Sarah Goes All Santorum

Well, this adds another dimension to the (R) primary puzzle.

...I don’t think it has come down solidly to Newt versus Romney – no, not yet, because there is still a lot of fluid dynamic going on in this race. And if voters kind of start shifting gears and deciding they want ideological consistency, then they’re going to start paying attention to, say, Rick Santorum, who has been consistent on being a hard-liner against Iran, to help protect Israel. He’s been consistent on wanting to protect the most vulnerable and the sanctity of life. He’s been consistent in saying, we need to slash the federal income tax – I say we need to do away with it, that’s the only way to re-industrialize America and create jobs. People will start paying attention to some of these other messages from some of these other messengers, like Rick Santorum – you’re going to see that happen, still, in the next 32 days.  --Palin on the Hannity show

She's right, of course.

Santorum has worked the daylights out of Iowa.  If he was good at it, it will show on January 3rd, and the new "Not Romney" will be eviscerated by the Axelrod-fed MSM.

But it won't be easy.  Santorum is also consistent in his personal life.  His biggest problem for Conservatives is his backing of The Spectre (over Toomey) in a Pa. Senatorial race.  But he has very solid foreign-policy credentials (Senate FP committee), 'gets' the economics picture, and is 100% pro-life.

He'd also eat Obozo alive in a debate.  But the "debate" thing is over-played.  Obozo cannot hang his campaign on a facts-and-reason forum.  It will be all dirt, all the time.

HT:  The Other McCain