“Fact: This country will not at this time elect a far right candidate with the degradation of society as it is.”
So we give up before we try?
“Fact: Santorum has a voting record that if social and fiscal conservative really knew about he would lose support fast.”
So what are the parts of said voting records that make you consider him not to be a social conservative.
As for the attack ads, that would be because Newt was the frontrunner at the time. Newt imploded, so we know that attacking Newt works.
Taking a sure 6 yards on a second down instead of throwing a hail Mary is not giving up.