Rick Santorum’s supporters are probably dismayed, and understandably so, at the repetition of a particular pattern: When Mitt Romney wins a race during this Republican presidential primary season, even if narrowly, it is reported as a big deal, a significant achievement. When Rick Santorum wins, even if by a wide margin, it is barely discussed, not taken very seriously by the media or by most pundits as a measure of the man’s electability or importance.

But there’s the problem with that superficial view.

Please read the entirety of my article for the American Spectator here:
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/03/26/santorums-sagging-significance