I don’t dislike Santorum, but I have a couple issues with him:
1. He lost his last election by almost 20 pts.
2. He comes across as kind of a wimp...and when he tries to be forceful it looks fake (because it’s not his nature).
Well, backing Specter was a definite mistake. Santorum made a promise to Bush and thought he was doing the right thing. He wasn’t. He was putting partisan poltics above values. I think that he learned a very difficult lesson, though.
The reason that he lost his last election was because of his support for Specter.
Voters were disillusioned with Bush by that point and the excuse of being loyal to Bush, didn’t sit well with conservatives. The Democrats took advantage of this and put up an alleged pro-life candidate, another Catholic, whose father as a former moderate, pro-life Democrat governor of PA. The main problem with Casy jr. is that he is just not very smart and really has no core values or opinions of his own. ... but voters on both sides of the aisle were mad at Santorum.
Santorum’s biggest obstacle is his strong support for the defense of marriage and pro-life stance. Democrats and Rinos hate him for it.