Pete Spiliakos

I want to hold out reasonable hope for a contested convention, but I don’t see it.  There are several very unlikely paths for a contested convention.  The first path is that Romney would have to commit some kind of act of electoral suicide and do it very soon.  He has been . . . . Continue Reading »

1.  So Santorum punched himself in the face again.   He is regressing.  It’s like the real office he wants is Loud Guy at the End of the Bar of the United States. 2.  I looked at the Illinois exit polls that were on the 6:00 PM Fox News show.  My first impression was . . . . Continue Reading »

1.  It looks like many of the delegates selected by Pennsylvania will not be Santorum supporters even if Santorum win the popular vote in his home state.  One of the wonders of the race is how little support Santorum has gotten within the institutional Republican Party.  The . . . . Continue Reading »

1.  Santorum’s speech was a meandering missed opportunity.  Again.  I’m not a big fan of Michael Gerson, but this Gerson column is right on.   Failure to put together a coherent speech is not a virtue.  Reagan worked hard at communicating his ideas.  . . . . Continue Reading »

I don’t see that either Romney or Santorum are offering a fully realistic and prudent strategy for getting the budget under control.  So that’s why I’m hoping against hope for a contested convention. I look at the Ryan budget as the rightmost plausible conservative reform . . . . Continue Reading »

Santorum is expected to finish first in the popular vote in Kansas Caucuses tomorrow.  The polls  in Alabama and Mississippi are close (well actually Mississippi isn’t that close.) Does a Santorum win tomorrow plus his three wins earlier in the week, plus the lack of any . . . . Continue Reading »

I agree with Peter that Santorum has done well considering his limited on-the-ground organization, his (up until very recently) very limited funding, and his almost nonexistent support from Republican elected elites (when compared to Romney - or even Gingrich.)  But even though Republican . . . . Continue Reading »

1.  It has to be a little frustrating being Romney right now.  They last two weeks went about as well as they could have, and he still only won Ohio by 1%.  Most Republican  voters in most places just don’t want him.  Just barely enough are reconciling themselves to . . . . Continue Reading »

I saw Santorum on Fox News Sunday yesterday.  Awful.  He spent 80% of the interview playing defense  (and not very effectively either) on issues he shouldn’t want to talk about.  He is just not able to parry the question and move on to his own message.  It . . . . Continue Reading »

I think that the reason Santorum has declined so fast is that the events of the last couple of weeks have emphasized his biggest weakness.  In terms of appealing to center-right voters, the biggest knock on Santorum was the he was a loser.  Sure he is more really pro-life than Romney and . . . . Continue Reading »