Pffft, but without actually selling a platform in the primaries, but just his religious persona instead and his sweater vest, Santorum was going nowhere. Santorum even mocked the good ideas of his opponents just because they had them, while the freaking clown rarely uttered a word about his own positions in interviews or rallies.
But as for Santorum's vaunted conservative record, he has tons of problems with that claim too.
He ran a lousy campaign and didn't show for either New Hampshire or Iowa.
This isn't actually true since Gingrich was leading early on in Iowa and New Hampshire before he won in I think South Carolina. Newt was ganged up on by Romney and Santorum, as well as by the establishment with the help of Matt Drudge and his gay buddy on Team Mitt. There was millions of dollars spent on attack ads, much of it factually untrue, and fake planted stories, which your boy Santorum happily helped along.
That's why Santorum and the GOPe need to be destroyed. No more playing nice with these guys.
And Gingrich is likeable?! Just because you personally are turned off by Santorum and are okay with Gingrich doesn't mean that a plurality share your tastes or opinions,
When it comes down to it, it's not about voting for someone you find to be the nicest person. It's about voting on substance. On a substantial level, Newt was way ahead, every time.
Santoram is one of these guys that only seemed to talk about Jesus when he was running for President. I remember seeing him trash Sarah Palin on Fox, and he did everything he could to keep Toomy out of the Senate
Now he is this I love Jesus guy