevitable" nomination. Santorum is going nowhere fast after Iowa. And Perry, who is the only one with the money to compete with Paul and Romney in the long term, would be at the bottom of the barrel.

The question would be, wait for it....






wait for it....


Is Romney "electable?"


Bahahahahahaha

 

[NoPants]

Santorum surge, sounds like VD.

 

[Paul or not at all]

If Romney wins IA, Im just going to remind everyone that Iowa doesn't matter and doesn't reflect the nation at large....That is what they will say if the scenario that all of you described happens.

 

[bluesc]

I just realized how hilarious this thread title is.

 

[Liberty74]

Santorum will do well in Iowa because of the media push but in the next week everything about Santorum will be scrutinized and he will get his big 3% in NH ending his candidacy or at least becoming irrelevant.

 

[Accountable]

I just realized how hilarious this thread title is.

 

[parocks]

1)Paul
2)Santorum
3)Romney
4)Gingrich
5)Bachmann
6)Perry

would be an absolute dream scenario. A third would kill Romney's momentum going into NH and make people question his "inevitable" nomination. Santorum is going nowhere fast after Iowa. And Perry, who is the only one with the money to compete with Paul and Romney in the long term, would be at the bottom of the barrel.

Put Bachmann over Gingrich.