But polls among likely voters in the general election showed him to be much weaker against Obama than Romney.
Yet actual voters weren’t voting for Gingrich.
I agree with you on the Romney polls. But the first and foremost challenge for Santorum was to get noticed. He was a total ZERO. He barely had a dime to his name.
His supposedly incendiary comments made him the right enemies — liberals! He proved himself a bona fide conservative. Now, for the next campaign, he can use his abundant speaking talent and political experience to expand his horizon and into economic and defense issues.