If Santorum continues to remain in the Florida race, he will be forever seen as replaying his role in enabling Arlen Specter to defeat Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania.
I'm afraid that Santorum is in a "death spiral" right now, and is doomed to repeat the actions that scorned him a decade ago.
-PJ
If Santorum continues to remain in the Florida race, he will be forever seen as replaying his role in enabling Arlen Specter to defeat Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania.
I'm afraid that Santorum is in a "death spiral" right now, and is doomed to repeat the actions that scorned him a decade ago.
I think you're right on all three counts, but especially the last two points. Personally I think Santorum is mentally imbalanced, and is so filled with bitterness & pride, that he would rather deny Newt and give the FL primary to 0dumb0-lite (Romney) rather than doing the principled thing to support the conservative agenda by backing out of the FL race and throwing his support (and hopefully that of his supporters) over to Newt. Sadly, I think that the more this is suggested to Santorum or if feels pressured to do this, he will pout, stick his lower lip out, and just dig his heels in, just to show how much of a prick he is.