I too felt very disenfranchised and down right hurt by Santorum (at GWB’s behest) endorsing Snarlin Arlen. I have, myself, been snarky about him here on FR ever since...but...
I find myself forgiving (never forgetting) but realizing the ultimate goal has to be saving the Country. Period. If by some strange quirk of fate, Lil Ricky becomes the nominee (but I CAN see him as a possible Veep) I will once again volunteer. The Specter endorsement; the Penn Hills School District LEGALLY being billed (but just doesn’t ‘look’ right) are NOTHING compared with the crap the Regime is doing to our Nation and our childrens’ futures. NOTHING.
Right now, IMO, we need the pendulum to swing to the right. The far right to correct the damage. Santorum is far right; as is Bachmann. Romney isn’t. Huntsman isn’t. Perry (to me) is GWB 2.0. Crazy Uncle Ron needs to be put in charge of the Treasury Department...And Nootie Patootie is waaaaay too much of an insider. I don’t trust him.
So my list gets smaller and smaller. I will add one more thing for Santorum. He IS very smart...’Gingrich level smart.’ So his slogan should be ‘I’m the other smart guy.’
Hurt is the right word for it. I had thought he was one of us. I thought he was the real deal. Turned out he was just another political hack. He broke my heart and in some ways permanently changed how I view politicians.
I was getting excited about Cain, but that dream has died.
Santorum is certainly more personally likable than Newt, who's already thrown two wives under the bus. I would vote for Rick Santorum, but I can't support him to the degree where I think he's better than the rest of the pack (well, he's better than Romney). Unless the nominee is Romney, I'm reasonably certain I'll get behind whomever we put up against Obama, but until then I'm going to wait to get serious about a candidate because I'm just not seeing anybody worth getting serious about.