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178 posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 9:09:09 PM by Democrat_media: “The media will be going after Santorum now. The mainstream media are marxists/democrats and are the most evil socialists ever. The media has caused every problem we have in this country. I hate the media.”

Please remember, not all of us in the media are liberals.

However, I want to pick up on your point that the media will likely now go after Santorum. You're absolutely right.

While there are legitimate conservative questions about Santorum — questions that in some cases I share — the main objections to Santorum from a liberal perspective are his views on abortion, gay marriage, and contraception.

Google “Santorum” and “gay” and see what you find. That's how vicious the hatred is against him on that issue.

An all-out attack by liberal media on Santorum can and will cause damage. However, I don't see that focusing on Santorum’s objections to gay marriage and abortion will hurt him in conservative Republican circles, and those attacks may actually backfire by helping Santorum among likely Republican primary voters/caucusgoers. I frankly don't see why liberal Democrats are howling about Santorum’s views on contraception — he's not trying to outlaw birth control, and all he's saying is women have the right to choose to do with their own bodies what they want — but even here on Free Republic we've seen attacks on Santorum’s views on contraception.

Given the recent Roman Catholic letters read in Mass by priests at the directive of their bishops reminding Mass-going Roman Catholics of Obama’s efforts to force Catholic hospital insurance plans to cover contraception and abortion-inducing forms of birth control, a serious attack on Santorum’s views on contraception may actually backfire by energizing Roman Catholic voters who often vote Democrat.

Bottom line: I don't see a coordinated media attack on Santorum as necessarily being a bad thing.