Thursday, February 23, 2012

The Electability Factor

George Will is unimpressed with the electability of either Rick Santorum or Mitt Romney.

Romney is right about the futility of many current policies, but being offended by irrationality is insufficient. Santorum is right to be alarmed by many cultural trends but implies that religion must be the nexus between politics and cultural reform. Romney is not attracting people who want rationality leavened by romance. Santorum is repelling people who want politics unmediated by theology.
         Neither Romney nor Santorum looks like a formidable candidate for November.

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