Grace Wyler has an account of infighting among evangelicals scrambling to settle on an alternative to Romney. Jim Antle is puzzled:
[T]his is the second election in a row where social conservative leaders' strategies have been baffling. Instead of throwing their weight behind Santorum when he was on the rise coming out of Iowa, they let his momentum stall and … waited until he was fighting Ron Paul for third place in South Carolina to actually endorse him. And now Newt Gingrich is surging.
Dreher zooms out:
Note that a few days after national Evangelical leaders endorsed Rick Santorum, Santorum’s poll numbers have declined in South Carolina. More South Carolina Evangelicals support Mormon Mitt Romney and mistress-having Newt Gingrich than support Santorum. What does this tell you about the power of the Religious Right old guard to move voters?
The Dish 