OUR OPINION: Battle Of the Presidential Magnets

President Barack Obama is a magnet, drawing to himself most Democrats and all liberals. His Republican opposition is boiling down to one of two – Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum.

As magnetic forces, Rick Santorum is showing a more attractive force field than Romney, drawing more conservatives with his latest wins in the South. Romney seems not to have the same juice with the right.

Armchair strategists can translate the above by saying it behooves Democrats to root for a Romney win for GOP the presidential nomination. Polls show the President way ahead of both.

 Though Pennsylvania is a moderate state, a Santorum claim of favorite-son status could have a bearing in the general if Santorum carried the GOP flag … and ours is a key swing state.

In a Santorum-Obama contest, we would be back to a scenario seen in some of the past presidential elections: The winner will be the one who figures out how to attract the renowned “4%” of the voting public who won’t make up their minds until they enter the polling booth.

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