Smart politicians know how to keep their mouth shut and deliver their thoughts and ideas in a subtle manner.
Not Santorum. He blast it out loud and divisive every chance he gets. Especially when he thinks he is the one to beat. His arrogance level goes off the chart.
In a general election, he will be as persecuted as Gov. Sarah Palin was/is, simply because of their faith based morals, which we can all agree with, but Right Wing Extremism looses every time and the media is salivating now for the chance to pounce on that one.
Sarah can mouth anything she wants, she's not running now.
Rick can't seem to get "engage brain before speaking", Joe Biden has the same problem.
I like Rick. I WANT NEWT GRINGRICH.