Time travel, cute! LOL
My guess is Newt didn’t see Santorum as a threat and didn’t need to spend time and money that needed to be spent on Romney. Specially since they did meet one on one. I realize you don’t like that but it is as it is.
Sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner but I have had a very busy last view days.
Then he really has no business calling on Santorum to drop out now, does he?
"Specially since they did meet one on one."
Not when one looks at things in context. When they met, neither was doing particularly well in the polls, and either would have been happy for any forum to present their views. Shortly after they met, around the time Cain dropped out, Newt started his first rise in the polls. Newt was going around talking about how eager he was to debate one-on-one, talking incessantly about following Obama around, and even indulging Huntsman in a Lincoln Douglas forum. During that time frame, Santorum had still not gained a lot of traction, and presented his challenge to Newt...which Newt has ignored.
Now, if Santorum is no threat to Newt, and not worth acknowledging, why urge RS to drop out? If on the other hand, RS is worthy of asking to drop out to put Newt over Romney, why not go one-on-one and prove it to everybody's satisfaction?