[Notwithstanding]

Yes - Santorum is my ideological choice, but he is also flawed. And he has not been able to get any traction - and that is a fatal flaw for any candidate.

We can’t vote just for ideology - we have to vote for a package of all that is necessary as BOTH a candidate and a President.

[Servant of the Cross]

Yes - Santorum is my ideological choice, but he is also flawed.

Agreed. Here is Victor Davis Hanson who I think nails Santorum's fatal flaw ....

Rick Santorum does great when he answers directly the question asked. The more he avoids attacking others, or curbs his exasperation that his often superior answers don’t lead to political traction, the better he does. But somehow such an experienced and knowledgeable candidate always seems frustrated to the point of vexation.

[Colonel_Flagg]

We can’t vote just for ideology - we have to vote for a package of all that is necessary as BOTH a candidate and a President.

That means we have no one to vote for. How unfortunate for the Republic.