I was friends with a couple people on his staff when he was in the House. He wasn’t as bad as Arlen but he was a true “moderate” on economic and union issues. No if, ands or buts. And he was an opportunist. Don’t get me wrong. I was glad he was our senator. Probably one of the best from a conservative perspective that PA had in a long time, but apart from a couple high profile Social Conservative battles, he isn’t any conservative standard bearer.
Had Santorum played policy over politics (and told GWBush and Arlen...gee, busy with the kiddies, can’t campaign today...) he would have become the Senior Senator from PA; with Toomey there earlier; with that EXTRA R vote in the Senate...
I am so tired of hearing about the Judiciary Committee and Specter’s blah blah blah support. He didn’t; he bailed asap; and then the Dems did to him what he did to PA all those years.
Meh.
Santorum coulda, shoulda stayed hard right; but he goes squishy every chance he gets. And the snark at Palin...uncalled for in any circumstance.