Santorum's Dilemma is Gingrich's Dilemma

How many times did we hear that Speaker Gingrich's campaign was stalling/imploding/out of money and, therefore, insignificant? We expected to hear the death knell for the Gingrich campaign several times. Turns out, the pundits were all wrong. He's the frontrunner since winning the South Carolina primary by 13 points over Romney.

Now the focus has shifted to Rick Santorum. He's running out of money, seems to be stalling, but he is not insignificant. If he stays in the race through Florida, he's a spoiler for Romney, keeping the Tea Partiers and conservatives divided between a relatively strong conservative record (Santorum) and a really strong conservative messenger (Gingrich). And since we have a strong liberal/socialist/Alinsky "messenger" in the White House with no substantive record that is beneficial (key word) to this country, we need a strong conservative messenger to go up against him.

Gov. Romney would love to have Santorum stay in the race (McCain anyone, 2008?). 'Nuff said.

Gov. Rick Perry honorably discharged his campaign at the right moment to cause more of a surge for Gingrich and his first win in South Carolina. Now that the Republican Establishment and conservative religious leaders are attempting to prop up the Santorum campaign (not necessarily to help Santorum win, but to get rid of Gingrich so their rave-fave can win), this question keeps lifting its poignant head: is it time for Santorum to get out and make way for our "really strong conservative messenger"?