which is a bigger liability

[Stranger in a strange land]

Santorum's. Romney lost in Massachusetts to a Kennedy (and what's more, the one who was basically the public face of American liberalism for 30 years).

[Politico]

Santorum's. Romney lost in Massachusetts to a Kennedy (and what's more, the one who was basically the public face of American liberalism for 30 years).

Exactly. The only people on here who would argue otherwise are clearly too young to understand how big Ted Kennedy was with regards to American liberalism. Ted Kennedy was to the liberal wing of the Democratic Party what Ronald Reagan was/is to the conservative wing of the Republican Party.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Liabilities in the general election are assets in the Republican primary.