[sand88]

I see him as a nasty, spiteful, little man with grandiose, unrealistic expectations. “ I don’t see Rick as nasty, just out of his league. He doesn’t even realize that he’s out of his league.

Anyone who wins, left or right, has to have some connection with the people -- call it charisma.

It is totally irrelevant how good Santorum is on the issues. Santorum has ZERO charisma.

Santorum it truly delusional if he thinks all of a sudden there will be a groundswell of support for him. He will never ignite the people to get behind him. He will never be President.

He is helping Mitt by staying it -- to deny that is to deny reality.

[Cato in PA]

Pretty much.

If Newt suddenly bowed out of the race, does Santorum honestly believe that the establishment would allow him to mount a comeback? Absolutely not. We’d hear from the highest hills that Romney’s candidacy was inevitable, millions of dollars in ads would saturate the airwaves, and Little Ricky wouldn’t stand a chance.

The only real way for Santorum to make a positive difference in this campaign is by dropping out and throwing his support behind Newt.