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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.

I agree with pretty much all you said. It is ironic that now Republican primary voters hold it against Santorum that he endorsed Spector and it would be many independent voters who would not vote for Santorum because he has been painted with too much of a conservative brush.

I like Santorum and am sorry he hasn't gotten more traction.

We just do not have a perfect candidate and we all cherry pick an issue about someone without looking at the broad picture.

I think Santorum endorsed Specter because his President asked him to...

Bingo. Bush and the RNC pushed him hard to do it and even threatened him financially for not getting on board.