[Engraved-on-His-hands]

Didn't the media push Santorum from out of nowhere in December 2011 to take votes away from Newt?

More the other way around. Although he was the most popular choice here, Newt never had a chance. He only won two states. If his supporters had rallied behind Santorum, we probably wouldn't have had Romney as our nominee...and perhaps not have had Obama as President. His supporters don't like to hear that, but it is a lot closer to the truth than their version of events.

[FreeReign]

Didn't the media push Santorum from out of nowhere in December 2011 to take votes away from Newt?

More the other way around. Although he was the most popular choice here, Newt never had a chance.

Whether Newt had a chance, is a totally different question.

I'm simply pointing out that in December 2011, Santorum was nowhere in the polls and Newt was in the 30% range. And then the media pushed Santorum, and he rallied and took votes away from Newt, splitting the anti Mitt vote.

And I'm pointing out that the same situation could unfold this time, only of course it's Cruz and Trump this time instead of Newt.