Perhaps you could enlighten us as to specifically how Satorum was “defending the Truth [sic] on the issues that matter most” in his Iowa campaign. I assume you are referring to, among other things, his opposition to same-sex unions, but was that really an issue for Iowans? And here in Britain, the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church have not actively opposed the introduction of civil partnerships (in fact, Archbishop Vincent Nichols has said that he believes that [and I quote] “that in English law there might be a place for [civil partnerships]”).

“Clearly his anti gay message has an audience in Iowa, no denying it.”

Well the Iowa Supreme Court did recently rule in favor of gay marriage. I suspect Santorum tapped into the people upset about that. But I don’t see any way he could win in a general election.