The establishment knows a social conservative who goes so far as to say that JFK's words about the separation of Church and State make him want to vomit can't win the independent vote. What's worse is Santorum's politically suicidal statements about changing benefits for people already on Social Security. Every retired person knows change means cuts.
Agree with him or not, the establishment sees him loosing big to Obama, so it's only to be expected that they'll do all they can to defeat Santorum in order to give Romney a change to defeat Obama.
If gas goes to $5 or more soon enough to weaken the economy then Romney has a good chance of defeating Obama. New bumper sticker "Drive To Beat Obama". If you really don't like Obama use an extra 5 or 10 gallons of gas a week and fill up those empty gas cans.
