I have to agree. If Santorum gets the nomination and then loses the general, which I have no doubt that he would, or if by some miracle he wins and was the disaster I think he would be the GOP-E would blame the conservative wing of the party and it would be the end of any power we currently hold.
I would rather the GOP-E be blamed for running their weak candidate instead. That way if Mitt loses it is their fault. If he wins and then is a disaster as president it will weaken the GOP-E and make the conservatives stronger. Enter Palin.
If Romney or Santorum is a disaster as president, then we’ll get a Democrat takeover of Congress in 2014 and possibly even Obama running again for his 2nd term in 2016. Then if he won, he would have the hugest mandate of all time. Simply winning this election is not what our goal needs to be. We need to win with someone who WILL BE A GOOD (IF NOT GREAT) PRESIDENT. Otherwise we can expect to have the most powerful radical liberal government we’ve ever seen in 4 years. It would arguably be better to lose this election if we don’t have a potentially good President as the nominee. Newt’s the only guy based on his track record in the House that we can GUARANTEE will do a great job by promoting the right policies.
In what freakin’ way would Mitt stem America’s decline? He is a big government, top down socialist. Plus, he’s a phony. He will stab us in the back with his cabinet appointments and judicial picks. It is crazy for a conservative to believe that he would make a better President than Santorum in any way.