You may want to read this: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2844712/posts?page=136#136
Key point: “As a former member of the Senate Armed Services Committee whose father was a career Veterans Administration psychologist, Santorum is better qualified than most people other than military veterans to make his statement. His father spent his entire career dealing with the consequences when servicemembers break down ... I know lots of kick-butt female soldiers and respect their service. I strongly believe most women would not want to do what they do, and would not be very good at doing it. Those positions are not incompatible in the least. Let's let women who want to fight do so, while respecting the fact that it takes personalities and skills to be a soldier which most women do not have and do not want to have.”
Bottom line: Santorum’s comments are defensible to conservatives but they sound bad even in our circles, and may be indefensible to moderates and liberals who don't understand the military.
Repackaging them and reminding people of his father's career and his own service on the Senate Armed Services Committee may help.
I am not well informed about a woman’s ability in combat, but have always felt it should be limited. Santorums delivery was the issue to me. He is going to have to be far more agile than standing there like a deer caught in the headlights, groping for words and decides the best approach is to attack a womans emotional state in combat. Not a good day for Mr. Rogers in his neighborhood.