All you have listed so far are a bunch of projections and hypotheticals. The results of everything you are trying so hard to rewrite, are already a hard reality. Santorum cannot win, and should not win, because he is one of the poorest candidates that have ever run for the nomination.
Santorum’s political career will be over after this primary is finished. Newt's is really just getting warmed up and he will have much to contribute in the coming years ahead. And we desperately need his input and assistance.
Santorum on the other hand, can go back to being a Big Union lobbyist, which is what he does best.
Santorum’s won 10 states already. Only Romney and Reagan have won more and failed to win their respective nominations.
He still has quite a few more states left to go.
If he’s one of the poorest candidates to ever stand for the republican nomination, the results and the balloting sure suggest otherwise.
And the fact that he beat Gingrich, despite being the ‘weakest nominee candidate in GOP history?’ What does that say about Newt, if we were to accept your premise?