I think what we saw yesterday (bloody Thursday) was not so much an attempt to persuade with the substance of the accusations, it was more psychological ....the shear mass was meant to be the payload. As time goes on and the lies are put to rest the Romney camp will have very little to use going forward. If Newt can weather this storm and turn it around on Romney, make him out to be a liar, Newt will once again rise from the ashes.....
Romney did that all by himself.
More likely Rasputin will rise from the icy Neva.
I've already decided Newt is the Rasputin of Republican politics. (Hey, can I copyright that?)
Santorum is the decent, honorable man left standing. I don't think I will ever be embarrassed that he is my candidate.
Yes, Santorum isn't perfect. He made some political compromises during his Senate career, such as supporting Specter in return for a guarantee that Specter would use his power on the Judiciary Committee to get two pro-life justices through the committee (and we subsequently did get Alito and Roberts confirmed).
So, political compromises, yes, they've happened with Santorum. Moral compromises, I don't think so.
Remember this:
Look, we have spent more money -- we spend more money in three weeks on combat in Iraq than we spent on the entirety of the last seven years that we have been in Afghanistan building that country. Let me say that again. Three weeks in Iraq; seven years, seven years or six-and-a-half years in Afghanistan