The Rick Santorum Strategy?

There was a Major League baseball season , sometime in the 1980's (was it 1987, or was it 1984?), when each team in the American League West held first place for at least day, before one of the teams finished the season on top, and won the AL West.

This Republican Presidential campaign reminds me of that season. It started out with that Mormon with the great hair on top, then Minnesota Michele won the Iowa Straw Pole, and challenged him for the top spot in the polls. Then, Texas Rick entered the race, and stole Michele's thunder.

Then, Texas Rick started putting his foot in his mouth, and The Pizza Guy made his move. Then, his campaign was rocked by charges of impropriety with women (not his wife), and The Pizza Guy fell back in the pack.

Now, we have the Former Speaker Newt making a charge. The news media, as well as members of the conservative media, are already attacking him. As soon as you lead in the polls, you're attacked by your opponents as well as the mainstream news media.

There are three candidates who have yet to lead in the polls. John Huntsman, Ron Paul, and Rick Santorum. As long as bad news keep knocking the top tier candidates off the top of the hill, maybe the second tier isn't that bad a place to be.

If Santorum can get the Republican base to take him as a serious contender, maybe he can make that surprising, late-season surge that can take him to the GOP convention in August 2012, then maybe he can win the pennant, and go on to win the World Series...

 I mean, the 2012 Presidential Election.

(Disclaimer: The RedSquirrel Report is a blog that parodies the news and news makers of the day. Your bushy-tailed reporter isn't a professional pundit. If you're a gambler, and decide to bet on former Senator Rick Santorum to win the election next year, please bet responsibly.  Thank you.)