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Thursday, February 23, 2012

The Electability Factor

George Will is unimpressed with the electability of either Rick Santorum or Mitt Romney.

Romney is right about the futility of many current policies, but being offended by irrationality is insufficient. Santorum is right to be alarmed by many cultural trends but implies that religion must be the nexus between politics and cultural reform. Romney is not attracting people who want rationality leavened by romance. Santorum is repelling people who want politics unmediated by theology.
         Neither Romney nor Santorum looks like a formidable candidate for November.
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11 comments:

  1. DannythemanFebruary 23, 2012 at 9:05 AM

    It won't matter. Gas will be 6 dollars, the economy is still incredibly slow and folks are seriously hurting.
    The only person to blame is President Obama. The Solyndra, Fast and Furious, GM/Volt demanding and Obamacare owning one term president.

    Then we can laugh at the next guy, and the next. I get it, they all suck, just some more than others.

    But right now, I would put in almost anyone else, but this guy!

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  2. steve mcdonaldFebruary 23, 2012 at 9:51 AM

    I can get behind Romney but tend to agree with G-Willie on this one - neither seems like a real winner. We'll see how the media portrays the e entual nominee come labor day.

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  3. Bob BohneFebruary 23, 2012 at 10:19 AM

    Well, maybe you guys should try to resurrect a serious candidate. Like Herman Cain. LOL

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  4. steve mcdonaldFebruary 24, 2012 at 8:41 AM

    if only the lefties were as candid about how bad their candidate is...

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  5. DannythemanFebruary 24, 2012 at 12:53 PM

    I think they will find out how bad he is/was in November.

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  6. Bob BohneFebruary 24, 2012 at 2:24 PM

    We'll see............we'll see

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  7. jakeFebruary 24, 2012 at 4:50 PM

    One thing we do know for sure is that no one in the Obama administration can read a financial statement.
    Mitt is definitely an improvement if you care about responsible government spending.

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  8. steve mcdonaldFebruary 28, 2012 at 9:00 AM

    I seem to remember the primaries in 2008 where analysts started broaching the 'Is it too late for Al Gore to get into the race?' line. Interesting...

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