He may yet drop out if it seems to him he may not do well in Pa. Rick will protect his political career rather than take another hit on top of the loss he had in Pa. before. Interesting read from the Hill:
from Senate Appropriations Chairman Jake Corman in a story in The Hill claiming that the ‘possibility’ of a loss in PA. April 24 might force Rick to drop out of the GOP race sooner rather than later :
Santorum has managed to resurrect his political career after this 2006 loss to now-U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. A loss in Pennsylvania could undo that work, they say. That’s sparked speculation that if Santorum doesn’t like his chances in Pennsylvania, he might drop out.
“If he loses Pennsylvania twice, that’s going to really hobble him in the future. That’d be very hard to live down,”
Thank you for posting this article, caww. When life deals me a lemon, I like to make lemonade.
Look at this item later in the article you posted from Politico. It looks to me like you've pretty much proved that Santorum is not an establishment Republican candidate and is coming under pressure by party leaders to pull out.
What you (or at least the avowed Romney backers quoted in the article) meant as part of an anti-Santorum narrative looks like it could be a pretty good argument for voting in favor of him.
By the way, you are still a Gingrich backer, right? Would you like to explain to us how Romney winning Pennsylvania will help Gingrich defeat Romney? If you're simply providing information, that's certainly a good thing, and I'm glad to read these articles. But I can't see how it helps Gingrich to harm Santorum in Pennsylvania -- looks to me like a Romney win in Pennsylvania hurts Gingrich and Santorum both by continuing to add to Romney's delegate count.
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Santorum has managed to resurrect his political career after this 2006 loss to now-U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. A loss in Pennsylvania could undo that work, they say. That’s sparked speculation that if Santorum doesn’t like his chances in Pennsylvania, he might drop out.
“Former Rep. Phil English (R-Pa.), a Romney backer who managed Santorum’s first House race in 1990, called the results “stunning.”
“He’s done nothing to repair the damage that was created in the lead-up to 2006, and a lot of it was self-inflicted,” said English, who praised Santorum for his strong campaign but warned that if he continued to run the GOP establishment might blackball him in the future, which could severely limit his influence within the party.
“I supported Rick Santorum every time he ran for office and was thrilled he did as well as he did … but Rick Santorum has already effectively lost the nomination,” he said. “The question becomes, does he have any role in the future of the party?”
Well, he may win the Primary in PA, but they just did a poll last month showing him losing a rematch against Casey by 8-10 points. The guys a dog. I understand why social conservatives love him, but when you look at him as a whole he’s just a dog of a candidate.
He’s VP material at best. He can go be the barking attack dog quite well, but the main guy? Its just not there folks.
Its a pathetic choice this election on the Republican side, the only one worth a damn is Newt, and the folks that will vote for Santorum come hell or high water, wont vote for Newt because of his divorces... so the GOP membership really have nothing to blame for this but themselves when we wind up with Romney as the nominee.