If Newt dropped out, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if he endorsed Romney.
Actually Santorum is the Romney man, he endorsed him last time, and the parallels are chilling.
In 1996 he endorsed and campaigned for Arlen Specter for President, on the platform to remove the pro-life position from the Republican platform.
Rick Santorum admits that he was pro-abortion until his first run for office, 6 years after supposedly switching, he endorsed Specter’s Presidential run based on driving the pro-life movement out of the GOP.
This is the video of Specter’s announcement and platform, Santorum is there on stage endorsing it.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/64281-1
Santorum is seen nodding and applauding at Specter’s side:
3:46 mark: “In 1996, I intend to win the other house — the White House — with ten commitments to America… including a woman’s right to choose…
13:22 mark: “Even though we have this historic opportunity for these achievements, there are those in our party who would lead us down a different path — and squander this unique moment in our nation’s history — by using our political capital — to pursue a radical social agenda — that would end a woman’s right to choose…
13:48 mark: “When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation between Church and State, I say he is wrong…
14:31 mark: “When Ralph Reed says a pro-choice Republican isn’t qualified to be our President, I say the Republican Party will not be intimidated or blackmailed by those kinds of threats.I, and millions of other pro-choice Republicans, will not be disenfranchised and made second class citizens.
15:33 mark: “… it is not Christian, or religious, or Judeo-Christian to bring God into politics; or to advocate intolerance and promote exclusion.
15:54 mark: “I want to take abortion out of politics. I want to keep the Republican Party focused on the vital economic and foreign policy issues — and leave moral issues such as abortion to the conscience of the individual. I believe abortion is an issue to be decided by women…
16:40 mark: “I pledge to lead the fight to strip the strident anti-choice language from the Republican National platform…”
You have to be unserious.
Newt started this race going after Obama.
Newt was on silent running in all those debates toward all candidates.
Newt finally picked it up against Romney, but held his fire (too dang long in my opinion) against Rick Santorum.
Newt is charging the South and just now getting around to pointing a little fire toward Rick, who was seen eager to pile on Newt going into Florida, even as it was rumored he, himself (Rick) was reportedly thinking of getting out after Newt blew out South Carolina.
THAT was graceless Rick’s quite unnecessary parting shot, exhibiting his grinding grudge against the giant, THE Speaker of the House.
Newt would have endorsed the ungrateful Santorum, the spoiled one, the whiner, cranky junior candidate, who would look better if he had just said to Newt, “Thank you”, for your graciousness to me and for your service in Congress.
Newt should probably hope for a contested convention where he could dump the back stabbing kid, but he won’t. Newt has dignity and love for the country and crawled through glass for the Republican Party. He would endorse The Brat.
However, the Brat when push comes to shove will ingratiate himself to the Liberal. Romney,of course.
Rick has always pinned his star to the Establishment, but for the campaign theatrics which he always performs but never legislated when he was in a position to do so.