Have you ever seen a Presidential Candidate like Mitt Romney. With now perhaps six candidates taking a turn being the darling of the anti Romney crew the question is who will be the one to defeat him.
Currently Rick Santorum is up on the big boy podium with Mitt. Romney needing a victory in Michigan is about to turn his Superpac money full bore on Santorum to try to regain his lead in his home state. Because it has worked previously, in Florida for example, there is no reason to think that by this time next week Santorum will be bloodied in Michigan.
Santorum however is not Newt Gingich. He has been a solid Conservative in practice as well as in theory. He will be tougher to knock out. Factually what we are seeing in Governor Romney's ad's are why Senator's have a tough time being elected in the modern age. Romney as a one term Governor has few votes and policies to defend though his health mandate has been troubling him. Santorum, on the other hand, in the act of being a Senator for twelve years has a record which can be used against him. Saying he voted to increase spending five times, for example, voting for any budget would be that. Inevitbly Romney did the same as Governor. This is why we have such intractibility in Congress. Anyone who legislates responsibly can have his record misconstrued.
Romney is clearly the stronger candidate in a General Election. That said, Santorum has appeal with more than just Conservatives. He is who he says he is, he is not a fake. You can trust what he says is what he thinks. That has a comfort in itself. He will appeal to men and with his America first jobs plan could pose problems for Obama across the Industrial Midwest.
One thing we know for sure, the longer this goes on, the happier the Democrats are.
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