Santorum for Pope

But not president of the U.S.

My God, his positions are NOT about what ails this country. Ron Paul is fighting for better war policies and faster departure from Afghanistan — subjects worth debating nationally. Mitt Romney is saying he is better prepared to deal with the jobs problem (probably, if his background is revealing, by letting government employees go). Gingrich is unpopular with those who know him best, his former colleagues in Congress. His fresh contribution is opening a colony on the moon.

But Santorum wants to go back decades and refight old cultural wars that the country isn’t concerned about. Contraception, marriage and prayer in schools are NOT what are important in this national election. They might motivate small numbers of activists in primary states, but they have little to do with the country's real problems.

Santorum, who lost badly last time he ran in Pennsylvania, where he is well-known, and hasn’t been a voice for anything since, is the last resort of folks unenthused by Romney, but his candidacy is divisive, irrelevant and ludicrous; let's let him know …


Ronald Goldfarb is a Washington- and Miami-based attorney, author and literary agent.