He could have talked about moral decay without giving interviews announcing that as President he would do what no President has done before and have a national conversation on why contraception is "not okay". I'm sorry, but that was just stupid. Most people not only don't accept that view, they recoil from politicians who think they need to lecture us about it. Rick Santorum may have won over the Robertson/Huckabee voters on social issues like that, but there are simply not enough GOP primary voters out there to nominate a candidate who says this kind of stuff. It's why even when he was doing reasonable well political analysts largely wrote him off.
It’s not stupid to mention contraception. You may think it’s OK to shack up with a chick in your dorm room using the pill. But the advent of the pill led directly to our promiscuous culture, rampant disease, abortion and a huge surge of unwed motherhood.
Santorum is not campaigning on making contraceptives illegal. Liberals may recall from his cold hard facts. But he’s just an honest man, telling the whole truth.
Contrary to what you think, more than just the Huckabee and Robertson crowd care about social issues. And a lot more SHOULD be concerned.