“If Sarah endorsed Santorum, it could put him over the top.”
That’s funny.
So you think Palin could pull the lower conservative (Sant.) vote getter across the line, but not the higher conservative vote getter. I(Gingrich)
That political math doesn’t make sense.
Who do you think Palin’s supporters currently are backing? If Santorum, why do you think that would be? If Gingrich, how does her endorsement help him?
From what I see here, Palin supporters jumped to Cain, and then to Gingrich.
But seriously, I don’t think Palin’s endorsement could put Santorum over the top. It’s as silly as someone saying her endorsement could put Gingrich over the top. That was the point I was trying to make — that her supporters aren’t currently sitting on the sidelines, or supporting Romney, and I think they are mostly already supporting Gingrich.
It’s different when a candidate quits, because they have people who support THEM, and those people have to find a new candidate. Palin doesn’t have any people currently voting for her that would change to another candidate.
BTW, I think her value is in declaring Gingrich a conservative, for those few who still argue he isn’t — but she did that in South Carolina with her “vote for Gingrich in South Carolina” call.