Santorum sucks with women and Catholics once they see him, it was they who kicked him out of his Senate seat.
Gingrich can handle anything thrown at him, Santorum can’t, for one thing Santorum has never had to, Newt has lived his entire adult life doing that since he was the face of conservatism and it’s leader.
Being a born again Catholic will appeal to women, Catholics, and Hispanics in a national race against Obama, Santorum eventually turns off even those of us who are social conservatives.
Santorum only got 42% of the white Catholic vote, and 39% of the female vote when they ran him out of the Senate.
Santorum won state-wide twice running on a conservative platform in a deep blue state. A lot of Republicans got run out of office in 2006. Santorum had a thin margin of error in Pennsylvania, and he stood on principle, not like Newt, who firmly stakes out both sides of major issues.
You say Santorum sucks with women and catholics for actually adhearing to the teachings of the Church, but offer no proof, and then you trun around and say that Newt, a serial adulterer will appeal to catholic women. You must not think to highly of Catholic Women.
It doesn’t matter anyway, Newt could drain enough votes to force Santorum into a tie in Michigan, but Newt may not win another state other than Georgia. All Newt is doing is ensuring a Romney win and an Obama second term.
Newt should stick to what he does best, influence peddeling.