How long will the Santorum frenzy last?

[Jackpine Radical]

Will he make it all the way to the nomination, or will his fellow poikilotherm, the Newtster, pull him down?

None of Santorum's real negatives have gained much of a hold on the popular mind yet, resulting in him having a 64% favorable rating among all voters according to a recent poll.

In case Newt's interested, here is a nice place to start on Frothy the Snowjob.

http://jillianbarclay.hubpages.com/hub/Rick-Santorum-Is-The-Jesus-Candidate-How-About-The-Lobbyists-Candidate-Or-The-Crook-Candidate

What The CREW Report Says About Rick 'Jesus' Santorum!

The report on Santorum's indiscrections is thorough, and if Santorum had won his bid for re-election (Why wouldn't anyone want to vote for Jesus?), he might have ended up as a cell mate for Tom Delay or even Randy 'Duke' Cunningham!

Santorum, while living with his family for eleven months of the year in Virginia, told Pennsylvania school officials that the family was residing in Pennsylvania. Because the good taxpayers of Pennsylvania believed Santorum's false statements, they paid an estimated $70,000.00 to educate Santorum's children in an online charter school. Didn't Ohio mother Kelley Williams-Bolar recently get convicted and sent to jail for lying about her address in order to get her kids into a better school district? Her name is obviously NOT Jesus...

The CREW report details Santorum's legislative assistance in exchange for contributions to his political action committee, America's Foundation. From AccuWeather to the U.S Tobacco Corporation to the Miller Brewing Company to Anheuser-Busch, to, of all things, Puerto Rico's healthcare industry, Santorum received contributions from all of these players when he coincidentally authored or sponsored legislation to support their interests. Santorum was so intent on helping Puerto Rican healthcare interests that he introduced not one, but two bills to help Puerto Rican hospitals secure Medicare reimbursements.

In 2002, Santorum received a home loan from a private Philadelphia bank that only makes loans to people who are investors. Lo and Behold! The Santorums were NOT investors...While that may not sound like something illegal, the Senate has specific rules for just those situations, and because Santorum was not a client of the bank, the loan is then classified as a 'gift'.

[MadHound]

1. If Paul wins in Maine today, it will be his turn to take his place at the top of the pile

And Santorum will fade back into obscurity. Failing that, Romney's next big state win will drive Santorum off the media radar.

[FarCenter]

8. Last clown out of the car wins

Paul will be the last one!

[oberliner]

10. No it won't

He will never be on the top of that pile.

[stillwaiting]

2. Does he really have a 64% favorable rating amongst ALL voters?

I really hope that's Republican voters.

If not, this country is more out of touch than even I thought.

Not that I'm worried that it will stay that high, but it still amazes me if that stat is pertaining to all voters!

He would be such a scary alternative to Obama for so many of us, that if he's the nominee I'd hope even the most disenchanted liberals would be pounding the pavements for Obama.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. I went to the original article & it seems to be among all voters.

Here is their wording. They do not say "64% of Republican voters.

Part of the reason for Santorum's surge is his own high level of popularity. 64% of voters see him favorably to only 22% with a negative one. But the other, and maybe more important, reason is that Republicans are significantly souring on both Romney and Gingrich. Romney's favorability is barely above water at 44/43, representing a 23 point net decline from our December national poll when he was +24 (55/31). Gingrich has fallen even further. A 44% plurality of GOP voters now hold a negative opinion of him to only 42% with a positive one. That's a 34 point drop from 2 months ago when he was at +32 (60/28).

[rurallib]

12. I am positive about Santorum

I am positive he is nuts.

[bornskeptic]

13. Don't trust the articles on poll results.

Follow the link to the full poll results. It was a poll of 656 Republican primay voters.

[HopeHoops]

4. Until someone slips and falls on something frothy.

[livetohike]

5. When will he be vetted? Everyone in the MSM seems enamored with him

However, his next loss might put a damper on this enthusiasm.

[Joe the Revelator]

9. Hopefully not until he gets the nomination....

[JHB]

6. Must....resist..."foam and froth" joke...

It's just too damn obvious

[Jackpine Radical]

7. I know how that is.

I had to suppress all sorts of impulses involving "surge" jokes myself.

[crazylikafox]

11. Thanks. Great article. I've sent it out to all my friends.