[CAluvdubya]

I adore Newt but looking back at the highlights, Santorum got off one great retort against Romney saying he balanced his budget. Santorum said "Don't go bragging about something you have to do. Michael Dukakis balanced the budget for 10 years, would that make him a great president?"

Bwahahaha! I do so love that comment!

[BCrago66]

The dynamic is that Mitt throws mud, because that’s all he can do (he certainly can’t run on his record), the recipient has to fight back, and then BOTH parties look like pigs in mud. And that’s how a squeaky clean Santorum was able to rise to the top.

But now Mitt is slapping some mud at Santorum, making both Mitt & Ricky look like pigs. And Newt, looking clean again, plays the elder statesman and performs performs 3rd comeback :-)