I strongly disagree. The whole “big government” Santorum meme is very overplayed by the Romney/Paul camp. It’s not as true as they made it sound and that’s an issue the type of voter that was supporting Santorum really does not care that much about or grasp. ALL of Santorum’s traction came from his big religious leader endorsements. Everything we heard about those endorsements indicated that Newt was by far their second choice. I suspect their supporters are of the same mindset. It was easy to get them to abandon Newt because you could point to his marriage infidelity, but it would be hard to get them to go to Romney because of his Mormonism and his liberal record on abortion and homosexual marriage.
It is more likely, I think, that a Santorum supporter would gravitate to Newt rather than vice versa. Some people simply think Newt can run government on more fiscally sound footing, in which case they might move to Romney for his business experience. But NO ONE supporting Santorum thought he could run government better fiscally and they didn’t really care one way or the other.
Funny, I was supporting Santorum and I thought he could run the government better fiscally than Newt or Romney could. I looked at his ACTUAL record and scorecard from fiscally conservative groups like Club for Growth and National Taxpayers Union (where was ranked in the top #5 most fiscally conservative Senators when he was in the SENATE), rather than listen to the lies spread by the so-called "fiscally conservative" candidates who supported the global-warming scam, TARP and the individual mandate for Obamacare. Paul Ryan learned first hand how "fiscally consrvative" Newt was when his plan trashed as "right-wing social engineering".
But go ahead, keep up the "socialist Santorum and his big-government supporters" lies and see how many of his supporters you get on your side.
Wrong and wrong. I am confident Santorum would have been a more fiscally conservative President than Romney or Newt and it's my top issue. Why don't you stick to speaking for yourself.