Perhaps, but, there is no comparison between Lincoln and Santorum.
Exactly, I don’t see Santorum intentionally starting a war between different groups of Americans.
And I don't see Santorum ever getting elected once, let alone twice, to the presidency.
That war has been done for over 150 years in case you didn't noticed. Lincoln's side won it pretty decisively. It was in all the papers.
You’d be living on a giant Indian Reservation if the rebels that started that war had won it.