Otherwise, why try to hector Rick Santorum out of the race? This is apparently the period in the campaign when people want to declare a winner, but why the rush?
True, Santorum is a long shot. He'd have to win a prohibitive percentage of the remaining delegates in order to beat Romney, and I'm not too sure it's even possible then.
He should hang in there though, and, by golly, he says he's going to go all the way to Tampa! (Then again, that's what they always say until about 10 minutes before they drop out.)
One reason he should stay in is that, even though he probably can't win the nomination given the current circumstances, you just never know what might happen. Current circumstances can change.
Secondly, Santorum thinks that, if he plays his cards right, he'll get credit for conviction and toughness if he hangs in, kind of like Hillary Clinton did in '08. He'll take advantage of that in '16, when he runs again.
I don't care for Santorum much, just so we're clear. His idea that the economy is dependent on a revival of male-headed traditional families seems, to put the best face on it, "oxymoronically creative," but that's not the point.
The point is that people are trying to hound Santorum out of the race prematurely. Did they tell Jesse Jackson to get out in '88? Did people tell Ted Kennedy he should get out in '84? Did they tell Ronald Reagan to get out in '76?
Hang in there, Rick!
Actually she didn't get credit for conviction and toughness as she should have done. As I recall certain parties were suggesting she hoped Obama would be shot.....
Posted by: Hypatia | April 04, 2012 at 03:22 PM