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Originally posted by Undertoad
Simple statements - not even actions - of people like Lott and Santorum lead to actual losses in their power. (Santorum's loss will not be losing the 2006 election, which would be very unlikely, but in being taken less seriously on the national level; he's now a "marked man" of sorts for a while. Just you watch.)
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I wouldn't cater Santorum's 2006 victory dinner just yet. Not that this specific scandal will be what sinks him (though people like me DO take notes and don't forget things like this), but he didn't exactly blow Ron Klink (a relatively weak Dem candidate) out of the water last time. The margin of victory was something like 2.4M-2.1M, with around 100K voting for other parties.
Now figure in that Rendell will be running at the same time as Santorum, and will help bring Democratic voters to the polls in 2006. It can't hurt. A lot depends on who runs against Santorum then.
And there are little ways of keeping Santorum's charming position statements in the public eye in the meantime. If press releases from the North American Man-On-Dog Love Association start popping up, I know NOTHING.
