I agree completely that Santorum will likely become increasingly more popular. It was somewhat surprising to see so many conservatives suddenly support Gingrich. Most of us, I’m sure, realized he wouldn’t quite make it; he too has a progressive past and he’s got too many skeletons.
But Santorum? Well, compared to the other candidates, he’s a model conservative.
It’ll be interesting to see where this goes.
Newt governed more conservatively than Rick did. He knows how to inspire people to get out to the polls. Once he has the money to go toe-to-toe with the opposition as any general election candidate will, he is the most likely to win decisively, as he did in SC and in the ‘90s with the takeover of the House. All the candidates have negatives. Rick’s closet has been opened now and everything’s beginning to fall out. Bush had a drunk driving conviction and still won twice. What we need is a candidate who has great positives and that is Newt. No one has the record of conservative achievement, the knowledge of government and American history and the communication skills that he has.