Santorum and Gingrich both had ACU ratings in the 80’s and/or low 90’s. In other words, they were consistently on the side of conservatism.
Romney, who doesn’t have a conservative bone in his body, had his superpac run ads against these conservatives that attacked their conservative lapses. In other words, Santorum & Gingrich were not perfectly pure conservative candidates, but they were destroyed by Romney, a liberal, who attacked their non-conservative moments.
And his attacks were repeated by sheeple in the media and in the communities and on the blogs (even FR) who couldn’t see beyond the end of their noses.
I will NOT allow a liberal to win in such a manner. I will work hard in my congressional district in bellwether Ohio to defeat Mitt Romney and elect whichever conservative is running 3rd party or alternative candidate.
You have hit the nail on the head. When I heard Romney with his own mouth distort Santorum's pro-life record on Neil Cavuto's show, I knew I could never vote for him. He's much worse than McCain. He is willing to outright lie and pretend to be a conservative by lying about true conservatives' records, when he perceives that is what the audience wants to hear. Romney claims to be pro-life, but no true pro-lifer would dare attack a pro-life hero like Rick Santorum in that way. We will have to see what our choices are when the time comes. Santorum still has a chance, so I am putting my eggs in that basket at this point.