Romney vs. Santorum: It's All About Electability

It's turned into a two-man race for the Republican Presidential nomination. Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are fighting for the lead as primary elections take place across the country.

Romney won two important states this week: Michigan and Arizona. Now, he has won a total of seven states (including both binding and non-binding elections). That's compared to the four states Santorum has in the bag. By looking at those numbers, it may seem like Romney is the obvious frontrunner. However, we still have a long way to go before such claims can be justified.

Super Tuesday is next week. Until then, voters have a lot to consider. At the top of most voters' lists: Who can beat Obama?

It's obvious the Republican party is having difficulty deciding who to back. Out of four possible candidates (Romney, Santorum, Gingrich, and Paul), no candidate has an overwhelming amount of support from the party as a whole. This speaks to the idea that voters aren't incredibly excited about any of these candidates. All they care about is who has a change at wining against Obama in a fight to the White House.

The Republican Party has been divided on which candidate to support from the beginning of the race. As the pendulum swings back and forth from Romney to Santorum, I wonder if the Republican party is wasting time with all this indecision. Obviously, this is the point of the primaries: to decide who to nominate through a series of elections. However, it seems the lack of support for one candidate over the other is more evident this year than in years past.

Apparently, Republican voters just haven't made their mind up yet. Many individuals still have not thrown all their support at one candidate. Until people make up their minds individually, the party will be unable to make up its mind as a whole.

So, will this lack of passion be a hinderance even after the Republican candidate is finally decided?

Republicans just want to beat Obama. However, no one can win without passionate support. As of now, all Republicans candidates lack that passionate support. If Republican voters continue to be unsuccessful in building strong, passionate support, it won't matter to whom the nomination goes because a campaign without passion is a lost cause.

In the coming months, the Republican party will have to fight to rally strong supporters for whoever becomes their candidate. Ultimately, the faster the party decides, the faster it can begin to build the passionate support base that will be vital to a competitive election against Obama.