Santorum supported the RINO pro-abortion Arlen Specter and sold pro-life conservative Pat Toomey down the river; Specter’s vote gave us Obama care. PA conservatives were disillusioned by this and stayed home. That is the real reason he lost. We will not forget.
And the conservative base's lack of enthusiasm for Rick is somehow supposed to change just because he is for now anyway the candidate du jour?
Had Toomey been nominated and lost we'd have had neither Roberts nor Alito, we'd have had two recordless RINO wimps. Had Toomey been nominated and won - a less sure win than Specter - he wouldn't have chaired the Judiciary committee, one of the other RINO squishes would have and probably wouldn't have gotten, at least, Alito through. It may be the only thing he was good for, but Arlen was capable, when motivated, of getting tough picks through the committee and he paid Rick's price. Specter's pro-abort friends should disown him.
It was Ben Nelson and the “Cornhusker Kickback” that gave us Obamacare. His was the last vote. His was the capitulation.