Nope, says Chait:
Romney’s run of luck during the Republican nominating race is beginning to defy belief. Begin with the fact that Rick Santorum turns out to have won the Iowa caucuses. Finding this out now is approximately 0.001 percent as valuable as having it announced the night of the caucuses. There was an old Fed Ex commercial depicting an aging pool cleaner suddenly discovering a 20-year-old acceptance letter from Harvard he had never received, and imagining the life he could have had. That man is Santorum. He has to wonder if the Iowa vote counters were gay.
Heh. But here's the thing. If Romney loses South Carolina to Gingrich in a nail-biter, and Santorum won Iowa, you have a state for each candidate to brag about. Instead of a clean sweep and inevitability, Romney becomes one of three winners, with his underwhleming margin in what amounts to his home state. And the press will do anything to keep this alive.
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