The GOP establishment has not laid a finger on Santorum, he is their fall-back guy.
You’re out of your mind. You obviously haven’t been to Drudge today. They are “Newting” Rick by harping on every little statement, blowing them out of proportion, taking them out of context, etc., the same exact thing they did to Newt. And you haven’t listened to the news this weekend at all. If Romney can’t win Michigan, they are planning to either destroy or pull the rug out from under Santorum one way or another. The elites simply will not accept a middle class-raised social conservative like Palin, Newt or Santorum.