Don't Go Off Wandering

So, the GOP Debate was awesome. TPaw and Bachmann were standing right next to each other, staring each other down as they re-hashed all of their old Minny beefs. Great stuff. TPaw then made fun of Romney for being rich. That was awesome. Newt name-dropped Reagan multiple times. Apparently, Newt also hates communist spies - a lot - which is also awesome. And then there's Santorum who whined his way into more time on air, and that was less awesome. Santorum used his bogarted time wisely, though, by attacking the good Doctor Paul. Smart move for him, bad for RP. Santorum wins on hardcore christian conservative social issues and is thus labeled "fringe" or "extreme" but by punching up at RP - and multiple times, too - he drags RP back down to his level. Bad timing, it's just when RP is on the verge of legitimacy. The mainstream was bending his way and he invested a ton into Iowa. Of course he'll never be respected by the establishment, but they have to appease the mob and the mob is quasi-with him. But so long as RP is stuck with the "fringe" label he's easier to dismiss and ignore.