Count columnist George Will among the growing number of establishment Republican figures who think the brutal GOP presidential primary has made winning the White House tougher in the fall. Mike Allen previews Will’s Sunday column:
Romney and Rick Santorum … are conservatives, although of strikingly different stripes. Neither, however, seems likely to be elected. … If either is nominated, conservatives should vote for him. But … there would come a point when … conservatives turn their energies to a goal much more attainable than … electing Romney or Santorum president. It is the goal of retaining control of the House and winning control of the Senate. … [C]onservatives this year should have as their primary goal making sure Republicans wield all the gavels in Congress in 2013.
