Actually Santorum has a better economic plan than Gingrich.
Gingrich’s blind adherence to free trade regardless of whether the trading partner had anything to offer except excess labor, or whether the trading partner was an enemy, or even played by the same rules, is part of the economic mess we are in now.
Even Reagan who advocated free trade didn’t do it blindly. Reagan used tariffs to bring trading partners to the table and convince them to manufacture here.
Santorum at least understands the role of tariffs, and why the founding fathers relied so heavily on them.
“Santorum at least understands the role of tariffs”
That would be a great issue if it was targeted towards the countries we have trade deficits with. But I have never heard Santorum speak about it and I’m sure he didn’t introduce legislation in favor of it, when he was in office.