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?
Very good point -- and I'm going to tell you something now that will make you sick: back before SC and right after SC, I told the super PAC to run ads showing Santorum praising Newt (it was a clip from one of the debates) - praising Newt as his conservative mentor. I said run these ads to start gently peeling off Santorum's voters who think he's the true conservative and as a way to convince Perry, Palin, Bachmann, Cain, etc, supporters to come to Newt.
DAMN I wish they had taken my advice. Had they done that in SC and Florida, I think the race would be totally totally different.