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Proud Public Servant

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2. Two words: Gender Gap

Reply to WI_DEM (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 10:42 AM

Feb 2012

Santorum would send independent and mainstream/old-school GOP women over to Obama in droves.

Also, as I've argued elsewhere, youth -- one of Obama's most important constituencies in 2008 -- are not fired up for himthis time around; they feel let down and betrayed (rightly or naively) by the centrist way in which he's governed. But put him up against Santorum and his anti-sex platform, and just watch them turn out at near-2008 levels.

Obama/Romney would likely replay Obama/McCain. But Obama/Santorum would replay Johnson/Goldwater.

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Of Mittens and Santorum who would be the easiest for Dems to defeat? [View all] WI_DEM Feb 2012 OP

I agree JustAnotherGen Feb 2012 #1

Two words: Gender Gap Proud Public Servant Feb 2012 #2

I think Santorum, MoonRiver Feb 2012 #3

The fact that GOP isn't sold on either one of them at the moment Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2012 #4

Either libtodeath Feb 2012 #5

Sans-scrotum, by far.... joeybee12 Feb 2012 #6

Either, but there is another consideration dragonlady Feb 2012 #7

Either. They've both got more baggage than someone moving across country by plane. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #8