Santorum is campaigning for Obama

Santorum and Gingrich have been running against the Republican rather than Obama for months. But now Santorum has gone over:

[Santorum] told an audience that the country might be better off with President Obama than with a candidate who will shift his positions with ease and who he believes is not very different from the president.

Idaho News KBOI

Goodbye, Rick. Go with your buddy Arlen Spector to the Democrats. We have a battle for November and we can't use Obama sympathizers.

And "not paying attention or worse" demerits to everyone who thinks a misstatement from a campaign aid no one has heard of is the same as a misstatement from the candidate.