How close does Santorum have to come in New Hampshire to call it a "win"? nt

[RandySF]

[Angry Dragon]

1. Top three with at least 25-30%

[SixthSense]

2. it hardly matters

he will wither quickly under the spotlight

also he has almost no money and spent what little he had in Iowa

and he basically has zero support in the South so it'll be a miracle if he makes it past FL

I give him 45 days tops before he bows out or the GOP bows him out by abandoning him

[davidpdx]

5. That seems about right

Maybe even after the Florida primary on the 31st. I think the Republicans are going to shut down the primaries pretty quickly and tell everyone it's over and anoint their nominee. Which means only a handful of states will really end up getting to have a meaningful vote (cough, sorry I didn't mean to say that) toward the nominee.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. He'll be lucky to get 20%

New Hampshire Republicans are just assholes, not fundies......although he'll score points for bringing up guns tonight in his speech.

[HopeHoops]

4. Hopefully he'll just stay in Iowa. I don't want him anywhere NEAR here.

We don't need his frothy slime trail and neither does NH.

[WI_DEM]

6. My advice to Santorum is to skip NH

and go directly to South Carolina to mark his stand. A new poll from CNN has him going from 5 to 10 percent in NH, but Romney still has 47%. If I were all these Reps (except for Huntsman who has decided to make his stand in NH) I'd concede NH to Mittens, so it can be downplayed.

[rug]

7. Please rephrase.

"How close does Santorum have to come" is a disturbing image.