Not A Good Sign For Santorum

I was impressed that Santorum and Gingrich did not make it onto the primary ballot in Virginia.  (And not favorably impressed.)  This March 8, 2012 Washington Post story indicates that organizational problems means that even in states where Santorum might do well, he is going to lose delegates:

On Jan. 6, the state filing deadline, a Santorum volunteer had brought to the board of elections an envelope containing nominating petitions for a slate of three Santorum delegates in the 13th, the State Journal-Register reports.

But the petitions were never submitted. A volunteer inadvertently failed to take them out of the envelope, the Journal Register reports, and the envelope wound up in the trash.

In Alabama, there are 47 delegates that have to be signed up to represent the candidate--but Santorum has not managed to do so:

Santorum?

Forty-three.

“He’s missing four spots,” Kluck said – two spots in the 7th District and two at-large delegate spots – meaning that even if Santorum wins big in the state next week, he won’t be eligible for all of Alabama’s 47 bound delegates.

And then in some places, such as the District of Columbia, Santorum’s camp hasn’t even tried at all.

There are things about Santorum that I like, but when you aren't prepared to handle very basic nuts and bolts details of running a campaign, it does not give me any confidence about his ability to go up against the Zero (who can't do anything else well besides run a campaign).  I don't like Romney, but at least he seems to know how to organize a political campaign.