It’s a case of fighting a war with what you have, not what you’d like to have. There is nobody who is the kind of conservative we’d all like, so we have to settle for the conservative we have.
Between Santorum and Newt, Newt is far more able to take on the Establishment and win. Santorum, nice guy he is, could not. Unfortunately, Santorum does draw enough support away from Newt that he could allow Romney to walk up the middle and take Florida.
Do we go for pure or do we go for the win, that’s the question. If we take the pure, we cannot win. If we go for the win, we stand a chance of getting a pure candidate who can win later.
Santorum is no way no how a pure Conservative.
Newt is more Conservative over Santourm. Nothing against Santorum, but Newt is more Conservative and is more in line with our Founding Father’s intent. Which is why Jim Robinson endorsed him above everyone else running.
The problem isn’t Santorum, it’s the voters. They aren’t supporting Newt, they are supporting Santorum.
Santorum doesn’t have them under lock and key. He doesn’t own them. He can’t give them away. If the VOTERS think the right thing to do is to support Newt, they will do so, and it won’t matter if Santorum drops out or not. Like with Perry — by the time he dropped out, there were no supporters to sway.
If you want to make a fight, why not call for Michelle Bachmann to endorse Newt Gingrich? She actually did drop out, so if Newt is the best thing for conservatives, wouldn’t the darling of the Tea Party endorse him?
Santorum needs to stay in the race so if Gingrich crashes and burns, we aren’t stuck with Romney.