[La Enchiladita]

Santorum’s answer is much better. He is absolutely spot-on correct. As usual, Newt obfuscates because he thinks he’s the smartest person in the room. He’s not. I guess Newt has reason to feel uncomfortable with Santorum’s emphasis on values, eh?

[Yosemitest]

"Santorum’s answer is much better. He is absolutely spot-on correct"

Are you nuts?
Let's review:

COOPER: Should voters pay attention to a candidate's religion?

SANTORUM: I think they should pay attention to the candidate's values, what the candidate stands for.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

SANTORUM: That's what is at play. And the person's faith --
and you look at that faith and what the faith teaches with respect to morals and values that are reflected in that person's belief structure.
So that's -- those are important things.

I -- I'm a Catholic. Catholic has social teachings.
Catholic has teachings as to what's right and what's wrong.
And those are legitimate things for voters to look at, to say if you're a faithful Catholic, which I try to be --
fall short all the time, but I try to be
-- and -- and it's a legitimate thing to look at as to what the tenets and teachings of that faith are
with respect to how you live your life and -- and how you would govern this country.

With respect to what is the road to salvation, that's a whole different story.
That's not applicable to what -- what the role is of being the president or a senator or any other job.

Let summarize:

COOPER: Should voters pay attention to a candidate's religion?

SANTORUM: That's not applicable to what -- what the role is of being the president or a senator or any other job.