With santorum out tea party a failure
 

http://www.businessweek.com/articles...a-partys-limit

Santorum's Exit Shows the Tea Party's Limit

Rick Santorum’s decision to quit the presidential race on Tuesday clarifies a number of things. Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee. The general election race will be closer than it otherwise would have been. And for the second cycle in a row, the conservative activists who make up the GOP’s base are going to get stiffed—they’ll be forced to reconcile themselves to a nominee whom many dislike.

This is not how the 2012 Republican primary was supposed to unfold. When the race unofficially got under way 18 months ago, the Tea Party was at the peak of its influence, having just handed Republicans control of the House of Representatives.

Re: With santorum out tea party a failure
 

Bad logic. Romney has been pulling nearly half the Tea Party vote.

Re: With santorum out tea party a failure
 

Why is this guy still posting?

Re: With santorum out tea party a failure
 

It's obvious santorum was closer aligned on issues with tea party members. Primary votes isn't necessarily indicative of how much people like a certain candidate. It's indicative of which candidate they think will has a chance at winning.