Rick Santorum continues to be a “Big Government Conservative”, instead of, truly, becoming a “small government conservative”, instead, and this is one of the ongoing problems with Rick. This, and his ongoing coming across as being a snob.
Rick Santorum was far from a great conservative candidate, as were all of the others who ran this cycle.
This plain and simple fact is assiduously ignored by the Free Republic He-Man Mitt Haters Club members as they rail against the “GOP-E” for treacherously denying us our deserved (but un-named) conservative standard bearer.