Fleisher said everything he possibly could, short of openly endorsing Santorum. Rush’s interpretation is perfect on this.
Also its not just Fleisher, either Gilespie and a few others, like Mike Doran are puffing Santorum. It is clear that the establishment is positioning for abandonment of Romney, and resting their hopes on Santorum, who has really been a better servant for them than Romney ever was.
Understand that both Newt and Santorum are not only having to fight off Willard’s lies and distortions, they also have to fight the media, most notably Faux News, who still says Willard is the frontrunner for the nomination. They repeat this on every show. This was the same tactic they used against Newt each and every time he took a sizable lead on Willard in national polls. They ignore the real leader of the race and always say it’s really Willard and forget what any poll says that does not have Willard as leading. They are attempting to demoralize voters into thinking that a vote for Santorum or Gingrich is a wasted vote and you might as well grab the vaseline and bend over because Willard will be the nominee. Hell, at one time earlier in the year Newt was leading by almost 20 points nationally and the story was ignored by Faux, who only belittles anyone that dares challenge the inevitability of a Willard nomination. In their eyes to hell with anyone unless his name is Willard Romney. Hopefully Faux News will merge with MSNBC after the election and quit pretending they are the “conservative” answer to the other networks. They are exactly like the rest. Liberal to the core. Their drooling love affair with the only liberal running for the GOP nomination proves it.