All I can say is if someone like Santorum becomes president I for one will be leaving. I say that as how disgusting such a government would become.
I can't speak to how Americans would feel,but would be plenty nervous if Rick "the bomber" Santorum wins the Republican nomination if I lived in Iran.
Romney wins I go live in New York or any democrat state Santorum wins I go back to the Philippines Gingrich wins I join Al-Qaeda
Hahahaha lmao Murdoch pushed Santorum with his new Twitter feed. Probably the power of the Murdochs at work there. It might make people look at him more but don't think he'll go anywhere.
I really wish people would follow through on their threats to move out of the country if so-and-so becomes president. In 2004, every Democrat was whining about Bush and promising to move to Canada, but very few actually followed through. Very disappointing.
Santorum won't be winning anything. The only reason he had such a strong showing is because he spent all of his time and money for an entire year in Iowa. He won't have that kind of time or money to spend anywhere else. He's also not great at raising money like Romney and Paul are, so it's just a matter of time before he fades out of memory. Even despite the fiscal and time constraints, his positions on things like gay rights, abortion, the environment, and so forth will hinder him. He really only appeals to evangelicals and those that are on the far right. So, I wouldn't worry too much. As far as the delegates are concerned, based on the percentages, Romney, Santorum, and Paul all would get about 7 delegates each for a tie. However, this isn't binding yet, so that could change. However, based on campaign strategies, most of the delegates could indeed go to both Romney and Paul. Bachman, Huntsman, Perry, and Gingrich are going to need to do a LOT of work to either rebuild their images and/or get back into the spotlight in a positive way.
I hate to make early predictions, because they always seem to be wrong, but if you follow In-Trade, odds are currently at 80.7% in favor of a Romney nomination. Looking at the field, everyone has already cooked except for Romney, Santorum, Gingrich, and Paul. Santorum hasn't had any real scrutiny, and when he does, he'll collapse. Gingrich is struggling to maintain support after making some of the flippant meglomaniacal comments he is used to making and getting away with based on the fact he is the smartest guy in the room. He may recover but it seems unlikely right now. Paul has the same die hard loyal 12% he has always had. Iowa gave him an opportunity to show more broad based support, and his numbers may even climb as high as 18%, though he too is now facing much more media scrutiny now that he placed a strong third in Iowa. That basically brings us back to Mr. Inevitable. Romney.
Santorum is popular with ultra conservatives because he is homophobic and pro life.He says if elected president he will outlaw sodomy and birth control,which is ironic because sodomy "is" birth control.
There was plenty of talk about right-wing revolts around the US if Obama wins over McCain and all sorts of vitriol where hurled against Obama. They thought that Obama would turn the US upside down even quoting the Book of Revelation to support their ho-hum conspiracy theories. Obama wants some change, let alone in basic health care policies and Americans want a lynch mob..
While the numbers do look bad, you have to remember one thing. Not everybody likes Romney and if it comes down to just Romney and Paul, people will have to decide if they want to switch to Obama (doubtful), vote for an independent (throw away their vote), or vote for Paul. This should increase his numbers. Also, the more coverage he gets, there's going to be bad AND good coverage. More people will see what he's about since he's been in a virtual black hole of media blackouts for much of his campaigning due to their bias against him. This will turn some people while gaining some people so we'll see in a few months and a few primary/caucuses later. And I know that these numbers on In-trade are ridiculous speculation as Huntsman, a guy that barely got 1% in Iowa and is not even expected to make it close to midway, is 4.1% to Ron Paul's 2.7% chance to win. Oh and it's already dropped to 77.8%. A loss of about 3% in one day.