We agree that little snide slips mean a lot, and often are intentional.
Are you sure that Santorum never returned the favor or respect to Gingrich, or just didn't do so on stage in that particular debate? A pattern over an entire campaign of deliberate omissions carries weight, but we don't necessarily know what they say off-stage or via telephone. My impression is Santorum and Gingrich generally have been civil to each other in public, and Gingrich has reserved his fire for Romney.
Well santorum ran an ad that said there was no difference between Newt and barack...
and in one interview Sanctimonium said Newt was “running around” taking credit for stuff others did in Congress...
And in a debate, used a spate of adjectives to describe Newt, while he was making the sanctimonious case for himself... he described newt as erratic, unstable, never knew what he would say next... and other things I don’t explicitly remember, so dont’ want to list them..
I have never know someone to speak of a mentor this way... never... you can never think too little of Rick Sanctorum as far as I am concerned.