With Paul Ryan now being front and center in the presidential race, given the GOP's embrace of his budget, his endorsement of Romney, Romney's stout asservation of Ryan's thinking and Obama's stout renunciation if not indeed demonization of same - so front and center now that some are already making claim that Romney's running mate can be no one other than Ryan - if this dynamic is now pretty much a settled feature of the presidential race, how is it possible anyone other than Romney can be seriously considered a viable alternative? Especially if, as in Gingrich's case, you once denounced Ryan's budget in terms similar to Obama's, and in Santorum's case, you displayed petulant animosity towards him when he declared for Romney? Not that I think there actually is or ever was a seriously viable alternative to Romney - but that was just my opinion - this Ryan factor now pretty much makes that mere opinion a virtually undeniable fact, no?
I only bring this up because of word that Santorum is apparently huddled down with a bunch of arch conservative strategisits trying to scheme up a way to stop the rise of Romney and save America from the evil of pragmatic reasonableness. These people truly are delusional - but then Santorum did once [and no doubt much more often behind closed doors] state that Satan's handiwork is evident in the decline of America - so I suppose if you are convinced that God has called you to this great mission then delusion must needs be a required attribute of one's thinking.
