Don't Get Your Hopes Up, Rick

There's been a lot of chattering about Surging Santorum these days. Why? Because he finished in 3rd place in a recent Iowa poll.

Lets all give a round of applause for Rick Santorum. Clap clap clap.

Now let's take a closer look at the poll. It was conducted only among Republicans. That's like asking people about gun rights at an NRA convention. Okay, maybe not that extreme, but still ridiculous. In the actual upcoming caucus, it is known that many Democrats will switch to Independent or even Republican in order to vote, and most certainly not for Santorum. But...they weren't included in the poll? One wonders if polls like these are conducted to drum up news stories because an unlikely candidate may enter the mix (due to insufficient respondents). That's why I'm not going to dignify the name of the group/company that conducted the poll. And it's not because I forgot and am now too lazy and uninterested to Google search them. I promise.

That is why Paul has been surging of late- all of the Democrats and Independents are professing their love for him. But will they actually vote for him come caucus time? It depends. But you can be sure that Santorum has no where to go after Iowa. Even if he does finish in 3rd place, seemingly ahead of Gingrich, he has zero support in the more moderate New Hampshire. Sorry Santorum.