Still, Santorum has been a great senator and I thank him for his valuable service--especially to the unborn.
I think Santorum endorsed Specter because his President asked him to and maybe even believed he had a better chance to win than Toomey. Frankly I was disappointed that he went along on that road.
I liked a lot of things about Santorum, one being that he had the guts and honesty to realize that we are in a war with Islamic Fascism. There are a lot of things to like, but that bitter taste remains.
He lost his last election in ‘06, 2 years AFTER he had endorsed Specter and when Republicans were under huge assault by MSM/DNC lies about the Republican Party being corrupt and the Dems being the “drain the swamp” Party. It boggles the mind, but it was a very successful assault and Indies believed it.
I believe his Specter mistake played at least as much a part in his huge loss as the Dem assault because of Republican disappointment, especially as there were two full years of Specter’s treachery to absorb by Republican voters. IMO it was too bad and I hated to see him lose to something like Casey, but he did.