Oh, please! First off, it is a complete and total MISNOMER that Obama is some incredible debater. I was not at all impressed with his debate performances even when he went toe-to-toe against Milquetoast McCain in 2008. Second, I think Santorum has done quite well for himself in the Republican debates. Did you not see how he completely took Romney apart in their exchange over RomneyCare during the last Florida debate? In fact, I would argue that you could trace beginning of Romney’s current decline in the polls from that exchange.
Rick Santorum is NOT weak and CAN beat Obama in a general election.
The DNC is clearly trying to set up out candidates as "anti-contraception" -Morris is really on to something there about how that question showed up out of nowhere in those early debates- and Santo will be very easy to paint as 'too kooky religious right' on women's "reproductive rights".
Go Newt!