January 6, 2012
Election night in Iowa was a
heavenly moment for Rick Santorum. As he marveled over the late breaking
tidal wave of support that in just weeks had swept him from nowhere
into a virtual tie with Mitt Romney for first place in the state’s
Republican caucuses, the former Pennsylvania Senator gushed
to supporters about the secret of his campaign’s success: “I’ve
survived the challenges so far by the daily grace that comes from God. .
. . I offer a public thanks to God.’’
But
it was not God who saved Rick Santorum. He survived Iowa rather like a
blind mole rat might someday outlive a nuclear exchange – by simply
burrowing underground while Romney’s Super Pac incinerated Newt Gingrich
and Rick Perry, and while Perry tried to demolish Ron Paul, whom he
considered a more dangerous rival. In a state where 60% of those
attending the 2008 GOP caucuses described themselves as “born again” or
evangelicals, Santorum was the only ultra-conservative left for resigned
evangelical leaders to swing behind.
Now,
as the wall of Super Money comes down on him like a ton of gold bricks,
Santorum is likely fated, like Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, and Perry
himself, to flame out after a brief moment of glory and go back to
working with the energy and health care enterprises that helped make him
a millionaire after leaving the Senate. READ MORE
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