Do these Santorum wins seem a little odd?

[MadHound]

30. Given the rotating podium that is being used by the batshit crazy wing of the Republican party, no

This doesn't seem odd at all. After all, look back and see the track record this year. Michelle Bachman was on top for awhile after the Iowa straw poll. Then Perry came out strong, until he opened his mouth and showed people just how dumb he was. Then Herman Cain took his turn on the runway, and was the conservative darling, until it turned out he had been wondering where all the white women were at(Blazing Saddles reference for those of you who are humor impaired). Then Gingritch had his turn in the spotlight, but the lighting showed up the fact that he was still just as weird, crazy and out of touch as he ever was. Now, on the strength of a couple of minor primary contests, and a beauty pageant in Missouri that didn't mean a thing, Santorum is being propelled to become the latest, greatest hope of the batshit crazy wing of the Republican party.

Meanwhile, Romney continues to hold a steady course, beating back one challenger after another. The one thing about all this is that the longer this continues, the more likely that there will be a brokered convention. That's where the real fun will come. But I think that what this rotating platform of favorites shows is that anybody representing the batshit crazy wing of the Republican party, while looking good from a distance, turns out to look horrible to the electorate upon closer examination. I think that the Republican party wants a candidate who is bad boy crazy like a Santorum, Bachman or Gingritch, but with all the patrician respectability of Romney. That's why they keep tossing up these three week favorites, one after the other. I fully expect that Paul will get his turn on the runway as well here in a few weeks, he's the last out of the clown car after all.

But in the end, it will be Romney.