You just may have provided the answer that has eluded us all. Ego comes first. If he drops off now like Bachmann, Cain,and Perry before him, they’d stop talking about him in the news.
With these kinds of negatives there was better reason for Perry, Bachman, or Cain to continue.
Just my opinion. If he really wanted to hit Romney instead of play to his ego he would ask his delegates to commit to Santorum now instead of later. Give Santorum a boost while such a boost has any legs to help. At the convention it is beyond late, especially if Romney has the magic number in hand...
Cain was Borked, though I liked him. On of his best qualities was being successful leading in business, which I think Romney shares though I don't know how many folks are willing to recognize that. I won't say dems are racist, but they sure got to work quick digging up vague rumors on a republican candidate that happened to be black... Haven't seen that trick since Clarence Thomas, well probably have, but those games all look the same to me...
Bachman simply got slandered out of the running. She is very smart and I believe has the capcity to lead Thatcher style, but lack of that experience hurt her and the early races fall prey to the liberal media. I am sure they were out to kill her prospects before she gained any traction - what horror they would have faced with another intelligent, successful leader that happened to be a woman leading the republican party. They have their hands full still trying to beat Palin back into her place in the kitchen so they couldn't let another conservative women become a positive role model...
No way they were going to let another Texan gain momentum. With all those electoral votes at play, even though they won't take them, the dems want the republicans to spend money there to make sure. They sure as hell don't want money flowing into CA, or NY that might, probably not, but might open the eyes of those voters. They need the repubs playing defense, not offense and it costs a lot to play defense in Texas.
Add that to the fact that we, unlike the dems, want the best candidate for nation and tend to eat our own in search for perfection. The dems don't have that moral obstacle in their voting patterns. They just pull the D lever at least once...
We need to wise up and get the games out of our system. If a Reagan isn't available this cycle, we need to start setting the path for one to develop. We only do that by winning.
Take care.