Santorum: Trim Social Security now even if painful

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41. haha is it better for Santorum to talk himself down the hill or Romney to be too moderate?

Brent Bozell's latest column "Santorum vs. the Meat Grinder" complained: "Clearly, Romney is the opponent that Barack Obama and the liberal establishment want nominated." But you have a better idea. Bozell quoted ABC's Jake Tapper commenting: "...in order for Santorum to succeed, he really needs to expand beyond those base Republican voters." I doubt that a homophobic pig like Santorum would appeal much to moderate/independent voters.

(ETA) one comment on the newsbusters post of the Bozell piece wrote: "I am no Romney fan because I feel he is not very honest, but I prefer him to Santorum. Independents came out in droves for Obama last time because of their dislike of George Bush and the youth voted in droves last time because they wanted A Black President

Independents overall do not like Santorum very much because of social stances and ditto for the youth. Not too long ago, people dislike for Obama would have anybody beating him. That might not be the case anymore. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.5 in December. Combine that with capturing OBL and the end of the Iraq war and you have a formidable opponent in Obama."