Santorum Endorsed Romney in 2008

Santorum explains his endorsement of Romney in 2008 like this... “First off, I endorsed Mitt Romney, I think, five days before Super Tuesday. I didn’t endorse anybody for a long time. My focus in the 2008 election was on making sure we had someone other than John McCain. That is what I was publicly stating because I thought that he would not be a strong candidate for us in the general election and I didn’t think he’d be the best candidate for us to do the things that were necessary for this country. And so, my principle purpose, I said this from the very beginning, was to wait and see who was the best able to beat John McCain when the time came.”

Endorsement of Arlen Specter

The GOP had a one vote advantage in the Senate 51-49. It was apparent that President Bush would get at least one Supreme Court appointment in his second term. Specter was going to be the head of the Judiciary Committee, and he was the guy who demolished Anita Hill’s credibility to get Clarence Thomas approved. Santorum asked Specter for a commitment to get Bush’s Supreme Court appointments through. Specter said he would. And Specter was a sure bet for reelection as opposed to Pat Toomey (who was elected in the tea party wave). A 50/50 Senate split would endanger the possibility of a conservative justice appointment. So Santorum endorsed Specter and we got Justices Alito and Roberts.

Contributions to Pro-Abortion Candidates

One can't help but notice right off the bat that this collation of endorsements cherry-picked the Republican candidates from liberal-dominated states running against pro-abortion opponents endorsed over the span of a decade - out of who knows how many Republicans Santorum and his PAC have donated to in total - to create an impression that is less than honest. It IS true that these candidates were either imperfectly pro-life or outright pro-abortion, but what is missing is the fact their opponents were radically more pro-abortion Democrats in blue, or purple trending blue, areas that only VERY RARELY elect social conservatives. It is crucial to have a party majority in Congress to get the pro-life agenda passed; that means in some states, it is necessary to work with the "Scott Brown"s that are electable when you can't have the ideal.