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Jamie Chandler
Rick Santorum's ideology is far too right and his campaign organization far too weak to win the presidency
Rick Santorum may have Romney's campaign team scrambling to run a zone blitz, but he is not electable.
Santorum wins points for capitalizing on President Obama's contraception enchufla, but he can't compete in the long term. His ideology is far too right and his campaign organization far too weak to win the presidency.
Electability has taken on a nebulous meaning in this year's race. Conventional wisdom continues to hinge
success on which candidate is ahead in the horse race: Santorum's current 10-point national lead over Romney
has fueled the perception that Romney's campaign has imploded to a near surety of a brokered
Substance is Santorum's Achilles' heal.
His history of controversial statements comparing homosexuality to "man-on-dog sex," radical feminism "undermining families," and prenatal care "leading to abortion" only serve to lock him into an immoveable electoral position. He will not be able to moderate his views in the general election because he will alienate a broad swath of swing voters more interested in job growth than, as William McGurn put it in a recent
The volatility of this year's campaign is the result of a fractured Republican coalition with social conservatives fighting the establishment for the heart of the party's agenda. Ideology purity may trump pragmatism, but it will ruin any chances the
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