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The candidate with the highest ratio of ‘very conservative’ supporters is none other than Rick Santorum.

Yes, Newt has divided the conservative vote, to the benefit of Romney.

See Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Wyoming, Alaska and Washington.

If the Newt supporters had supported Santorum, they could have defeated Romney in 6 more states. Newt has only delievered 2 and has cost ‘team conservative’ 6 states.

The candidate with the highest ratio of ‘very conservative’ supporters is none other than Rick Santorum.

I would question the reality of that statement. Most of Santorum's supporters, so far as I've seen, are actually big-government "conservatives" who just want the big government to do the things *they* want it to do, instead of what the Left wants it to do.

That kind of person is not "very conservative," no matter how they may self-identify in a poll.

WAIT A FRIGGIN' MINUTE: Newt has divided the Conservative Vote? Bullsh**! Rick had RINO-Rom all to himself in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin and Puerto Rico and got his butt handed to him in everyone of those Primaries. Now, what you got to say?

Santorum got a free pass until way after the Fla election. The attacks ads and big money were spent to take Newt out...Santorum was never a threat. Look at the creme de la creme of true conservatives that endorsed and/or spoke highly of Gingrich from Art Laffer to Thomas Sowell. Santorum is NO conservative and after all he endorsed Romney a mere 3 years ago and now he is attacking him.
RS also made very inappropriate comments on the Trayvon Martin case BEFORE the facts were in..what kind of lawyer is he? he also called Staff Sgt Bales a madman before all the facts are in...he is a loser. We know what happened to him in PA and he may lose his own state again.
Well, ‘Stand Your Ground’ is not doing what this man did,” Santorum said Friday morning at a campaign event in Monroe, La. “There’s a difference between ‘Stand Your Ground’ and doing what he did. And it’s a horrible case. It’s chilling to hear what happened, and of course the fact that law enforcement didn't’t immediately go after and prosecute this case is another chilling example of horrible decisions made by people in this process.” (Rick Santorum)

If Santorum had gotten out after Florida, and sent his delegates to Newt during the primary, like a mature adult, Newt, after sparring with Romney, and exposing voters to his ideas, would be heading toward the nomination. Let’s keep a little visual acuity in our rear-view mirror pronouncements. Minimum.