I saw Palin (last night on Fox) almost threatening that Santorum is going to get his from Romney, just like Gingrich. That's the very nature of our political system, for better or for worse.
I still believe that if a candidate can articulate the right message and be credible in the process, he or she can deflect such attacks with little or no damage.
Both Gingrich and Santorum can articulate Conservative ideology. Thus far, credibility is the problem for Gingrich (with the electorate) while Santorum has yet to be tested.
I'm inclined to believe that Santorum’s credibility will be far more difficult to challenge. Time will tell.
Gingrich's problem so far has been the millions of dollars of false negative ads run by Romney in Iowa and Florida!
Oops. Sorry about that Freepmail. I am using an old laptop with no mouse (while doing diagnostics on my trusty desktop). Thought I was simply making a post to the thread.