[Praxeologue]

Mitt is doing to Rick in Illinois what he did to Newt in Florida: negative ads, most of them defamatory.

Romney is burning so many bridges that he won't have a base if he makes it past the convention.

[Ingtar]

In Tennessee and Mississippi, those negative Romney (and Newt PAC) ads only ended up helping Santorum at the end. We’ll have to see what happens this time.

[AmericanInTokyo]

The most disingenous way to get the Republican nomination that I have seen in years. Not that I am whining. Just want to make clear that it is even worse than NIXON, this Romney scorched earth personal attack on every conservative Republican with TONS of RINO/WALL STREET cash, and now he says that he is going to be "gentlemanly" with "The President" in the general election. Oh, have we ever been down this same road, like four years ago, into total disaster. Milquetoast RINO vs. unbridled LIB/DEM. with full Media support.

I know how this story goes, and it ain't got a good ending.

[Lady Lucky]

Romney is burning so many bridges that he won't have a base if he makes it past the convention.

He thinks people will come around, and I'm not so sure he's wrong about that. Trouble is, Obama has people coming around too, and more of them, and they cheat better too.

[JustSayNoToNannies]

Mitt is doing to Rick in Illinois what he did to Newt in Florida: negative ads

They're such stupid ads that their success speaks ill of the average Illinois Republican. Knocking Santorum for voting for some bills that included Planned Barrenhood funding - while all Mittens did was run against Ted Kennedy with a pledge to be the most pro-choice senator in state history.

[tsowellfan]

Romney is burning so many bridges that he won't have a base if he makes it past the convention

So true. Unlike Santorum and Newt, Romney never cared about the AM radio listener types who are conservatives. If you think Romney's a liberal now just wait until he gets the nomination, He sees moderates and democrats as his base and will be running against Obama pandering to THEM.

Santorum's doing terrible against Romney but then again... it's hard to run around the nation telling the base that Romney's not a conservative after having endorsed him as "the real deal conservative in the last Presidential primary.

It's no surprise Santorum would face this problem. Endorsements have consequences. That's why many thought Santorum and NOT Newt should have dropped out long ago.