Glenn Reynolds is dreaming in the land of Oz when he predicts that Rick Santorum will be the next candidate in the GOP field to drop out. Santorum has some of the most ardent supporters who are willing to back him the whole way to the White House.
Stacy McCain is correct in his analysis. Rick Santorum is riding on the bump which he received, and continues to receive from both his masterful debate performance and his unexpected fourth place finish in the Iowa Straw Poll. It was quite unexpected for Santorum to do that well in the straw poll. Pro-life Catholics and anti-Jihadists are probably Santorum's most ardent supporters, we are very loyal to him and aren't about to abandon Santorum for some other lesser candidate at this point in time. Rick Santorum keeps on chugging along, working his hardest with a small amount of funds, relaying his message of liberty, religious freedom, economic policies to boost the economy, foreign policy agenda, immigration policy (specifically illegal immigration), and his staunch pro-life message to the American people. Stacy rightly
points out that Rick has even seen an uptick in online donations since last Thursday's debate. He is gaining momentum so there is no reason for Rick Santorum to hang it up at this stage in the presidential race. Now I'm not sure whether Newt Gingrich is going to be the next candidate to drop out of the race as Stacy predicts but it is certainly possible with all of his previous campaign troubles. I think the next GOP candidate to drop out could be either McCotter or Huntsman.
Here is Rick Santorum's exchange with Ron Paul on Iran:
Every innocent human life is precious and Rick Santorum understands this as evidenced by his answer to an abortion question during the debate.
To display that his campaign is gaining momentum Rick Santorum has released a video touting his 4th place finish in the Iowa Straw Poll.
This was a great campaign description by Santorum. He said, "This is the little engine that could campaign".
