tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post4547600316028568724..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-34268189691173027542012-02-17T10:18:55.762-05:002012-02-17T10:18:55.762-05:00OTOH, Santorum has spent the last couple of months...OTOH, Santorum has spent the last couple of months making sure that people know him. He won't have Palin's initial advantage of being a pure unknown. And if he hangs on through the rest of the primaries, his reputation will be bigger and worse.<br /><br />"At that point, I think the party elders would put the proverbial horse's head in his bed and force him to accept the only solution that could possibly mollify the base: Rick Santorum as the #2 on the ticket. "<br /><br />That gives all of the disadvantages of both candidates.Barry DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735814736387033844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-35801693339930656502012-02-16T20:09:41.796-05:002012-02-16T20:09:41.796-05:00Palin certainly harmed McCain, but she didn't ...Palin certainly harmed McCain, but she didn't sink him immediately (as she should have done; within one week her roll out she had shown what a fool and a nasty clown she was).<br /><br />Hard to say whether eventually she could have sunk McCain all on her own, because he bore up long enough to sink himself.: smintheus ::https://www.blogger.com/profile/06280030649524520605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-52145931519268037032012-02-16T17:36:56.147-05:002012-02-16T17:36:56.147-05:00I disagree on Palin's harm to McCain, at least...I disagree on Palin's harm to McCain, at least anecdotally; a solidly Republican woman acquaintance of mine, upon getting a good look at the Wasilla Wonder, flipped out in horrified outrage and declared she couldn't possibly vote for the GOP ticket with that unqualified incompetent on it.Never Ben Betterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814767173601107270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-37706727210654493982012-02-16T16:33:03.823-05:002012-02-16T16:33:03.823-05:00Obnoxious, stupid, or bizarre running mates don...Obnoxious, stupid, or bizarre running mates don't seem to hurt presidential candidates very much (see GHW Bush and Quayle). Even the preposterously unqualified Sarah Palin didn't sink McCain until he scuttled his own campaign with his own weird antics late in 2008. As for McGovern, it was his own pathetic reaction to the revelations about Eagelton that doomed him.<br /><br />I think the public would largely give Santorum's brand of stupidity a pass, as irrelevant, if he's Romney's running mate.: smintheus ::https://www.blogger.com/profile/06280030649524520605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-42335729298153812392012-02-16T16:30:23.479-05:002012-02-16T16:30:23.479-05:00...the popularity contest could leave Santorum as ...<i>...the popularity contest could leave Santorum as the clear, unambiguous winner, while Romney becomes the clear, unambiguous nominee.</i><br /><br />I think this is one of the two most likely scenarios right now. The other has Romney crushing Santorum with help from a fuckton of nastily negative advertising. <br /><br />Neither scenario is great for the GOP. <br /><br />I'm still not sure Santorum winds up on the ticket (apart from possibly assuaging his supporters' butthurt, I don't think he adds much), but if he does it would be hilarious. In kind of a painful kind of way.Tom Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575511424823512042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-17595728664746258732012-02-16T16:13:04.257-05:002012-02-16T16:13:04.257-05:00Well, we've had three contested primaries so f...Well, we've had three contested primaries so far (NH, SC, and FL), and Santorum hasn't won a single one. The highest that Santorum has placed in a contested primary is third with 17% of the vote (in SC). <br /><br />Santorum does better in caucuses, but even there, he's won only three of five (maybe four of six if you think that the results of the nonbinding primary in MO will carry over to the binding caucus next month). And the big states have primaries, not caucuses. <br /><br />So Romney has won at least as many states as Santorum so far, and Romney has more votes. <br /><br />Even with the upcoming MI primary, if Romney loses, it seems likely that Romney can claim with reason that it's because MI has an open primary, and there were a bunch of mischief-making Democrats who crossed over to vote for Santorum. That would likely be the signal for Santorum's financial backers to cut him loose, and that'll be it for him.ploeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10248826561069733693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-64948001561303699292012-02-16T16:05:17.566-05:002012-02-16T16:05:17.566-05:00"Malleable" Mitt, and "Torquemada&q..."Malleable" Mitt, and "Torquemada" Rick!<br /><br />Now that's a match that'll capture the bases heart!<br /><br />And kick the rest of the country in the wallet and gonads.c u n d gulaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875369227763250574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-71470046143539441162012-02-16T15:09:17.753-05:002012-02-16T15:09:17.753-05:00It couldn't happen to a nicer political party....It couldn't happen to a nicer political party. Heavy on the duress & intraparty brawling, please, as public and venomous as possible.BHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991272246814476124noreply@blogger.com