MSNBC: "Surging Santorum: I can attract Dems, independents"...Can you say "Ich bin ein CLUELESS?"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Surging Santorum: I can attract Dems, independents

MSNBC Video: http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/45814184/#45814184

[backscatter712]

1. "Surging Santorum" - EWWW!!! n/t

[dana_b]

2. Duzy!!

[progressoid]

16. Might be time to see a Doctor about that.

[racaulk]

3. Yeah, right!

Santorum, as Senator of Pennsylvania, was a two-term incumbent who was beaten by eighteen percentage points in 2006. He clearly cannot attract Democrats and Independents to his ticket and he cannot turn Pennsylvania red in 2012, much less any other swing state. He's a clueless dimwit.

Also, just to help out with the Google search: Spreading Santorum

[hifiguy]

4. If Santorum dropped dead in the

middle of the summer I doubt he could attract flies.

[WinkyDink]

5. He thinks he'll get the Reagan "Democratic Catholic" vote.

[grantcart]

6. shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh instead we should all be saying

"I think Santorum presents the most powerful Republican challenger who will appeal to all independents and many Democrats, hopefully they won't pick him."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

8. YES! It would indeed be a stinging defeat for our one-term President!

I'll bet Santorum is a master debater, too.

[HillWilliam]

9. Not to play grammarnazi here

but I think you have an extra syllable in your text

[randome]

12. Got that.

[magical thyme]

19. groan.....

got it too. Took a while to eliminate one syllable at a time

[hobbit709]

7. you're insulting the clueless.

[The Genealogist]

10. Waiting for his retraction and correction of this statement

"Sorry, meant to say I can attract THE LAUGHTER AND SCORN OF Dems, independents."

[Vincardog]

11. Well I know that even though I will not for fro BO because he is too corporate for me

I will be GLAD to have a "Surging Santorum" sign on my lawn.

[onehandle]

13. I wish he was going the nominee. I really do.

But, alas...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. Flies are Democrats? Who knew?

[stevenleser]

15. I've watched Repug debates with people who dont usually pay attention to politics. They all dislike

Santorum after seeing him.

President Obama wins 43 states if Santorum is the nominee.

[mother earth]

17. He's too funny! nt

[Douglas Carpenter]

18. Yes he is a complete dork. But he is an authentic dork - not a fake one.

That might even work to his advantage in some circles. He looks like the kind of "real nice boy" that 1950's parents would have "trusted" with their daughter. Remember, he was twice elected to the U.S. Senate from the ultimate bellwether state. I doubt that he does have any of the kind of scandals in his background that would likely derail his candidacy.

I suspect even many of his supporters know that he's pretty dorky just as many of Ronald Reagan's and George W. Bush's supporters knew they were electing ignoramuses. But that didn't stop them. I don't think that dealing with a Santorum candidacy would be the same slamdunk that a Gingrinch, Cain, Bachmann or Paul candidacy would be. I suspect it terms of beatability - I would guess it is in the same range as Perry - less electable than Romney or Huntsman - but not impossible like Cain, Gingrich, Bachmann or Paul. Yes, although less than likely - if he did become the Republican nominee - Santorum winning is not absolutely inconceivable and certainly not impossible.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

20. Should someone set up a tissue fund for him?

If the headline is correct, I can imagine (not that I wanted to and I will be bleaching my brain in a minute) that he might need it.