Halting the spread of Santorum

Ah, this is good to see. All part of the awakening that seems to be going on as the country realizes we've been sold up the river by crooked Republicans who shield themselves with the Bible (and the de rigueur snap-on hair). The only people getting what they want from this administration are oilmen and other corporate fatcats, and they aren't exactly a huge voting bloc. Just the providers of a huge campaign war chest.

And let this be a reminder of just how easily the GOP can be sent packing in the face of organized local support. Santorum has gone from receiving an entirely-too-charitable profile in the NY Times magazine to being written off by his own party with more than a year to go before his next election. Couldn't have happened to a bigger freak. When you're a devoit Catholic and you've got nuns writing papers about what a dick you are (remember that?), the jig is pretty much up.

“This is how the Republicans operate,” sighs a veteran GOP campaign manager close to Santorum. “Even if you agree with their agenda, they’ll abandon you if you’re behind in the polls and move on to the next-most important race.”

Increasingly dubious about Santorum’s chances, Capitol Hill sources report GOP powerbrokers have refocused their attentions—and dollars—on Doug Forrester, a little-known party hack who’s currently embroiled in a dead heat race with multi-millionaire Democrat Jon Corzine for New Jersey’s governorship.

Now we just need to figure out a way to exploit GOP willingness to kill their wounded. You know, speed up the process a bit.