What Sanctimonuckabee fans don't understand is what it's like to have folks want your opinion on everything for 30 years, which is sort of what Newt has lived. No one has ever cared what the hell Rickie thought about anything, so he's hardly on record of having an original thought. (even so, he's got some problems out there).
Thus, the mental midget game of adding up only 'negatives' with no perspective or no analysis of how the negatives relate to the massive amount of positives.
Bottom line, Santorum does not have Newt's ability or mental agility and never would in his wildest dreams, which for Rick, is probably pretty boring and mild anyway.
If I had the time, and I really wish I did, I would love to do a comparative analysis, when Newt said something originally and first, and when his thought, idea or concept showed up in a Santorum speech or talking point.
There was one speech Santorum gave, in Georgia, I think, where more of what he said was stolen from newt, than taken from his speechwriters.
He's not going to win Illinois is he?