He was defeated because he supported Specter.
He was defeated because he supported Specter.”
Along with going with the Bush Admin. on many issues.
That is a rather odd analysis, considering that Specter himself won the race 2 years before - the same voters were going to vote against Santorum for having supported the same person they elected 2 years before?
Santorum was defeated because he was running in a state with a Dem tilt in a landslide year for the Democrats and against the son of a very popular former governor on top of all of that. Santorum got the base conservative vote - and those are the only people who voted for him...he lost everyone else.