Rick Santorum 2012 bid haunted by landslide 2006 loss
- CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN - POLITICO
- Jan 5, 2012
At the heart of Rick Santorum’s campaign is a simple but compelling pitch: He’s a rock-ribbed conservative with a proven record of winning in a swing state.
That much is true.
But there’s one big flaw in his claim: His landslide defeat in his last race, the 2006 Pennsylvania Senate contest, undermines this central message of his surging presidential bid.
Yes, Republicans faced a toxic political environment that year, and Santorum, in hindsight, stood little chance of survival as a top GOP Senate leader in Washington who refused to distance himself from an unpopular President George W. Bush and his equally out-of-favor Iraq War.
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