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As a Pennsylvania pro-lifer who poured his blood, sweat, and tears into Rick's second (successful) senatorial race, I will say I am one whose heart was broken by that endorsement of Specter. I refused to support Rick's third campaign in anyway except with my vote.

However, in this presidential election, I've had to let those hard feelings go. Just like I had to let Newt's record of serial adultery go. I see people on here complaining about the Specter debacle but my assessment is that the folks doing the Specter fingerpointing have a strong preference for someone other than Rick Santorum in the race and they're trying to rile up old distasteful feelings.

I doubt they ever felt the personal loss that I felt over that endorsement. Check my posting history. I haven't let too many opportunities pass to bash Rick over the head for his support of Specter. If I can let it go, anyone can let it go.

I am currently trying to figure out who is more electable - Newt or Rick? My wife is solidly in Santorum's camp. I'm probably leaning Santorum, but if Newt's got an edge coming into the PA primary, I'm not going to risk Romney winning by voting for Santorum if he's going to be an also ran.

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The other thing I'd like to mention about Santorum's support of Specter is Santorum's obvious discomfort with it at the time. I remember seeing (on TV) Rick sitting on the stage at a Specter rally and looking like a duck out of water. It was painful. I believe I called him a puppet on a string, responding to the commands of his party.

We don't have to worry about that anymore. Santorum (like Newt) won't owe anyone in the Republican establishment any favors. Either one of these guys will really be able to do right by the country.