You really think the GOPe is behind Santorum? I think you are crazy saying that. The only reason that Santorum is still in the race is because he has won 11 states. 11 states out of 50 is over 20 percent. Newt has won 2 states out of 50 which is about 4 percent which is why the GOPe is not behind him. It is about who can win the General. Santorum would have a much better shot at winning the General than Newt. We would win 2 states with Newt in the General. That is not good.
Do you have any idea what you are talking about? Do you have any idea who the GOPE consists of and why they are not behind Newt? Do you have any knowledge at all of the republican party and the internal strife between the establishment and the conservative wings? The more I read your posts I have to think you must have just landed in the republican party yesterday because you have no idea what you are talking about. You don't know Newt's history. You don't know the history of the house and senate surrounding the time Newt was in office. You don't know that they hate him or why. You don't have a clue that those of us who support Newt do so because we want him to win. It is not a matter of only wanting mitt to lose. We support Newt because is is a TRUE conservative and has proved it to us.
And yes the GOPE supports Rick in the sense that he is there to split off the religious conservatives who would otherwise support Newt.