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The majority of conservatives who have not warmed up to Santorum is due to lack of trust in his judgement after having endorsed Mitt Romney in the last Presidential primary.

To those Newt supporters they see a a compromiser rather than a fighter of principles when they see Santorum you know "well, we didn't get what we really wanted but at least we got SOMETHING done".

So, if anybody is in hiding as a Romney supporter but masking as a supporter of somebody else that Romney supporter would most likely be claiming to support Santorum and NOT Newt Gingrich.

Santorum never had a chance. He should have stepped down long ago and let Newt tackle Mitt Romney. But he didn't. We can look for Santorum to be endorsing Mitt Romney AGAIN sometime soon, I suppose. many believe that was his plan all along.

Your theory just does not hold water.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1KRP6-f7OY

"Santorum never had a chance. He should have stepped down long ago and let Newt tackle Mitt Romney. But he didn't. We can look for Santorum to be endorsing Mitt Romney AGAIN sometime soon, I suppose. many believe that was his plan all along.

If Romney wins the nomination every prominent Republican will announce their support of him...INCLUDING Palin...on the floor of the convention in Tampa.

We can look for Santorum to be endorsing Mitt Romney AGAIN sometime soon, I suppose. many believe that was his plan all along.

To be fair, assuming Romney wins the nomination, Newt will endorse Mitt too. With the exception of Paul and very few others, they will all back him. Newt, Santorum, Perry, Palin, etc, etc, will all endorse, support and actively campaign for Romney. Don't fool yourself into thinking otherwise.

To those Newt supporters they see a a compromiser rather than a fighter of principles when they see Santorum you know "well, we didn't get what we really wanted but at least we got SOMETHING done"

I just see Santorum as a terrible nominee because I think he'd lose a general election in a landslide so large it would take our House majority down with it. Romney sucks, but Rick would lose even worse. Is Rick a better conservative than Mitt? I certainly think so. Unfortunately, he would not be a better general election candidate. Santorum simply can't avoid being baited over and over and over on the social issues. By the time the media is done with him (and because Santorum is terribly undisciplined), you'd think the election was about whether to ban rubbers and Victoria's Secret catalogue's.

And suppose you just tell me here, in open forum, in front of everyone here, how Speaker Newt Gingrich plans to even get his name in nomination at the Convention, when at this time, he is prevented from GOP Convention Rules (established in 2008) from doing it? What is the point in continuing? And (the established fact) that both he and Ron Paul both lack the ability to be put into nomination in Tampa at this point.
The only two GOP candidates at this stage remaining [as of tonight, 20 March 2012 ] who have won enough won primary/caucus states to meet the threshold of having their names actually put into nomination in Tampa so they can be voted for by the delegates assembled are ROMNEY and SANTORUM?
Which states are it that Gingrich will be picking up in the next few weeks to get to that threshold? What about Louisiana where Santorum has a 9 to 10% lead over his challengers (next state up on the docket), and even there, Romney is appearing ahead of Gingrich?
Tell me who the "spoiler" is on this, at the midway point to the nomination.
Conclusion. It is time for Gingrich to leave the race, but if it takes a beating in Louisana then, so be it. Spite against Romney (as disgusting and deserving as Romney is of this), cannot propel the Speaker ad infinitum, as his fundraising imploded from February and March will probably show the same.
No we need a combined conservative effort here and no further splitting of this vote.

RNC RULE NO. 40, ELIGIBILITY FOR NAME PLACED INTO NOMINATION