Oh right !!??
Then Santorum is not running to win but running to defeat N.Gingrich ? Thanks for admiting it and making our point....
I know it’s hard to recognize the sad truth and one’s own failure
Santorum is running to stay in the race...for now. That is half the battle, just stay alive and wait/hope for your opponents to self destruct. We've already seen it happen to Ames Straw Poll winner Bachman with her over the top HPV blather. Then we saw Cain implode. Santorum's strategy is to hope Gingrich does the same - and if he can help push him there with negative ads he will.
What do you think would happen if Newt has a meltdown? Say, a "Dean scream" moment? Something that makes it clear he can't win the nomination? Where do you think the anti-establishment/conservative vote would go? Certainly not to Romney. And that is what Santorum is counting on. And the fact that he is still in the race and actually won Iowa shows that just about anything could happen.
I like Santorum, but I don't think he is electable. It's too soon after his 18 point drubbing in his home state. I personally wish he'd drop out, but I can see why he doesn't. Because what I want to happen (Santorum throwing in the towel) hasn't yet doesn't mean there is some conspiracy afoot.