You can bet that Ricardo is doing somebody's bidding. By staying in he's helping the Party bigwigs get their boy.
See tagline.
I agree with your tagline, but sure about Santorum’s motivations. We may only be certain if Romney ygets elected and Santorum gets appointed to some cabinet post.
But right now, he looks like a conservative, as is Perry and Gingrich and we are running out of alternatives here.
Your Tagline is spot on.