Santorum’s stock has hit rock bottom after this Florida maneuver of his, designed clearly to prop up Romney. There is no guarantee that his lousy 16 percent in FL, now fallen to 9% in one poll, would move entirely to Gingrich, but had Santorum suspended after South Carolina, a large part of it after Newt’s blowout there certainly would have moved to Newt.
A blistering shame on Santorum. This morning Jeb Bush didn’t sound entirely disinterested in running by a long shot, so if Newt goes down and delegates are in the air, look for Jeb to get in. Santorum is wasting our time trying to kill off Newt.
Santorum’s baby is sick and in the hospital, one of the reasons he went home.
He is a good guy, he never really had a chance.