#Santorum stays in the race
Apr. 5th, 2012 02:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maxomaiQuoting the Chicago Tribune:
Speaking as a partisan Democrat, I hope he stays in the race as long as possible. The primary contest has devastated Romney's chances in November. Obama leads Romney by nine points in the "swing states" - Obama is down one among men, but up a whopping 18 among women. (Yeah - systematically attacking women's rights, particularly their bodily autonomy, will do that to you.) At this rate, I figure Santorum will pad Obama's lead by one point every two weeks he stays in the race.
Nonetheless, Pennsylvania is probably Santorum's last stand. He had a huge lead in Pennsylvania, where he served as U. S. Senator, a few weeks ago, but this has disintegrated, and PPP now has Romney up by five. A loss here signals to everyone that he can't overcome Romney's financial and institutional advantages, even if he had a chance in hell of overcoming his substantial lead in the delegate count. Santorum's donors will tell him to hang up his hat, and Santorum will almost certainly oblige.
Then, Mittens will try to shift towards the center, as if that will save him from getting clobbered over the head with his gaffes, missteps, and general cardboard personality.
Santorum's campaign has vowed to stay in through the Keystone State contest where the candidate could pick up a sizeable number of delegates with a victory.
Speaking as a partisan Democrat, I hope he stays in the race as long as possible. The primary contest has devastated Romney's chances in November. Obama leads Romney by nine points in the "swing states" - Obama is down one among men, but up a whopping 18 among women. (Yeah - systematically attacking women's rights, particularly their bodily autonomy, will do that to you.) At this rate, I figure Santorum will pad Obama's lead by one point every two weeks he stays in the race.
Nonetheless, Pennsylvania is probably Santorum's last stand. He had a huge lead in Pennsylvania, where he served as U. S. Senator, a few weeks ago, but this has disintegrated, and PPP now has Romney up by five. A loss here signals to everyone that he can't overcome Romney's financial and institutional advantages, even if he had a chance in hell of overcoming his substantial lead in the delegate count. Santorum's donors will tell him to hang up his hat, and Santorum will almost certainly oblige.
Then, Mittens will try to shift towards the center, as if that will save him from getting clobbered over the head with his gaffes, missteps, and general cardboard personality.
