While the smart money appears to still be on Romney in the Republican primaries, the Santorum buildup is hard to ignore.
Preemptively:
- I maintain, as ever I have, that there won't be much practical difference between a world governed by a Republican and a world governed by a Democrat. As evidence, I offer the years since, at least, the election of Ronald Regan.
- Yes there are differences on the margins.
Should Santorum become the nominee, however, there may be one big positive. It appears likely that Obama would defeat him handily. This might well serve to put the Talibanical segment of American Christianity back in check for a while. They need a slapping down from time to time.
However: he could win. He is nowhere near as stupid as he appears to be. Furthermore, as I was just saying to a friend, we can expect around 40% of the voters to vote for any asshole with an R by his name. What would happen if Israel and Iran were to decide to finally consummate their forbidden love for one another and gas prices ascend to near-European levels? I suspect the fabled swing voters would collectively lose their shit and go for Santorum (if he were able to make even the slightest case for how he would have Done It Better).
So don't get too smug, Obama supporters.
But again: not much will change.
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