Saturday, February 18, 2012

Santorum in his sweater vest could prove formidable Republican opponent to Barack Obama, the king of cool


Mark McKinnon writes that: "Rick Santorum may be unfashionable and obstinate, but in the end he could prove the strongest Republican contender."


Sleeveless pullovers were never cool. But neither was the small-town kid who was nicknamed "Rooster" by his classmates for the cowlick in his hair and the obstinacy in his nature.


So how, some 40 years later, can Rick Santorum - who has made the unfashionable knitwear that Americans call his sweater vest a trademark of his campaign - hope to challenge the dapper Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination before taking on the king of cool, Barack Obama?


As someone who loves sweater vests and America I hope McKinnnon is right !

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