Rick Santorum

[Dr. Shane]

Isn't this the same guy that couldn't win re-election to the US Senate in 2006? He was the loser in that race, right?

[Bravus]

Not sure, would need to look it up. He's certainly surged in the past week or so, and already claimed Bachmann's scalp. Will be interesting to see where the race goes from here.

[Dr. Shane]

Well, if you want a religious zealot to be President you should probably donate some money to Santorum's campaign. Of course, I don't think non-US citizens are allowed to do that but they can probably donate to some political group not directly connected to the candidate.

[Bravus]

Oh, don't worry, I absolutely positively do not want Santorum to be president! Saying he's doing well is just... well, I report, you decide!

[Guest]

Oh, here we go with this...

was talking to Shane.

[Dr. Shane]

The guy quoted C.S. Lewis in his speech last night. That would be like an Adventist politician quoting Ellen White in the public square or Mitt Romney quoting Joseph Smith.

Santorum has not been attacked a lot. He got a surge just at the right time to tie Romney in Iowa. I don't expect him to go anywhere. New Hampshire is not a religious hot bed like Iowa. South Corolina is down in the Bible Belt but by that time Santorum will have been hit with a lot of attack ads.

He is a loser after all. He lost the 2006 race for re-election. If he can't win re-election in his home state, how is he going to beat an incumbent President?

[Bravus]

Said I needed to look up the 2006 result. I did, and this is what I found (on Wikipedia):

"In the November 7 election, Santorum lost by over 700,000 votes, receiving 41.3 percent of the vote to Casey's 58.7 percent, the largest margin of defeat ever for an incumbent Republican Senator in Pennsylvania. The 18-point defeat was the largest margin of defeat for any incumbent senator since 1980 and the largest margin of any incumbent Republican senator ever."

Oh.