If you're like me, and you spend a lot of time wondering why so many of the hanger-on loser Republican candidates are continuing to stay in and gum up the race... then you need to get out more.
But as long as we're on the subject, seriously, why is Rick Santorum wasting everyone's time (not to mention their money)?
I think the explanation is Donald Trump. Like a black hole, he's creating a massive distortion in the underlying physics of this race. As long as he's the front runner he will continue to soak up all the available airtime and most of the oxygen that other candidates need to survive. But here's the problem, we all know that Presidential Candidates are, on some level, delusional. I think it's just too easy for the marginal candidates to convince themselves that there is some mysterious coalition out there that really REALLY wants to declare their support but just hasn't been able to because of the Trump circus. That delusion leads to a second one, that if they can just hang around until Trump collapses they can be the one to pick up his suddenly leaderless constituency AND that mysterious constituency that has always been secretly supportive of their candidacy but couldn't or wouldn't say so.
And it's really easy for them to convince themselves that this plan is not really all THAT crazy, because after all, for one of these candidates, Rubio is my guess, that gamble will actually pay off.
I'm not saying it's smart, I'm just saying its the only thing that makes sense.
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