Rick Santorum has talked about pivoting his focus from social to economic issues more often than the United States government has talked about pivoting its focus from the Middle East to Asia, and with about as much success. That’s because Rick Santorum cannot stop being Rick Santorum, no matter how much he tries to stop being Rick Santorum. It makes sense that Rick Santorum would not want to be Rick Santorum. I mean, who would? Imagine having to get out of bed each morning knowing that you had to spend the whole day being Rick Santorum. And that when you woke up the next day, you would still be Rick Santorum. Nightmarish, no?

This go-around, he was supposed to be focusing on economics – not railing against the gays. That didn’t last long