HUFFINGTON POST: Rick Santorum has put his Catholic faith front and center as he courts religious conservatives in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. That may be hurting his chances with a crucial group of voters: his fellow Catholics.
Santorum has lost the Catholic vote consistently in states that have held nominating contests so far, exit polls show.
The pattern underscores Santorum’s continued inability to broaden his appeal beyond a core of voters, mostly evangelical Protestants, who place social issues like abortion and gay marriage at the top of the agenda… (more)
EDITOR: Yet Santorum may be correct that if Newt Gingrich dropped out of the primaries, Santorum would win the nomination. This tells a lot about the thinking of the current Republican Party.
