Good reply. Santorum is winning states. Newt isn’t. Santorum has the highest positive to negative ratios of any candidate in this primary. He has been a consistant conservative his whole life. Forget about a few votes here or there. They are noting compared to Romney’s past positions or Newt’s foray’s into big ideas like green energy and global warming. I love Newt, but he has high negatives. and he is just not winning over people, especially women. As for debates, the Republican candidates have had many debates already, and Newt DIDN’T win the bulk of them. They all won some. So stop this pipe dream about Newt getting Obama in a dabate format. Obama has so many negatives, any Republican candidate can defeat him in a debate, if prepared. Santorum is correct to say that a bold contrast vis-a-vie Obama is what we need.
If Santorum ends up being the GOP nominee, I think he'll definitely be a bold contrast to our Dear Leader, and not just on economic issues. One thing's for sure, when the economy is failing Americans will gripe about a lot of things. Obummer will get the blame for the economy while, at the same time, Rick will benefit from his conservative moral stance. In a time of economic prosperity, Americans are much more inclined to "forget" about the moral decline in the country.
There are several factors working in the GOP's favor this time around. We just have to stay on message and on target.