Rick Santorum is and always has been a strong family values Conservative who spent four years in the Congress where he represented a Democrat district. He then ran for and was reelected in PA to the U.S> Senate, a left leaning state. It was only when GWB and was at his all time low and he ran against a huge name in the state, Bob Casey, that he lost in PA.
He isn't perfect, but has strong Conservative principles and is a legitimate contender in the race. He is a Damn sight better than Romney and unfortunately Newt lost in his own back yard.
I love Newt Gingrich, he can stay in, but I hope tat Santorum and he can continue to roll Romney. i would hate to think that Gingrich actually ends up handing the nomination to Romney.
That being said, Gingrich is right.
If Romney doesn't clinch BEFORE the convention, he will not leave the convention as the nominee!
When Santorum won his 3-state victory, the Newt folks started on the “Now he’ll be vetted”, and “nobody can stand up to Romney’s money” — which was their message of why Newt failed in Florida.
Then Santorum almost took Michigan, losing by a few thousand votes thrown to Gingrich.
And we were told that NOW he would be vetted, and he was dropping like a rock, and would be an afterthought.
Then he won multiple states on Super Tuesday, and lost Ohio again only by a small number of Gingrich votes, and lost Alaska only by a few hundred Gingrich caucus votes.
And we were told “Now Santorum will be vetted”.
Then he won in Kansas, and we were told “But now he’ll be vetted, Newt will sweep the south”.
Now Santorum has won (pending any recount in Mississippi, I guess), and we are being told again that Newt is rising, and Santorum will be vetted.
Apparently, either Santorum is doing a much better job of handling the Romney attack machine than Newt did in Florida, or nobody is ever going to vet Santorum.