Rush Limbaugh had this to say today, and he is right:
They’re doing it because they genuinely have a problem with Romney. And they’re doing it because in Santorum’s case, as I’ve been saying the past couple of weeks, if you’re looking for a conservative who is the least corrupted, who has the least number of periods of wandering off the reservation, if you’re looking for a conservative who’s never sat down with Nancy Pelosi on the couch for any reason, you get Rick Santorum. And people know this… There may be some protest votes in this, but the establishment had better wake up and understand that Republican primary voters are doing this not just to stick a finger in the eye of the establishment, not just to be frivolous here. They’re sending a message. They think Santorum can win.
He is saying that he Republican base is looking for the purest candidate running, and he is right. The radical religious right voter that makes up the Republican base is a purist. And they are delusional enough to believe that, without any doubt whatsoever, that the purest conservative candidate cannot ever be beaten. They believe any loss by a Republican candidate occurred because that candidate was too liberal. Yes, its paradoxical, because any conservative that looses because he acted too liberal acted so to win reelection, but in the end was beaten by a real liberal…… which means….. Americans prefer liberalism…. and conservatives have to act liberal to get elected…. remember compassionate conservatism? …..does not compute…. …..error….. error….. :::head explodes:::