You recall totally wrong. I wrote a book about it....lived it in a Super PAC...wrote columns about it while it was going on.
Remind me again of Santorums primary wins vs those of Newt, then, and of how close he was to Romney (vs how close were Newt and Cain) in the states where Romney won (and Romney usually won with about 35% of the GOP vote)
and what was Santorums primary win count (and Newts and Cains) vs Romney before Santorum dropped out before PA
I was never a Santorum fan, thought he was too meek, but I recall for a few months there he was starting to look a bit like David the Shepherd boy vs Romney .. then the money ran out