Could Santorum have won?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No.

For the single most unpopular Senator in the country to get elected in a state opposite his party's in a terrible GOP year is simply too great of a task.

A more interesting question would be DeWine.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

When that's the ONLY opponent you can beat, things aren't going well for you. Besides Phil, you said a liberal couldn't beat Santorum, yet the same post says that Brady could (which I agree)

You need to quit with this idea that Santorum was popular when in fact he was the single most unpopular Senator in the country (I suppose you could argue he basically tied with Conrad Burns, but that's hardly a ringing endorsement)