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Running about the same place with respect to obama. 10 points behind. i think rick santorum and mitt romney would be very different kinds of general election candidates. they would appeal to different sets of swing voters. they both would have appeal to different sets of voters and both would be able to give obama a real battle, especially if the economy stays bad or turns back bad over the course of the next few months. >> it seems like romney would be better if the economy went south. a great candidate. i'm not sure rick santorum would be good as a candidate to exploit an economic downfall. ...

But i do think there's an interesting thing. mitt romney appeals to swing voters who are kind of economically conservative, but socially liberal. rick santorum would be appealing to the opposite swing voter. he would be appealing to cult churl conservatives who are economic liberal. you would see a campaign based on trade. you'd see a campaign based on a down scale economic appeal. those are some voting groups the president hasn't been super strong with. i'm not trying to say rick santorum would have the advantage, but there would be a very different dynamic in the race if rick santorum were t...

10 points behind. i think rick santorum and mitt romney would be very different kinds of general election candidates. they would appeal to different sets of swing voters. they both would have appeal to different sets of voters and both would be able to give obama a real battle, especially if the economy stays bad or turns back bad over the course of the next few months. >> it seems like romney would be better if the economy went south. a great candidate. i'm not sure rick santorum would be good as a candidate to exploit an economic downfall. this morning, joe scarborough said he thought santor...

10 points behind. i think rick santorum and mitt romney would be very different kinds of general election candidates. they would appeal to different swing voters. they both would have appeal to different sets of voters and both would be able to give obama a real battle. especially if the economy stays bad or turns back bad over the course of the next few months. >> it seems like romney would be better if the economy went south. i'm not sure rick santorum would be good as a candidate to exploit an economic down fal. joe skthis morning had thoughts. >> too many crazy things. he's too this and th...

Schiavo got him in trouble with women voters. but i do think there's an interesting thing. mitt romney appeals to swing voters who are kind of economically conservative, but socially liberal. rick santorum would be appealing to the opposite swing voter. he would be appealing to cult churl conservatives who are economic liberal. you would see a campaign based on trade. a down scale economic appeal. those are some voting groups the president hasn't been super strong with. i'm not trying to say rick santorum would have the advantage, but there would be a different dynamic in the race if rick sant...