The candidate, who managed somewhat impressive wins in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota, has yet to reap any real benefit from his victories earlier this week. While his name has been in the headlines a little more frequency, the attention will be long gone by the time the next set of voters hit the polls.
Santorum boasted that his campaign had brought in more than $250,000 in fundraising in the day following his wins, but, when put in context, that's a pretty pathetic yield for someone who just won three primaries.
Ron Paul gets more money from supporters on his birthday — literally.
While it's impossible to really tell if young voters played a large role in Santorum's victories (no exit polls from these three, relative small, states have been published) it's safe to assume they didn't.
The reason: overall voter turnout was down and in previous contests the Ron Paul has won the young voter every time fewer voters showed up at the polls than in 2008.
While they may see him as the flavor-of-the-week Mitt Romney alternative, Rick Santorum does not excite the GOP base — whose depressed turnout is a sad sign for the Republican chances of dethroning President Obama next year.
Take a glance at this graphic from today's Wall Street Journal:
Will this week's CPAC convention help the GOP (finally) rally it's base? Which of the scheduled speakers do you think has the most potentially to awaken the thus-far dormant young Republican voters, Alexander?
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