The “Jesus Candidate”

Santorum coopts Christ as his political identity:

Santorum told the audience about a radio interview out of Boston he did earlier today. According to Santorum, the interviewer said, “We don’t need a Jesus candidate, we need an economic candidate.” “My answer to that,” Santorum added, ”was we always need a Jesus candidate. “We need someone who believes in something more than themselves and not just the economy,” he added. “When we say, ‘God bless America,’ do we mean it or do we just say it?”

Seriously: this is where Republicanism is now headed?