I think you underestimate the Catholic vote in this election cycle.
True Catholics would be pissed at Obama without Santorum being their moral champion.
Conservatives need to be fired up, and the chance to create the second time in history that the Catholic vote did not go to an incumbent Democrat, is an opportunity that we need to shoot for.
Besides, you forget who the conservative base is, they all need to know that their social issues are being kept at the forefront of American politics.
You are a social liberal who seems to mock conservative concerns about the homosexual agenda.