Haha, "Santorum"

                I realized this week that it doesn’t take much to understand political motivation. Rick Santorum, who just this week dropped out of the Republican Primary, is a perfect example. If one would pay attention to what he says and actually consider it from speech to speech, one would start to wonder how much he cares about policy as opposed to simply gaining office. For weeks, Santorum has been campaigning against Mitt Romney, portraying himself as a conservative alternative to the former Massachusetts governor. Consistently, he has placed himself at odds with Romney, and has called him everything from “liar” to “flip-flopper” to name a few of the pathetic bids seen here [ http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/santorums-romney-attack-script-fodder-obama/story?id=16116627 ]. He has criticized nearly everything about him and has been constantly eroding Romney’s character; understandably so, since he was running against him. My problem here is that despite it all, throughout everything that has transpired, Santorum will never have me convinced that he wants the best for America. Why?

                Santorum said that, if asked, he would “of course” be Romney’s Vice Presidential running mate. Seriously? He has nit-picked at everything, has called him “the worst Republican in the country” [http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/03/27/santorum-of-course-i-would-serve-as-romneys-vice-president/], and has shown by running for the nomination against Romney that he clearly doesn’t want Romney to be president. So he tells the Christian Broadcasting Network that he would gladly serve as his Vice President? How does this make sense? The exigence has suddenly changed from “Romney must lose” to “Romney ain’t half bad.” It is clear to me that this was a kairotic moment for Santorum’s campaign. It is no coincidence that he said this shortly before dropping out of the race; Santorum seems to have realized that he couldn’t win for whatever reason, so now he’s cutting losses and planning to jump aboard the Romney train. If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em, I suppose.